Edwin Valero's death is fourth boxing suicide in a year(USA Today)

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Edwin Valero's life came to a shocking end yesterday morning, when he hanged himself in a jail cell with his own clothes, hours before he was expected to be arraigned for the murder of his wife.

But within the sport of boxing, suicides by prominent fighters perhaps are becoming more common. Forbes ****zine's Michael Ozanian says there have been four such suicides in the part year, including Valero, 28. The others:

In September, Ireland's Darren Sutherland, 27, was found hanged in his own home. He won a bronze medal at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.

In July, authorities in Brazil ruled the death of former world champion Arturo Gatti, 37, a suicide. Initially, Gatti's 23-year-old wife was a suspect.

Also in July, Alexis Arguello shot himself to death. The Nicaraguan had been a world champion in three weight divisions.

I still don't believe Gatti committed suicide.

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And like so many of them, his abrupt and brutal exit speaks to a sport that too often denies even its best a happy ending.

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3 out of the 4 still carry some lingering doubt with me.

[ИATAS]

****, very bad press from USA today. They shouldn't be linked like that, all are totally different scenarios

[TheGreatA]

Arguello's problems weren't caused by boxing though. In fact I'd rather say that his problems were caused by the lack of boxing in his life, which he admitted. He came from a rough upbringing and had a father who attempted suicide numerous times. Many of his family members were killed in war. Boxing gave him a chance to succeed in life, but after boxing he turned to drugs. To a lesser extent the same might go for Arturo Gatti, whose life was only kept in control by boxing.

[SoldierWarrior]

Gatti wasn't a suicide and clearly obvious. Only a crackhead thinks you can hang yourself with a purse-strap, and when the examiner checked around his neck it looked like he was hung by a rope and not a purse-strap. Brazil is a ****hole country with so much corruption.

[J.R]

It's heartbreaking man, too many deaths.

[bdawg56kg]

tragic........