Ervin Corpuz collapsed and never recovered after getting badly battered in the final round of a 10-round bout late Saturday with 18-year-old Allan Llaneta in Polomolok, South Cotabato, 1,024 kilometers southeast of Manila.
The reports said he repeatedly signaled that he wanted to quit during the last two rounds but his aides ignored him as the crowd chanted "no surrender."
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