RI boxer dies after coma

RI boxer dies after coma

JAKARTA (AFP): An Indonesian boxer has died after being in a coma for 16 days, hospital staff here said Monday.

Dipo Saloko, 30, Indonesia's fourth-ranked Flyweight, died in the intensive care unit of the Indonesian Christian University hospital here on Sunday, a hospital staff member said.

Saloko was knocked out in a fight and never regained consciousness after being admitted to hospital on June 16,

"The register says he died of a brain hemorrhage," said the hospital staff member, who identified himself only as Donald.

Saloko was knocked out in the seventh round Rio Saragih in a mini flyweight bout broadcast nationwide by Indosiar private television.