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Prichard Colon dead 11 years after fight; Terrel Williams never apologised
Prichard Colon dead 11 years after fight; Terrel Williams never apologised
Hindustan Times reports that boxer Prichard Colon died on August 13, 11 years after being left in a vegetative state by punches to the back of his head during a 2015 fight…
The Story in Brief
Hindustan Times reports that boxer Prichard Colon died on August 13, 11 years after being left in a vegetative state by punches to the back of his head during a 2015 fight with Terrel Williams. Colon, 33, spent 211 days in a coma and never regained the ability to walk or speak. Williams, now 42, has never formally apologised to Colon's family, though he has said he prays for him. Colon's parents filed a $50 million lawsuit in 2017 against the ringside doctor and promoters, but the case remains unresolved. The referee and Williams were investigated by Virginia regulators, who found no violations. A doctor explained that the punches caused bleeding near the brainstem, and trapped pressure killed brain tissue that cannot be healed.
The Indian Opinion
The story of Prichard Colon is heartbreaking, but the rush to assign blame ignores a hard reality. Terrel Williams was investigated and cleared of regulatory violations. The referee was not named in the family's $50 million lawsuit. Blaming one man obscures the fact that the injury was a freak medical event where a bleed trapped against the brainstem destroyed tissue that cannot regenerate. The question now is not who to hate, but whether boxing's zero-tolerance rule named after Colon will actually be enforced in every ring, not just in high-profile cases. The cause of death, when announced, will tell us if the original injury directly killed him after 11 years.
Sources (3): hindustantimes.com, hindustantimes.com (2), hindustantimes.com (3)
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Updated: this story now draws on 3 sources.
