24-year-old Indian kick boxer dies after head blow
New Delhi: An Indian kickboxer died after a blow to the head during a bout at national championships, a doctor said on Thursday, the second such fatality in two months.
Yora Tade, 24, collapsed in the ring after sustaining a kick to the head from his opponent Kesav Mudel during the final match in the southern city of Chennai on Sunday.
He was given immediate first aid and taken to a hospital for emergency brain surgery but died two days later.
