Undefeated boxer Travell Mazion died Wednesday night in a car accident in Austin, Texas, according to TMZ Sports, just over a week before his 25th birthday.
Known as “Black Magic,” Mazion (17-0) turned pro in 2013 and most recently won the vacant WBC-NABF super welterweight title with a 58-second first-round knockout of Fernando Castaneda in January.
The details of the crash of various vehicles are still unclear, although the Austin-Travis County Emergency Medical Services social media account reported that three people were involved in the crash, one person suffered “life-threatening serious injuries” and another person was lifted by air. with “critical life threatening injuries”. A third person, presumably Mazion, was declared “deceased on the scene.”
Boxer Vergil Ortiz Jr. was one of his first peers to cry publicly.
“I can’t believe it, RIP Travell Mazion,” Ortiz wrote on Twitter. “For those who don’t know him or who never knew him, he was a very talented boxer and one of the coolest people I ever met. I always enjoyed watching him fight. I love you brother, take care of us.
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