Another boxer has lost a family member to coronavirus.
Nigel Benn announced on his Instagram account that his brother Mark has died from the virus. That comes on the heels of Anthony Yarde losing both his father and grandmother to the disease.
Wrote Benn: “My brother Mark passed Away 2day (Covid 19), as we all were growing up Mark was the Joker of the Benn house hold, May he Rest In Peace love u Mark.”
Benn, 56 and retired for more than two decades, was back in the news last year. He was set to face Sakio Bika in a comeback fight but called it off after he was injured.
The Londoner was a two-division titlerholder in the 1990s.