15 Ed Sanders
On December 11th, 1954 Sanders was fighting Willie James for the New England heavyweight title. The two battled it out for ten rounds but James got Sanders with a hard punch in the 11th round. Sanders lost consciousness immediately and it was never regained. Doctors attempted to relieve a blood clot on his brain but Sanders died 18 hours later.
Sanders wasn’t really a well-known boxer until winning the gold medal in the heavyweight division at the 1952 Helsinki Olympics. The ultimate cause of death was a hemorrhage. This is just another case that proves repetitive hits to the head can cause trauma, or even death.
