TULSA, Okla. (AP) — Former Tulsa linebacker George Clinkscale has died after taking part in an unsanctioned boxing match. He was 24.
Joe Miller, the director of the Oklahoma State Athletic Commission, said Thursday that Clinkscale took part in the bout late Wednesday at a Tulsa-area church.
Clinkscale, who was a linebacker for the Golden Hurricane from 2005-2009, was billed as the main event at Fight Night VI sponsored by GUTS Church. Miller says witnesses described Clinkscale becoming ill during the fight and he was taken to a local hospital, where he died.
Miller says the results of the OSAC’s investigation will be turned over to the state attorney general’s office because the event was not sanctioned.
