Mystery surrounding the death of boxing champ Rocchigiani

More and more details about Death of the former boxing world champion come to light. Rocchigiani, who recently spent a lot of time in his partner's Italian homeland, was hit by a car in the town of Belpasso near Catania in Sicily on Monday evening and fatally injured. As the police report, “Rocky” was walking on a four-lane highway, SS 121, where he collided with a Smart at 23.30:XNUMX p.m. Rocchigiani was said to have died instantly after the impact, which smashed through the car's windshield.

Smart driver is not to blame There is no sidewalk on the expressway; the lanes are bordered by high, narrow guardrails and are not illuminated. As the police said, Rocchigiani wanted to cross the multi-lane state highway on foot in the dark on Monday evening. With cars often racing past at over 100 km/h, this is a life-threatening action. It is now being determined whether the 54-year-old was under the influence of alcohol. Eyewitnesses who saw him before the accident reported this, police said. An autopsy is intended to solve the mystery surrounding the boxing champion's death.

According to information from the German Press Agency, the driver of the Smart, a 29-year-old from Catania, was neither drunk nor under the influence of drugs. He also did not violate any traffic rules.

Rocchigiani is considered one of the most popular boxers of the past few decades in Europe. He fought 48 professional fights and won 41 times, 19 of which he won by knockout. In 1988, the son of an Italian iron bender became professional super middleweight world champion. Ten years later he won the WBC light heavyweight title.

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Mystery surrounding the death of boxing champ Rocchigiani

Graciano Rocchigiani was hit by a car on Monday and lost his life. The death of the German boxing legend raises some questions.

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