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Boxer Trevor Berbick brutally murdered in Jamaica

Trevor Berbick, former world heavyweight boxing champion and the last man to fight Muhammad Ali, has died in Jamaica after he was attacked with a machete or hachet.
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Trevor Berbick, former world heavyweight boxing champion and the last man to fight Muhammad Ali, has died in Jamaica after he was attacked with a machete or hachet.

The 51-year-old former Canadian fighter was pronounced dead after he suffered what's described as a "gaping" head wound.

The attack occurred in Berbick's hometown of Norwich, about 90 kilometres east of Kingston, Jamaica.

Berbick held World Boxing Council heavyweight title for a short time in 1986.

He lost it to Mike Tyson in his first title defense.

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