Boxer 'clinically dead' after bout ends in riot

A DISTRESSED member of the audience rushes to the ringside as British bantamweight title challenger James Murray lies unconscious on the canvas. Around them, drunken fans riot as doctors battle to revive the stricken boxer. The twin scenes - of a fighter gravely injured and hooligan fans throwing punches, bottles, and chairs - came in a Glasgow hotel on Friday night at the end of what was supposed to be a black-tie boxing dinner. Alcohol and even sectarian rivalry were blamed for the violence, into which the British Boxing Board of Control yesterday launched an inquiry. Last night Murray's family were told he was "clinically dead", said his manager Alex Morrison.

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