Sad to report that former Indonesian super lightweight champion Hero Tito passed away from injuries suffered in a seventh-round knockout loss to James Mokoginta on February 27 in Jakarta, Indonesia. He was just 35. Tito never regained consciousness and passed away on March 3. He was just 35. He hailed from Heru Purwanto in Malang, Indonesia, and compiled a career record of 29-17-2 with 11 KOs. Tito fought all over Asia and competed for numerous regional titles. R.I.P.
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I saw this fight. It was a short but good uppercut that put Hero down. Looked like he was gonna get up, but went downhill from there. James Makoginta looked so concerned when looked like he tried to hug him while he was down. Heartbreaking loss for both families. May Hero Rest In Peace and may God comfort both families and loved ones…
Amen to that
Agree with your comment AMEN..
One question Arturo about your Legend badge, is Hall of famer better than Legend or the other way ?
Just 25 years old. Rest easy champ.
35, excuse me.
I do not know why but I seem to recall this happening in Indonesia a lot. I have no idea what the stats are or if it is just in my head. A poor young girl passed away in Montreal Canada last year after a match. She was only 18…younger then my daughter. This sport give a lot to many people…but when it takes it is tragic and sad like none other. My thoughts and prayers are with the families.
You may have something with Indonesia Pete, I googled it and came up with a few people including, most disturbingly, Tubagus Sakti. He died in 2013, he was 17 years old and was in a fight scheduled for 12 rounds and he had already gone 12 rounds once and eight rounds four times! He turned pro, as a 15 year old, in an 8 round fight! He lost that fight and fought the same guy a month and a half later in a 6 rounder! That poor kid had over 50 rounds in less than 2 years and he died!
And that girl from last year in Montreal, Jeanette Zacarias Zapata, her last three opponents – she had no business fighting. They were all in their 30’s and two of them ended up fighting for world championships. I’ve seen one of them fight. Alma Ibarra is a good fighter, she’s currently ranked #1 by the WBC, I think he was supposed to fight Jessica McCaskill last year, and she fought Zapata when she would have been 30 and Zapata would have been 15!
I know it’s hindsight now, but damn you’d think someone would look at these records and just think something cannot be right here.
I agree Lucie. When tragedies keep happening one has to at least consider that things should be looked at a little closer. From what I understand the girl in Montreal was brutally knocked out in her previous fight. I have been to a couple of fight cards in Montreal and I love the city. I think in hindsight in this case however they should not have had that poor young woman in the ring.
Funny how he is said to have ‘passed’. I would have said that he died but there seems to be an almost universal trend to avoid saying the D word and I fell that by using sugar coated flowery euphemisms the true nature of what occurred is not acknowledged and proper respect to the boxer in this case is not given
Since 2000, 16 boxers have died after fights in Indonesia:
June 16 2000, Jakarta: Dipo Saloko
November 18, 2000, Belawan: Bayu Young Iray
March 11, 2001, Bekasi: John Namtilu
April 2, 2001, Cibinong: Muhammad Alfaridzi
October 28, 2001, Manado: Donny Maramis
February 4, 2003, Jakarta: Johannes Fransiscus
21 September 2003, Sumatra: Mula Sinaga
January 23, 2004, Jakarta: Jonathan Mosse
February 19, 2004, Purwokerto: Jack Ryan
March 5, 2005; Jakarta: Hendrik Bira
June 16, 2006, Manado: Fadly Kasim
March 15, 2007, Jakarta: Anis Dwi Mulya
March 31, 2012, Jakarta: Muhammad Afrizal
November 16, 2012, Kupang: Oxon Palue
January 27, 2013, Jakarta: Tubagus Setia Sakti
February 27, 2022, Jakarta: Hero Tito
The numbers are so high !! Amazing !! Are se fighters there well checked by doctors in their carreers or not ?!
That is ridiculous! Just looked up a few of those names and ran into 3 teenagers, not including Sakti.
Most common head injuries leading to death from direct trauma are cranial bleeds and hematomas. Both require immediate surgery if extensive enough and can lead to long term physical consequences and/or death. The invention of a CT scan has led to tracking of such injuries with exceptional accuracy.
I’m tired of these sort of news, every year there are a few boxers who are dying from injuries sustained in a fight.. So sad, may hero Tito rest in peace..
This is tragic, as we can all seem to acknowledge. What’s also disgusting to me is that most comments contained in most articles on Fightnews are that of fans criticizing boxers for whatever reason. Let this be a lesson for everyone to respect and appreciate any boxer who steps in the ring…knowing that it may be their last day on earth.
Rest in Peace Hero Tito. Eternal rest grant unto him, O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon him. May his soul and the souls of all the faithful departed, through the mercy of God, rest in peace. Amen.
When someone dies, you have to look to see what went wrong. I saw that fight and he was getting hit too many times. I would have stopped the fight way before the KO.