Briefly Heavy Weight Champ

Trevor Berbick ,who breifly held the World Heavy Weight Championship Title,was Found Dead today in his home country,..apparently from a hatchett or axe wound to the Head,...

He is one of a few who fought 'Ali',

and also lost to Mike Tyson ,(he lost the title to Mike Tyson (actually)

Here's the Story:

Former Heavyweight Champ Trevor Berbick Found Dead, Police Say

By Dan Bollerman

Oct. 28 (Bloomberg) -- Boxer Trevor Berbick, who held the world heavyweight championship in 1986, died of head wounds in his hometown in Jamaica this morning, police said. He was believed to be 52 years old.

Berbick was pronounced dead after being found around 6 a.m. local time in a churchyard near his home in Norwich, Portland Parish police spokesman Duane Campbell said in a telephone interview.

Berbick had two wounds to the side of his head and two to the back, Campbell said. One of them appeared to be made with a sharp instrument and the others by a blunt one, he said.

Berbick, who'd returned to his native country several years ago after being deported from the U.S. for the second time, had been seen by friends coming from a party around 2:30 a.m., Campbell said, adding that he wasn't sure who found Berbick's body.

Berbick was the last boxer to beat Muhammad Ali in 1981, and gained the World Boxing Council heavyweight title from Pinklon Thomas on March 22, 1986. Berbick lost the title to 20-year-old Mike Tyson exactly eight months later, after being knocked down twice in the second round.

He boxed for Jamaica in the 1976 Olympics and had a 50-11-1 record with 33 knockouts as a professional through 2000. He lived in Canada and the U.S., where he served 15 months in prison in the early 1990s after legal troubles that included raping a family baby-sitter, grand theft and misdemeanor assault, according to the Associated Press.

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ps:  He was the Last Boxer to beat Ali,.............(an old Ali,he never would have beaten a Young Ali.........(Just My Opinion,though)