Here's a pretty story about your beloved "sport"
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It is generally agreed the contest lasted about five minutes. Ray said when he returned to the US that Dedge was competitive - 'He was defending himself well.'
Others did not see it that way. His mother and wife would not want to read the following. 'Less than a minute after the start of the fight,' one witness told OSM, 'Zolotaryov had Dedge on the floor, face down. While he was lying there, half unconscious, Zolotaryov began trampling on him. Then he punched him repeatedly in the nape of the neck. He bashed him at the base of the neck about 14 times. The referee chose not to intervene. He seemed intimidated by the 4,000 crowd, who were screaming, "Kill the Yankee! Finish him off!" When Zolotaryov stood up, his chest was covered in blood and Dedge was unconscious. They carried him out on a stretcher and he was taken to hospital.'
What neither account disputed was that Dedge died in Kiev's Institute of Neurosurgery at 6am on 18 March. The chief emergency ward doctor, Petro Spasichenko, confirmed the obvious: Dedge died of severe brain damage.
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http://observer.guardian.co.uk/osm/s...467973,00.html
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The Gospel of Thomas
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