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The Parka loses the fight against death 0:40
(CNN Spanish) - Mexico, the land of masked fighters, cries the death of La Parka, one of its most emblematic protagonists.
The parka
La Parka, whose real name was Jesús Alfonso Huerta Escoboza, died at age 54 due to the severity of injuries during a fall in a wrestling event last October. Before he died, Huerta Escoboza showed signs of kidney failure and received assisted breathing. The next day, his lungs and kidneys failed.
The tragic death of La Parka, who was known for his elaborate costumes and masks, recalls other deaths of fighters on earth who saw this practice born many years before it will be formalized as a sports discipline.
- Wrestling in Mexico, history without a mask
'The Son of the Aguayo Dog'
In March 2015, at age 35, the young fighter Pedro Aguayo Ramírez died after receiving a kick in a fight in Tijuana, Baja California.
The fighter, known as 'The Son of the Dog Aguayo' was thrown on the ropes after a recoil from the flight of one of his opponents, Rey Mysterio, during the fight last night.
During the fight, the other fighters who accompanied him in the ring continued the fight while Aguayo's inert body collapsed on the mat, as could be seen in the images on social networks. Later the fighter received medical attention, and was transferred to a health center, but doctors could not resuscitate him and his death was reported on 1 am on that March 21.
Ernesto Franco, the doctor in charge of the fight, said that Aguayo's injury was the result of a blow to the neck region.
Aguayo Ramírez was the son of the Mexican wrestler "El Perro Aguayo" - whose real name was Pedro Aguayo - who died four years after his son, in July 2019. The legendary fighter had its heyday in the 80s.
- “The Dog Aguayo”, wrestling legend in Mexico dies
"The Aguayo Dog". (Credit: Triple Wrestling A)
Silver king
Mexican wrestler Silver King found death away from his homeland. During a wrestling event in London, César Barrón, 51, collapsed in the middle of a fight and died in May 2019.
Barrón was taking up the role of the villain Ramses for the event at The Roundhouse, London. The Mexican had previously participated in the Hollywood comedy "Nacho Libre" in 2005 with Jack Black. It is believed that he died of a heart attack, according to industry reports.
Barrón grew up in the family of Mexican wrestlers; his father, Dr. Wagner, was a famous fighter in the 1960s until a car accident stopped his career as a fighter. His brother also competed as a fighter under the name of Dr. Wagner Junior.
Silver King achieved worldwide success and served for the WCW between 1997 and 2000, regularly appearing on its WCW Monday Nitro television program.
His highest profile fight was for the WCW Cruiserweight Championship against Juventud Guerrera in 1998, which he finally lost.
The risks of the fight
CNN contacted the AAA Lucha Libre organization, where La Parka was linked, to learn about the risks that may occur in the practice of this sport and the safety conditions they must have in the middle of this practice, but the organization refused to do Any comments about it.
A study in the American Journal of Sports Medicine found that concussion rates among college athletes were higher among male amateur wrestlers than among soccer players.
However, professional wrestling is different than amateur wrestling in many significant ways: winners and losers are predetermined, movements are more varied and, often, planned in advance, injuries suffered by professional wrestlers are very real and They can be as serious as in other combat sports.
Dave Meltzer, editor of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter, which has covered the industry for more than 30 years, told CNN that in the past 12 years, awareness of the risk of concussion has grown tremendously among this industry.
Many American companies, including WWE, have banned direct blows to the head with chairs, after countless chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) in professional wrestlers.
The researchers believe that CTE can develop from repeated blows to the head, even in the absence of concussion, which raises doubts about whether concussion protocols are sufficient. Each time the head suffers a strong blow, it shakes the brain inside the skull. All that splash can lead to an accumulation of an abnormal protein called tau, which can affect parts of the brain.
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