Female boxer dies after Golden Gloves match
DENVER It may be a tragic first in American amateur boxing. A woman has died after getting punched in the head over the weekend during a Golden Gloves bout in Colorado.
Becky Zerlentes was struck on the left temple and knocked unconscious in a match late Saturday. She died a few hours later.
The coroner's preliminary report says the cause of death was blunt force trauma.
Zerlentes was 34, married and taught at a community college. She had a six-and-four record as a fighter.
The woman who threw the fatal punch said in an interview before Zerlentes died that she felt horrible.
U-S-A Boxing is the sanctioning body for amateur boxing. The organization lifted its ban on women in 1993.
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