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According to Dan Rafael of espn.com, Jr. Featherweight Fankie died after his Saturday bout with Raul Hirales in Mexico. He was 26 years old.
“This hurts a lot,” said promoter Fernando Beltran of Zanfer Promotions, which put on the card. “We knew that Frankie Leal was a good kid, a great fighter, a warrior in and out of the ring. As a company we took responsibility and tried to save his life as much as humanly possible. Now we are united in the grief felt by his family and his boxing family. We will try to help, whatever is needed.”
“It hurts that this happened,” Beltran said. “Our prayers are with his family. We knew that Leal was a fine young man. We will try our best to support his family in this difficult time.
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