<div><div>Russian light-heavyweight Roman Simakov has died at the age of 27 after being knocked out and put in a coma during a WBC Asian title fight, the Russian Boxing Federation announced yesterday.u00a0</div><div><br /></div><div><img src="/imagedata/2011/dec/simakov.jpg" border="5" align="" alt="" /><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Simakov had to be carried from the ring on a stretcher after a seventh-round knockout by compatriot Sergei Kovalev in their fight in Yekaterinburg on Monday.</div><div><br /></div><div>"He fell into a coma and was taken to hospital but the doctors were not able to revive him," RBF said in a statement.u00a0Simakov's brief career saw him win 19 of 22 fights.u00a0</div></div>                

Russian light-heavyweight Roman Simakov has died at the age of 27 after being knocked out and put in a coma during a WBC Asian title fight, the Russian Boxing Federation announced yesterday. 

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