Richard Green (referee)

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Richard Green was a boxing referee. He was the referee for WBA Lightweight Title fight between Ray Mancini and Duk Koo Kim on November 13, 1982, the famous fight where Kim lost his life at just 23 years of age. Green blamed himself for allowing the fight to go on and for Kim's death, taking his own life on July 1, 1983. He was 46. Green had also been third man in the ring for the Larry Holmes-Muhammad Ali fight in 1980.

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New York Times' Archive: Richard Green Obituary