• Statement Fact Opinion
    Kim Duk Koo was a successful South Korean boxer
  • Kim Duk Koo was a successful South Korean boxer who died needlessly
  • The fight was held at a famous Las Vegas casino
  • The high outside temperature
  • Kim fought WBA Lightweight World Champion, Ray “Boom Boom” Mancini
  • The fight between Kim and Mancini was a ‘mismatch’
  • Kim died because of the trauma inflicted when his head hit the canvas
  • Kim’s death was one of the saddest in boxing history
  • Richard Green committed suicide because he blamed himself for Kim’s death
  • Reducing the number of rounds from 15 to 12 has reduced the number of fatalities in boxing