Word: galindez
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DIED. Victor Galindez, 31, World Boxing Association light-heavyweight champion between 1974 and 1979; of injuries received during an auto race, when a racing car spun out of control and hit him and another driver (who was also killed), as the two were leaving their disabled vehicle; in 25 de Mayo, Argentina. A ferocious fighter who successfully defended his title ten times, the Argentine-born Galindez took up auto racing earlier this year after suffering two successive defeats in the ring and going into retirement...
Former world light heavyweight champion Victor Galindez was killed yesterday in an accident after abandoning an auto race in which he had taken part as a driver, police in Buenos Aries reported...