Former heavyweight champ Trevor Berbick, 51, murdered
Posted: Sunday, October 29th, 2006 5:54 pmTrevor Berbick, a former world heavyweight boxing champion, has died after suffering a violent assault on his home island of Jamaica.
The fighter was the last boxer to beat the legendary Muhammad Ali on December 11, 1981 and held the world heavyweight title briefly in 1986 before losing it to Mike Tyson.
Berbick, 51, suffered a gaping head wound in the attack in his native Norwich village, 146 miles east of Kingston, and was pronounced dead at the Port Antonio Hospital early yesterday, police said.
Detectives believe said the assailant was carrying a weapon such as a machete or hatchet that cut a deep “chop wound”.
Berbick represented Jamaica at the 1976 Olympic Games in Montreal; he later settled in Canada. …
However, he returned to Jamaica in 2003 after being deported from the United States for a parole violation. He had been in trouble with the law several times. … Read full obituary
