
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: MONDAY, October 16, 1995                   TAG: 9510160119
SECTION: SPORTS                    PAGE: B5   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: FROM ASSOCIATED PRESS REPORTS
DATELINE:                                 LENGTH: Short

MURRAY DIES 2 DAYS AFTER KO LOSS

Scottish boxer James Murray died of injuries suffered in a title fight with Drew Docherty, leading to a renewal of calls for the sport to be banned in Britain.

Richard Morgan, a spokesman at Glasgow's Southern General Hospital, said doctors had pronounced Murray ``clinically dead'' Saturday, but left him on a life-support machine.

They reassessed his condition Sunday, decided he was dead and removed him from the machine.

Murray, 25, underwent brain surgery following the knockout by Docherty in the final round of the British bantamweight championship fight Friday night. Docherty, who appeared anxious about Murray's condition even as he was being hailed the winner in the ring, was said to be ``shattered'' by the news of his death.

The knockout started a riot at ringside, in which five people suffered minor cuts and several people were arrested.

The death and riot prompted more calls for the sport to be banned.

Keywords:
FATALITY BOXING

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