Associated Press Writer Vicki Chachere wrote this report of a death during a boxing match. The death of Stacy Young, 30-years-old and mother of two, has been ruled accidental.
Young died in a St. Petersburg hospital of blunt force trauma to the head after being repeatedly hit during a three-minute bout with another woman in Sarasota on June 14.
It should be noted that, according to her sister, Stacy Young may not have been adequately informed of the dangers involved. Nonetheless, as a responsible adult, she should have. She is:
. . . the 10th person to die in the 24-year history of the Toughman competition, which has come under increased scrutiny after a series of deaths in the last year, including one in Michigan that was ruled a homicide.[Italics by ed.]
Sadly, this is a case of an adult making a decision with a statistical risk that she could die. She bet that she wouldn't. She lost.
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