Popular UT junior, Tanner Wray, tragically passed away during a boxing match at the Expo Center Friday night.
Wray was said to be was walking to his corner after the end of the second round when he collapsed on the mat and didn’t get up. He was rushed to UT Medical Center where he was pronounced dead.
Students have already began sharing their condolences on social media.
The second night of the annual Boxing Weekend tournament was called off early after one of the boxers collapsed between rounds and was taken away for medical attention.source
The Ace Miller Memorial Boxing Tournament is an amateur event for UT fraternity members.The tournament is not organized through the university.
Reporter John North said a doctor at the match jumped into the ring immediately. A medical crew treated the boxer for several minutes before taking him away on a stretcher.
Our thoughts and prayers go out to the family and friends at this difficult time.
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Can you not put an ad for a college rapist on the same page with the death of a college student? I don’t want to see Brock Turner’s face when so many are grieving. Not only was it right under Tanner’s picture but I was also in the middle of what little article you have!