Quebec Coroner to Probe Death of Mexican Boxer Jeanette Zacarias Zapata

Jeanette Zacarias Zapata (left) faces Marie-Pier Houle (white and pink trousers) in a welterweight fight at IGA Stadium, Montréal, on Aug. 28 2021. A Quebec coroner will investigate the death of Mexican boxer Jeanette Zacarias Zapata, the province's public security minister says. The Canadian Press/HO-Gym-Yannick Maltais *Mandatory Credit *

MONTREAL—Quebec’s public security minister says a coroner will investigate after Mexican boxer Jeanette Zacarias Zapata died following a bout last weekend in Montreal.

Geneviève Guilbault offered her condolences to the family of Zapata, 18, who died in hospital Thursday from injuries she suffered during her fight with Quebecer Marie-Pier Houle.