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American boxer Carson Jones, who twice fought Britain’s Kell Brook in a long career, has died aged 38.

Jones, who won 44 of his 65 professional fights, was a champion at USBA welterweight, NABA light-middle weight, WBC Continental Americas light-middle weight and NABA USA light middleweight. He reached No 4 in the world in the IBF’s welterweight rankings.

He stepped away from the ring in 2023, and later suffered complications from surgery on his oesophagus.

A week ago the former IBF super middleweight world champion Caleb Truax posted on X: “Boxing community: We need some prayers for former world title challenger Carson Jones. He had complications during a surgical procedure and my friend can use all the good vibes he can get.”

Truax then posted on Saturday: “Rest in paradise to my man. #boxing lost a good one, too early.”

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