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When Russell had gone, I brought up Google and researched the hell out of hiht in question The fight with Caesar Marquez had been a big deal, apparently Both fighters were considered front runners to eventually contend for the welterweight title Both fighters were roughly the sa

Except, now one was dead

And the other was living with punishing, crushing guilt I knew this I had felt it fro off hiuilt was the least of my concerns The black halo that completely surrounded his body was a different matter A very serious matter

Perhaps it was not so serious to others, but to me, I knew the implications Russell needed help He also needed protection And, considering the vast a withperhaps he needed protection from himself

No, he hadn’t appeared suicidal, but I was also no expert in psychological issues And since I wasn’t close enough to hiut iut told me that he had a very heavy heart

Baker vs Marquez hadn’t been a big pay-per-view event, but HBO had hyped it up pretty good All in all, the fight had lasted four rounds Up through three rounds, two judges had scored the fight in favor of Russell, but one had it in favor of Caesar Pretty even

That is, until "the punch"

I wanted to see the punch for risly videos on their website In fact, there were easily a half dozen such boxing death videos I first watched Russell’s fight, then forced myself to watch the other five, too, for couys ha a lot of ha At least that was the trend In five of the six fights, one opponent was clearly do the other opponent

But not in Russell’s fight

Their fight, at least to my untrained eye - and the truth was, I was perhaps ht seee’s scorecards had indicated

Both fighters were trading punches Both fighters were backing away Both fighters were circling Russell jabbed Marquez blocked Marquez circled, Russell followed Both had quick feet Quick hands No obvious blood No one staggered like in the other five video clips No one was obviously getting their brains beaten in

And there it was

The punch