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  • We've seen what can happen to a Boxer when he steps in the MMA ring but I'm still waiting for that MMA fighter to get in the Boxing ring & not be able to fight below the waist.

  • boom boom had kick Pacquiao's ass

  • They made a movie about Deuk-gu Kim in 2002 called Champion.

  • They should make a movie about this incident

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  • This is the fight that killed 15 round fights. WBC ended it right after this fight, the WBA in 88 and the IBF in 89. It was an overreaction to the events-no one had died in the ring in Nevada in 50 years. They should have at least made the limit 13 rounds to kill tiebreakers in 10 pt must system.

  • These Asians will fight long after the inevitable outcome becomes apparent. That is the spirit of a true warrior. To tell you the truth, they take it so far, that they get killed before they give up. Like that Japanese soldier lost on island that still thought WWII hadn't ended 30 years after. Never give up.

  • I remember watching the movie about Duk Koo Kim. It was such a breathtaking story, he was a great boxer with a burning desire to never give up.

  • I recently met Boom Boom( im 15 and had no clue who he was, until my dad told me) he's honestly one of the nicest guys I've met in a pretty long time, and apparently after this fight he became very depressed and even still never quite recovered from it.

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  • I remember watching this fight on TV. After the 12th or 13th round my thinking at that time was it should be stopped for the safety of both fighters. So tragic. In regard to Duk KOO KIM I remember a quote that I believe applies here. "A light that burns twice as bright burns but half as long." RIP Kim.

  • UN DIA COMO HOY 17 DE NOVIEMBRE

    1982: en Las Vegas (EE. UU.) muere el boxeador surcoreano Duk Koo Kim por la conmoción cerebral provocada por su contrincante, el estadounidense Ray Boom Boom Mancini en una pelea de boxeo de 14 rounds, que se llevó a cabo cuatro días antes. Esto lleva a reformar las leyes de ese deporte. La madre del surcoreano se suicidará en marzo de 1983, y el árbitro del encuentro (Richard Green) el 1 de julio de 1983.

  • R.I.P. To all the boxers who have died for our entertainment... you are all warriors

  • did his mother and the ref really commit suicide?

  • @DeathrowRecords1995 yes... i found it in wikipedia

  • @xaqom1211 ahh wikipedia. the most reliable source on the internet ;)

  • @Icyhotboo You're exactly correct. As a matter of fact, this bout, is the reason all fights are limited to 12 rounds now.

    @DeathrowRecords1995 Yes, both the ref (Richard Green) and Kim's mother, committed suicide, within a few months of the fight.

  • see the ref there? he committed suicide a year after this, so sad

  • does the ref an his mom really commit suicide???

  • I remember actually seeing that fight on TV and I'll never forget how much physical pain the body can eventually endure that it can actually cause your ultimate demise. In that fight the rules changed but two lives changed forever and no body one

  • It was not any one punch that caused this poor boxer's death. It was the accumulation of punches.

  • This was a tragic death---Boom Boom was NEVER the same again!!!

  • @statman99 agreed

  • these are real fighters

  • I used to think that the power of prayer was bullshit but after seeing Ray cross himself just before killing the guy, I have to reconsider my atheism. LOL.

  • 6:40: Yeah, I caused someone to die. Let me celebrate.

  • @PirateEyepatch are you retarded? he obviously couldn't possibly have known that.

  • @PumpingSmashkins No, you're retarded for taking my comment seriously. It's Youtube. Get a grip.

  • THE POOR GUY DIED AFTER THIS FIGHT.....BOXING IS A SERIOUS SPORT AND REFEREES SHOULD KNOW WHEN TO STOP THEM !!!!!

  • "Hurry home early hurry on home Boom Mancini's fightin boby chacon"

  • my names alexander mancini im related to Raymond makes our family very proud what he did

  • @ajswjhs Assuming that your telling the truth and actually are related to Mancini your saying that you and your family are proud that Raymond Mancini killed a guy?

  • @jake5344 i ment in the ring career wise not killing someone thats absurd

  • @ajswjhs You're an asshole. Ray Mancini was devastated for what happened in this fight. If you are really in his family you are likely the black sheep and you get your ass kicked at every Thanksgiving and Christmas dinner

  • @PirateEyepatch I don't think ajswjhs meant the family were proud that Kim died after fighting Ray. I think he meant they were proud of his courage and ability as a fighter. If you look at his channel he's only 16.

  • Fighting Until death is real Heroic.

