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3 unusual facts about Darrin Morris


Darrin Morris

He once was a sparring partner for Sugar Ray Leonard, and he achieved a professional record of 28-2-1 with 18 KOs.

WBO president Francisco Varcarcel said, "We obviously missed the fact that Darrin was dead. It is regrettable."

The World Boxing Organization (WBO) twice moved Morris up in its super-middleweight rankings in 2001, despite the fact that he had died of HIV-related meningitis the previous October, aged 34.



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