MONTREAL - Mexican boxer Jeanette Zacarias Zapata died Thursday, days after suffering several blows to the head during her match against Canada’s Marie-Pier Houle, event officials said.
She was just 18. GYM Gala International Boxing event promoter Groupe Yvon Michel issued a statement Thursday confirming the news of Zapata’s passing, several days after she went unconscious in the ring during her fight against Houle. "It is with great sadness and torment that we learned, from a representative of her family, that Jeanette Zacarias passed away this afternoon at 3:45 p.m.," the statement read.