  • i think the korean mafia hung the ref... pu-hahaha... just saying... i'm just saying...!!! LOLz

  • @TzV357 lol yeah ref committed suicide 3 months later.

  • what year is it?

  • @JulianCarvajal24 that was november 13 1982

  • Salvador Sanchez and Duk Koo Kim...died before they could have become GOAT.

  • The saddest fight in history.

  • that last right straight punch is probably what killed duk

  • Kim almost had this match won. That's what makes this even a bit more tragic... this counterfactual thinking where you can say, "What would've happened if Mancini had quit when he was considering it?" Who knows? Kim was badly done up by the 14th, but there's no doubt in my mind that what truly did him in was not the hook at 6'26" but hitting the canvas so hard at 6'27". Anyone who thinks this is funny or in any way slurs Kim is an asshole; Kim had tremendous desire and was a great boxer.

  • @sc0ner

    what were the canvas made out of back then? wood, concrete, steel?

    

  • @sc0ner I saw this fight...Kim was the most courageous fighter I ever saw...I wish he wasn't...the result cost him his life...and to think of his son...we pray his life is blessed with love and luck.

  • @sc0ner can't disagree with much that you say, however, kim's face was

    sushi prior to the final round, and i am sure he had bilateral orbital fractures

    along with cerebreal swelling-dead man walking and a tough way to make a

    living, glad i quit when i did

  • I also just saw this movie "Champion" on Netflix, during the movie I was not sure if this was a real fact of life, then I Google_ed it and found this page and I was very sorry for this young lad who was trying so hard to make it in life and to provide for his new wife and future son. Hope they're doing alright without him.

  • just saw the movie " CHAMPION" on netflix. its about duk koo kim and his life before his death in the ring. Very good movie made in 2002. You guys should watch it!!

  • @dcchavez97

    I have just seen it and you're right it is a great movie about a great boxer...RIP

  • God bless him and rest in peace didnt think he would die after that. its a shame all of that had to happen and it wasnt the refs fault either

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  • Looks like they're not bothered about Duk Koo Kim

  •  Hands down the best fight I ever seen. (period)

  • never seen Gatti/Ward?

  • idk why this pussy died joe frazier took about 20x the punishment aganist George Foreman not to mention Foreman is one of the hardest hitters in boxing history

  • @thefury187 So fucking read about it and get some knowledge, you moron.

  • @MrSolidny I did read about it faggot he had brain trauma died after brain surgury he's a pussy ass gook just like all gooks he dont have no heart MORON

  • @thefury187 Damn you're brainless. I mean, it's not even that you're racist. This "gook" had hit the canvas directly with the back of his head. Shit happens. After taking some beating, your blood vessels can get fucked up. It's not related to his nationality at all. Do you remeber Frankie Campbell or Jimmy Doyle? Oh, whatever, there's no point in this talk, after all, you know better, right?

  • @MrSolidny Right or Sam Baroudi and jimmy doyles another pussy shouldnt be fighting top contenders if you cant fuckin take it

  • Brave warrior KIM Rip

  • kinda annoying how a guy has died in this video, yet stupid little kids STILL troll and argue with each other. Is there anything these immature little people won't argue over?

    Show some damn respect.

  • Duk Koo Kim never stopped. Warrior RIP

  • Before Duk Koo Kim went down the back of his head hit the last rope and then the canvas really hard. His brain which was probably swollen by Mancini's punches could not resist that final blow to the back of the head and caused the fatal brain damaged.

  • should have stopped the fight sooner, rest in peace Kim.

  • @AvniKuka

    When could the fight have been stopped?

    Kim was fine at the end of 13 and he wasn`t in serious trouble until the last punch early in the 14th.

    Kim would have been pissed, and rightly so, if the fight was stopped sooner.

  • to still box like that with hard swings and hay-makers fighters today cant do it these guys were on sum thing besides adrenaline but shit what a fight they put rest in peace kim

  • i saw ths fight as a child and i still have bad dreams of this fight. R.I.P Duk Koo Kim.

  • living prof that boxers are all heart. not athletes. warriors!!

    mma guys finish on the ground but a boxer can die on his feet.

  • @pinfold1000 you don't know much about boxing then.  an old boxing saying: "show me a boxer who's all heart, and i'll show you a boxer who's going to take a terrible beating." Taking a beating is NOT boxing.

  • @kenfo0 shut the fuck up asshole no one asked you.

     and quit making "old sayings" up you moron.

