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Boxer dies five days after bout

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May 7, 2009 | 12:00am

DALLAS – Boxer Benjamin Flores has died five days after he was hospitalized following a title bout with Al Seeger in a Dallas hotel.

Bout supervisor Bob Lenhardt says the 25-year-old Flores died at Parkland Hospital on Tuesday.

Referee Laurence Cole awarded the victory to Seeger in the eighth round of the North American Boxing Federation fight on Thursday at the Hilton Anatole hotel.

Lenhardt said the Houston fighter was helped to his stool before lying down. Lenhardt said doctors rushed to his side and Flores appeared unconscious when removed on a stretcher.

The fight was for the vacant NABF super bantamweight title. Flores was 19-3 and weighed 122 pounds. (AP)

AL SEEGER

BOB LENHARDT

BOUT

BOXER BENJAMIN FLORES

FLORES

HILTON ANATOLE

LENHARDT

NORTH AMERICAN BOXING FEDERATION

PARKLAND HOSPITAL

REFEREE LAURENCE COLE

SEEGER
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