17 August 2026
Boxer Prichard Colón dies at 33 after decade-long coma
WIKIPuerto Rican boxer Prichard Colón Meléndez has died from complications of a brain hemorrhage suffered during a 2015 bout against Terrel Williams, in which he took repeated illegal blows to the back of the head. He spent 221 days in a coma and remained in care for over a decade without recovering, and news of his death drove his Wikipedia page to become the day's most-read article with over 260,000 views.
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