  • @MVPgoalie LOL! Hilariously inept comment, troll. Check "MVP" (most vile pussy?) channel, then check her comments. T-R-O-L-L! AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHA­HAHAA! Not even a good attempt. You are not even good at anonymously trolling....what a talentless loser you are!

  • @kenfo0 pfft you so fuckin lame...my morning shit has more wit than you do.

  • @MVPgoalie nice story bro! the shortening of "fucking" to "fuckin" was a really winner. Keep the trolling spams coming! Also, stop talking to your morning shit! AAAAAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA­HAHAHA

  • There is a movie on netflix called champion about his life check it out

  • boxers were much more tuffer bk in the day rip kim

  • RETARDS THESE DAYS ANYWAYS R.I.P KIM

  • RETARDS THESE DAT ANYWAYS R.I.P KIM

  • rip champion...

  • i hung out with mancinis soon on a cruise this week lol

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  • Reference committed suicide???

  • @VikingMinnesota yup and so did kims mother

  • @3somethingnew Damn... R.I.P to all of them

  • RIP Duk Koo Kim - an amazing warrior. Very unlucky, still - he lived the dream.

    Prophetically, he wrote the message "live or die" on his Las Vegas hotel lamp shade only days before the bout. (wiki)

  • RIP Duk Koo Kim - an amazing warrior. Very unlucky, still - he lived the dream.

  • Hell of a fight, but the ultimate ending was tragic. I feel sort of morbid watching it again.

  • OUR PANTS AND CHECK TOO SEE IF YOU HAVE A PAIR IF YOU DONT ASK YOUR WIFE FOR THEM DUM ASS I WAS 15 YEARS OLD WHEN I SAW THIS FIGHT I SAW THE FIGHT AND SAID TO MYSELF WOW THATS THE BEST FIGHT I HAVE JUST WATCH THEN I WAKE UP IN THE MORNING TO HERE THE BAD NEW SO PLEASE WITH RESPECT BEG YOU I WAS 15 AND I AM STILL PROUD OF BEING A PART OF THAT FIGHT.

  • I watched this fight on a Saturday afternoon , I wouldn't have if I knew what the outcome would be. A lot younger I saw the Giliette Friday night at the fights when Benny Parrette died . My dad was standing yelling at the TV to stop the fight . Scared me I was to young to really get it but I knew something bad was happening. I was born in 56' so i was probably 8 or 9

  • ...great ring battle between two warriors. A tragedy. Huge loss for the sport of Boxing. Where was the referee? Where was the Duk Koo Kim's corner? They could easy throw the towel and stop the fight. DUK KOO KIM, unbelievable, enourmoues heart: Riposa in pace, grande immenso guerriero del Sud Corea.

  • I have never been a fan of boxing movies. Just watched: CHAMPION on netflix and had to come here and see this fight.

    R.I.P Kim. Truly inspirational to know how this guy went from zero to champion and died following his dream.

  • tragic story. Gives me goose bumps.

  • hurry home early, hurry on home

  • Lord you can see the stretcher they bring out for Kim right before the post fight interview begins and while Boom Boom is still celebrating.

  • What year was this fight??

  • @silentndkool 1982

  • @silentndkool - The fight was on November 13, 1982

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  • a lesson that concussions can be fatal,. The person can appear normal right after then lapse into senselessness very quickly as the brain swells. I've seen this happen with car accidents and the person can have no visible sign of injury but within 10 minutes they are almost unconscious after appearing normal.

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  • @vidnut67 I disagree with you. I was raised on Boom Boom mancini. My fathers second favorite fighter after Marvelous. I am not arguing how good Ray was. My argument is that Duk Koo Kim was the best in his country and he has the right to fight our best.

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  • @vidnut67 The fight wasnt one sided. Ray boom boom Mancini said it was the only fight he felt like quiting including the loss to Alexis Arguelo. The fight was a fucking war. For you to sit at a computer and say that Doo Koo Kim didnt desrve to be in the fight and wasnt even on Ray's level is rediculous. You are ignorant and deserve an ass whippin for your comments. Go watch the fight you dumb piece of shit.

  • @blackelk7373 Amen to that brother.. I fucking hate these trolls on the computer, just talking shit safely without any repercussion... These fucking trolls make me sick..

  • @samuraiyao You know. This guy is a hero. A man that came from the streets eating garbage and trained everyday all day. Became a world class fighter. Went halfway across the planet. Fought and died against another world class fighter and this vidnut67, probably never became good at anything in his life much less world class at something and is gonna sit here and criticize. Some people have no fucking class.

