- Agapito Sánchez
Agapito Sánchez (
February 14 ,1970 –November 14 ,2005 ) was a boxer from theDominican Republic , nicknamed "El Ciclón", in the Super Bantamweight weight class. He won 37 of his 50 fights, 18 by knockout.Pro career
Sánchez briefly held the
WBO Super Bantamweight world championship during the early 2000s. He foughtManny Pacquiao to a six rounddraw in a unification bout.Murder
Sánchez was pronounced dead on
November 15 ,2005 after being shot two days before by an off-duty police officer in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. Sanchez died at a Santo Domingo hospital hours after surgery to remove two bullets from his stomach. Sanchez was shot by an officer in the Dominican air force. "A mob then chased and beat the officer, whom police identified as Sgt. Diogenes Nova Rosario". [http://www.wbaonline.com/news/news161105aa.asp]External links
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* [http://sports.yahoo.com/box/news?slug=ap-sanchezkilled&prov=ap&type=lgns Obituary]
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