Media reports indicate a Saginaw boxer died Saturday following a bout at the Gideon Boxing Club on Hancock Street.

Tyrone Welch Jr., 22, died Saturday at Covenant HealthCare, according to an obituary posted by Paradise Funeral Chapel.

Gideon Boxing Club, located at 1209 Hancock, held a boxing event on Saturday, where Welch Jr. participated in one of the bouts.

Club owner Joe Mendez would not confirm or comment on Welch’s death.

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