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* Subverted in ''[[Hajime no Ippo]]''. While Randy Boy Sr. sustained fatal brain damage in his fight with Miyata's father, said damage didn't manifest itself until several days after Randy Sr's world championship fight. He didn't die in the ring per se, but the fight with Miyata Sr. caused his death nonetheless.
** Also subverted with Jinpachi Nekota, who was a victim of a "rabbit punch" that caused him ''punch drunk disease'' (see below), but that happened ''sixty'' years ago and he's still alive. He ''did'' have to retire, though.
* Used in the backstory of ''[[Karate Shoukoushi Kohinata Minoru (Manga)|Karate Shoukoushi Kohinata Minoru]]''. Ibuki Kengo's older brother Satoru, a martial arts genius, dies from intracranial hemorrhage due to the injuries he sustained in a match against an even greater Muay Thai fighter, Samart Sirinto. Ibuki Satoru had a cerebral arteriovenous malformation, a congenital disorder which placed him in great danger should he experience heavy head trauma, which had not been formally diagnosed before his death, but his fiancee believes that the medical examiners discovered it in his pre-fight medical examination and allowed him to fight anyway at the behest of the director of the fight promotion.
 
 
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* One episode of ''[[Leverage]]'' relied on faking one of these in order to snare a corrupt local fight promoter.
* One season of ''Oz'' features a boxing tourny, climaxing with the death of one of the combatants.
* ''[[Cold Case (TV)|Cold Case]]'' features an amateur boxer dying in the ring against a clearly superior opponent, with investigators wondering why the referee didn't stop the fight.
 
 
== Music ==
* Warren Zevon sings about the death of boxer Kim Duk Koo (see [[Real Life]] below) in his song "Boom-Boom Mancini."
* Pettinellis' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=whZV9ZzC-FY "Un hombre muerto en el ring"] aka [[Exactly What It Says Onon the Tin|"Dead man on the ring".]]
 
 
== Opera ==
* Joe in ''[[The Rise and Fall of The City of Mahagonny (Theatre)|The Rise and Fall of Thethe City of Mahagonny]]''.
 
 
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* ''[[Fallout]] 2'' has a boxing sidequest. The rules for winning a match are a little obscure, but death is definitely a possibility. Especially if you find the plated gloves and maybe pop a couple Buffout.
* EA's ''Mutant League'' series of sports games revolved entirely around this, where players could be blown up on the court, bisected, etc.
* This is a quintessential part of [[Mortal Kombat]], though [[Exactly What It Says Onon the Tin|that]] [[Finishing Move|shouldn't]] [[Anyone Can Die|be]] [[Bloodier and Gorier|s]][[High-Pressure Blood|u]][[Ludicrous Gibs|r]][[Made of Plasticine|p]][[Major Injury Underreaction|r]][[Body Horror|i]][[Gorn|s]][[Impaled Withwith Extreme Prejudice|i]][[Kiss of Death|n]][[Non-Lethal KO|g]][[Averted Trope|.]]
 
 
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== Western Animation ==
* In [[Justice League (Animationanimation)|Justice League Unlimited]], Green Arrow faked his death in a fight in order to shock his opponent out of competing in underground prize fights.
 
 
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