  • @blackelk7373 The guy/girl probably never had any shining moment in his life so they probably vent out that frustration on the internet.. They have no business in life so they have to say stupid shit just to say it to piss people off.. This is when boxing was hardcore and a way of survival, not becoming a diva and worrying about records... Life or death for these brave warriors in the ring, I salute to them!!!

  • @blackelk7373 I lived in Korea. Now Korea is more advanced and people aren't starving, but back before the economy started booming in the late 80s, Korea was a poor country. Boxers like Kim or normal workers worked and worked because that would be the only way he/she and his/her family wouldn't starve. Kim may have lost, but he sure gave a hell of a fight. Respects to people like him.

  • @vidnut67 Your a lame piece of shit. Gonna sit behind a COMPUTER and say Kim didnt deserve to fight boom boom. Your obviously ignorant so let me make this as plain as possible. GO WATCH THE FIGHT. It was a fucking war and after it was said and done Ray Mancini said it was the ONLY fight in his whole life that he felt like quiting halfway through. So shut the fuck up and give this dead champion some respect.

  • esa pelea tuvo que detenerse mucho antes

  • RIP Duk Koo Kim, in my mind a true champion, fuck skin color!!

  • man, I hate youtube. Commercials play with no problems, but when it comes to playing the actual video I want to see ... it doesn't work!

  • 6:33 wat a warrior geting up after that

  • his son goes to my school

  • @MrPlaya23ish his son is 28 years old

  • this was one of the saddest matching in boxing history :( kim took a beating even when he should of stopped I guess for fear of quiting (male pride?) then after he died, Kim's mom and the ref killed themselves and Macini blamed himself for kims death :( It was a match that effected everyone involved :(

  • I have never seen anyone get up so quick and stay up from a severe brain trauma before, I have a strange feeling that Kim wouldv'e kept on fighting if the referee didn't stop it.

  • amazing fitness!

  • I was 8 years old when I saw this fight live on CBS. This one stuck with me.

  • Kim was a true warrior. While knowing how his life ended because of this is tragic, his heart, and ability to push on I will forever admire.

  • R.I.P. Gil Clancy.

  • live or die

  • @vskerane what a stupid comment. and six retards agreed? pathetic.

  • @kenfo0 its actually not a stupid comment...if you knew anything about the fighter you'd know that was what he inscribed on his hotel room lampshade before the fight.

    'live or die"

    

  • @kenfo0 well then i guess it's too bad you made yourself look like a stupid jack ass on a public forum Mr "educated man"

    write that on your lampshade moron.

  • @kenfo0 just the kind of immature, uneducated reply I expected from you.

    you didn't disappoint .

  • @kenfo0 holy shit, you're 39?!?!?!

    congratulations!

    I couldn't imagine my dad acting like this online!

    you need some serious mental help.

    of course you probably hear this on a daily basis.

  • @kenfo0 when you say stupid things you get the thumbs down, deal with it asshole.

    now go suck that cock you hate yourself so much for loving.

    you pussy.

  • @MVPgoalie AAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!. You have all this homosexual rage and imagery in your mind, Troll-y! Pussy? HAHAHAA. I invite you to say it to my face. Now all your joe dirt nonsense comes out "yeah, i'd love to kick your ass but my mom's calling/sun's in my eye/no show/etc". What an impotent, faggoty loser and troll you are. You can't even troll anonymously over the internet! Pretty inept and pathetic. This vid doesn't get enough hits to support the negs. Nice try! HAHAHAHA

  • @kenfo0 Read a book and get edumacated, dumb kid.

  • @1Kinger what a stupid, worthless comment. I'd ask what books you've read recently, but like most people today, you are not only stupid, but a liar. Oh well...

  • @kenfo0 Haha, you truly seem like a waste a resources. Spending your days on the internet calling people 'trolls, faggots, and stupid'. I'll say it again, read a book or two, so you can increase your vocabulary.

  • @1Kinger the paranoid son of a bitch probably thinks I'm you...

    according to him I have multiple youtube accounts xD

  • @1Kinger First, what a stupid comment, from start to finish. "A waste a resources"? Pffft. What an over the top, stupid attempt to APPEAR smart. You aren't. Now for the kicker, faggot: "waste A resources".....really? while trying to lecture me on education. Every time you open your stupid, lazy, lying mouth, you PROVE my point, faggot.

  • @kenfo0 Well you just proved my comment. All the food you eat and the water you drink, should be consumed by somebody who will actually do something worthwhile with their life.

