2001 rookie of year boxer Yoshihiro Irei dies

2001 rookie of year boxer Yoshihiro Irei dies

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese 2001 rookie boxer of the year, flyweight Yoshihiro Irei, shown in this photo taken after a six-round bout on March 24, died of a brain hemorrhage at a Tokyo hospital on April 9. He was 22. Irei lost consciousness after the hard-fought flyweight bout against Yoshinori Naito in Tokyo on March 24, and never regained consciousness.

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