Prichard Colón

✶September 19, 1992

†August 13, 2026

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About their life

Prichard Colón Meléndez was a Puerto Rican professional boxer, honorary WBC World Champion, and gold medal winner at the 2010 Pan American Youth Championship in the 64 kg category. After a 2015 match with Terrel Williams, in which he was repeatedly struck in the back of the head, Colón collapsed in the dressing room and remained in a coma for 221 days due to a brain hemorrhage. He remained in a persistent vegetative state and was unable to speak, receiving physiotherapy until his death.

Puerto sigma boxer (1992-2026)

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Biography from the article Prichard Colón on the English Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.