  • @1Kinger aaaawwww....look at you "hooking up" with your girlfriend "mvp"! HAHAAHHA. Someone marked it as spam....that is exactly correct. What did i prove, dumbass? What fact did you post? Nothing. You whine your opinion, you are smacked down like the prissy little queer you are, and you yell "yay i win". Pathetic. So, your idea of being a good guy is wishing I would die, because you don't like me? YOU proved what I said about you. What an ugly, terrible person you are.

  • @kenfo0 well I sure as fuck don't have 6 youtube accounts so think what you want faggot,..you sure are one stupid paranoid asshole.

  • @MVPgoalie AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA­HAAHa. You just admitted you DO have multiple accounts!  You are SO fucking (oops, sorry, "fuckin") stupid and weak, it is laughable! HAHAHAHAHAHAHA. Still talking tough from mommy's basement. PRECIOUS!

  • @kenfo0

    I'm not surprised you think that...I'm sure it helps you sleep better.

    sorry you suck and no one likes you or your retarded comments.

  • @MVPgoalie aaaawwww.....she got caught up in her bullshit, now has no out but the lazy "waaaaah! no one likes you!". Sorry, I've not been in the 2nd grade for dozens of years, faggot. Maybe your next troll can incorporate "poopie-pants"? AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA­HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

  • @kenfo0 actually I'm just sick of being pulled into your immature little internet battle...like you it is pathetic.

  • @MVPgoalie HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! CLASSIC! The troll, who started this nonsense and has kept it up with pathetically meaningless drivel, now whines "you made me!'. AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA­AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA­HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA­HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA­HAHAHAHAHA! WHEW! That is SO weak, even for you, you pathetic POS. What a pathetic loser! You forgot "poopie-pants"! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA.

  • @kenfo0

    the irony in your comment.

    haha at least now we know what you like to do in your spare time.

    grow up junior

  • @kenfo0 wow, you are stupid.

    the irony is in the fact that YOUR original insult to vskerane was classic trolling. moron.

    all I did was correct you and because of your obvious mental and sexual insecurities felt the need to attack me. its all good since you only make yourself look stupid.

    I don't troll and I don't need a flashy homepage to look and comment on videos.

    you on the other hand are probably such a huge failure in life that you felt the need to make a youtube account to compensate.

  • @M asshole: stop trying to throw around the tedrm "irony". You are DESPERATELY attempting to speak above your station. You didn't "correct" anything. You gave me some trivia, and did not address, in any way,why someone should post an obscure piece of trivia w/o explanation. You DO troll. You did it with your first post to me. You do it every time you incorrectly try to use "irony". Your page is COMPLETELY devoid of any interaction, while calling me the troll, troll. Now fuck off, dopey.

  • @kenfo0 keep it up corky...we're having a good laugh at your expense.

  • This is coming from a mma fighter so sorry if I sound naive, but why do the low weight class boxers have such skinny legs? Wouldn't they have more power with muscular legs???

  • @TheHulfachor There are two types of muscles, slow twitch and fast twitch. Most of the boxers at higher weights built fast twitch muscles for power, whereas the guys in the lower divisions focus their training on stamina. There are lots of research articles out there explaining the advantages and disadvantages of both. Hope that clears it up.

  • @Psychoyeti thanks man

  • THat's incredibly sad. It's clear that Mancini is trying to see Kim and if he's okay and they don't let him. They knew. And they didn't want him knowing. What assholes.

    Yes, Kim died doing what he loved. But I'm sure he would have loved to watch the baby in his fiance's belly grow up even more. =(

    RIP, my heart is with you Duk Koo Kim. And Mancini as well. Great men.

  • It seems to me that the worst damage Kim suffered was due to falling backwards against the edge of the ring. - The ring is much less flexible around its perimeter.

    This also forced his brain to move strongly in the opposite direction as all of Mancini's blows.

    So it raises the question - Should rings be constructed differently, with more give or some kind of padding around their perimeters?

  • children should not fight!

  • heartbreaking... 3 months later his mother committed suicide, and one year later the referee followed suit...

  • i no ray Mancini

  • Too bad our bodies dont have life meters like in video games.

  • absolutely gruelling fight....

  • remember KIm knew it was gonna be a tough fight. In his dressing room on the drapes he wrote " KIll or Be Killed" or something like that.

  • @ac2273

    'Live or Die'

  • @ac2273 "live or die"

  • His death changed boxing in so many ways. A true warrior, unfortunately his heart was too much for his own good.

    Ironically, there are '911' comments before mine...