American boxer Hannah Rapp died connected Saturday aft being deed by a car portion cycling successful Texas.
Rapp, 26, was passed by a car which abruptly came to a halt past reversed into her, according to the Brazos County sheriff's office.
The operator has been arrested and charged with manslaughter.
Rapp challenged for the WBC women's featherweight title successful June, losing to Tiara Brown successful Orlando, which near her with an 8-1-1 record.
WBC president Mauricio Sulaiman said successful a statement: "She was an exceptional boxer, but supra all, an invaluable subordinate of our boxing family."
Brown called Rapp the "best creation spouse I person ever faced arsenic a pro" and said Rapp asked for her autograph successful the lead-up to the fight.
"It filled my bosom due to the fact that we were getting acceptable for war, yet she was inactive asking for my autograph," said Brown. "We fought a large fight. It was my grant to stock the ringing with her."
Rapp, from Indiana, competed successful athletics earlier transitioning to boxing. She turned nonrecreational successful 2024 portion maintaining a full-time occupation arsenic a occurrence and beingness information inspector.
Her promoter, Most Valuable Promotions, said successful a statement: "Hannah made a lasting content connected everyone who had the accidental to conscionable her.
"She was a talented athlete, a valued subordinate of the boxing community, and idiosyncratic who was profoundly respected by those astir her.
"We are grateful to person shared a portion of her travel and volition honour her representation successful the weeks ahead."
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