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Amerikanac Diego Korales višestruki prvak sveta u boksu u lakoj kategoriji i uèesnik jedne od najboljih borbi u istoriji boksa, poginuo je u utorak u saobraæajnoj nesreæi u Las Vegasu.
Kako prenose amerièki mediji, lokalna policija potvrdila je da je došlo do saobraæajne nesreæe u kojoj je 29-godišnji Korales nastradao na motoru, ali nije saopštila kako je do nesreæe došlo.
Korales je bio vlasnik dve titule u junior lakoj i lakoj kategoriji, ali je medju ljubiteljima boksa ostao upamæen po sada veæ legendarnoj borbi za titulu sa Hose Luisom Kastiljom 2005.godine, kada je i pored dva nokdauna u kojima se našao, uspeo da se vratio u meè i nokautira svog protivnika.
Evo i texta iz americkih novina:
May 8, 2007
LAS VEGAS --Diego "Chico" Corrales, who won titles in two weight classes and was involved in one of the most memorable fights in recent times, died Monday in a motorcycle accident, his promoter said. He was 29.
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Gary Shaw said Corrales was driving his motorcycle at a high rate of speed when he ran into the back of a car about 10 miles west of the Las Vegas Strip on Monday night.
"He's laying there as we speak with a helmet on his head under a sheet," Shaw said. "It appears he was thrown a great distance."