Becky Zerlentes – the first female boxer to die in fight in US
April 3, 2005. 02:00 in Washington.
Stephan Weiler woke up with a “terrible call”. A voice said: “Is Becky Zerredes snow?”
“Yes,” I said, and Denver Health Medical Center and Hospital official told me that I had to go to the airport as quickly as possible. He was getting worse. “
Until then, a female boxer in the United States had never died in the fight against sanctions.
Three years ago, he had rewritten the history in defeating this destructive coup, which won a regional boxing title.
Tales of fighters like Johnny Owen and Jimmy Doyle– external Hidden in history, the impact of Zer seretes’s death on the community in Denver and its impact on those who love it remained special.
He described the life of Zerlentes’ love relationship with war sports, and an overwhelming hurry every time he took a step to the boundaries of a boxing ring or MMA cage.
Like most amateur warriors, 34 -year -old Zerredes adopted a career away from ropes, as a professor of geography and economy on the Larimer district campus of Front Range Community College and won a master’s degree and doctorate.
The buzz he enjoyed in the classroom was completed with his love of sports, especially in the war.
On this fighting night, Weiler remained in the US capital of the country, the country’s central banking system and continued to stay in the US capital.
Fort Collins, a former military police station on the outskirts of the Rocky Mountains, constantly asked Zerites to return to Fort Collins and promised to do it soon.
Facing with Heather Schmitz, Zerlentes participated in the Colorado State boxing senior women’s championships in Colorado in Colorado in Colorado in Colorado. Both women were wearing a protective head.
He worked for two rounds and punched with Schmitz to the third place.
With a blow to the head, just above his left eye, Zerntes staggered, hit the canvases and fell unconsciously – a state he would stay until his death the next morning.
“The doctor in the ring said that when he saw the first, his students were fixed and expanded and that there was already a chance to occur in brain damage.” He said.
He was flying to Weiler Denver until 06:30 and immediately went to the hospital. He saw Zerlentes there.
“The amount of damage to Becky’s brain was remarkable because it was a very prominent blow,” he said.
“It wasn’t a hard hit … But the brain was injured to the extent that it could no longer work.”
Weiler, the life support of Zerlentes began to fail and remembered, “clinically, probably died in the ring.”
And then he had to make a choice.
“That morning afternoon, it was decided knowing that his condition was worsening, I chose time coming,” he said.
The reaction to his death was immediately.
The tribute was flooded in Denver. His colleagues, students and others who knew Zer seretes defined the warmth and perseverance of one of the columns of the college and society.
