Six weeks after a devastating 19-second knockdown left him largely paralyzed, a bare-knuckle boxer died in hospital. Justin Thornton was just 38 and at the peak of his career.
A veteran MMA fighter has died more than six weeks after he was knocked out in his final fight. Justin Thornton, 38, was knocked out by Dillon Cleckler 18 seconds into a Bare.
NATCHEZ, Miss. A 38-year-old mixed martial arts fighter has died more than a month after he was knocked out in the ring during a Bare Knuckle Fighting Cha.