World Boxing Council
BUENOS AIRES — Argentine boxer Hugo Alfredo Santillán died early Thursday, several days after he collapsed in the ring at the end of a fight near Buenos Aires.
Santillán was the second boxer to die this week following a bout. Maxim Dadashev of Russia died Tuesday in Maryland following a Friday loss to Puerto Rico’s Subriel Matías, a fight that Dadashev’s trainer, Buddy McGirt, dramatically stopped after the 11th round.
Santillán, a 23-year-old nicknamed “Dinamita,” fought Saturday night against Uruguayan boxer Eduardo Javier Abreu for the World Boxing Council’s Latino silver lightweight title.