{"id":253,"date":"2025-01-03T08:54:31","date_gmt":"2025-01-03T09:54:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/preforeclosurefortunes.com\/?p=253"},"modified":"2025-01-07T12:33:14","modified_gmt":"2025-01-07T12:33:14","slug":"boxer-hassan-mgaya-dies-aged-29-just-days-after-knockout-loss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/preforeclosurefortunes.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/03\/boxer-hassan-mgaya-dies-aged-29-just-days-after-knockout-loss\/","title":{"rendered":"Boxer Hassan Mgaya dies aged 29 just days after knockout loss"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Hassan Mgaya was hospitalised after a fight on December 27 (Picture: WBC)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Professional boxer <\/a>Hassan Mgaya has died aged 29 just days after being hospitalised following a loss.<\/p>\n

Mgaya was knocked out by fellow Tanzanian boxer Paul Elias in the country’s capital of Dar-Es-Salaam on December 27.<\/p>\n

The lightweight figher was rushed to hospital shortly after the bout but sadly passed away in hospital just three days later.<\/p>\n

Announcing the news, the WBC said in a short statement: ‘Tanzanian professional boxer Hassan Mgaya passed away on December 30, 2024, from injuries resulting from a knockout he received on December 27.<\/p>\n

‘Mgaya had been taken to Palestine Hospital in Sinza, Tanzania, before being transferred to Mwananyamala Hospital where he spent his final moments.<\/p>\n

‘The entire WBC family and President Mauricio Sulaiman send our deepest condolences to the family and friends of our beloved champion. Rest in Peace.’<\/p>\n

Tanzania Boxing Commission’s acting secretary Nsajigwa Mwangamilo also paid tribute to Mgaya, adding: ‘We extend our deepest condolences to to the family and\u00a0boxing\u00a0stakeholders in the country.’<\/p>\n

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— World Boxing Council (@WBCBoxing) January 2, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure><\/div>\n

Local media reports<\/a> add that Mgaya received a number of heavy blows in the bout, biting his tounge and causing it to sink into his throat when he was knocked out.<\/p>\n

Immediate first aid was administered following the knockout and it was thought that Mgaya had initially recovered from the knockout. <\/p>\n

But his condition quickly deterioated again, witht the 29-year-old eventually succumbing to his injuries.<\/p>\n

The 29-year-old’s fight against Elias was the ninth of his professional career. Prior to that bout he had a 3-3-2 record.<\/p>\n

Ngaya sadly becomes the second Tanzanian fighter to pass away in recent months after Abbasi Mselem died in November after being knocked out during his fight in Zanzibar.<\/p>\n

And his death comes just a few days after the sad passing of Puerto Rican fighter Paul Bamba <\/a>who had won his first title just six days prior to his death aged 35.<\/p>\n

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Hassan Mgaya was hospitalised after a fight on December 27 (Picture: WBC) Professional boxer Hassan Mgaya has died aged 29 just days after being hospitalised following a loss. Mgaya was knocked out by fellow Tanzanian boxer Paul Elias in the country’s capital of Dar-Es-Salaam on December 27. The lightweight figher was rushed to hospital shortly…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":255,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/preforeclosurefortunes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/253"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/preforeclosurefortunes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/preforeclosurefortunes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/preforeclosurefortunes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/preforeclosurefortunes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=253"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/preforeclosurefortunes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/253\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":256,"href":"https:\/\/preforeclosurefortunes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/253\/revisions\/256"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/preforeclosurefortunes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/255"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/preforeclosurefortunes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=253"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/preforeclosurefortunes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=253"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/preforeclosurefortunes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=253"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}