<div><p>The Massachusetts State Police has suspended full-contact boxing training activities among recruits after one died, a state police spokesperson said.</p><p>Enrique Delgado-Garcia, 25, of Worcester, was pronounced dead at a hospital Sept. 13, a day after he participated in an exercise in the boxing ring at the Massachusetts State Police Academy in New Braintree. </p><p>Tim McGuirk, a state police department spokesperson, said in a statement Monday that the full-contact boxing training activities between trainees has been suspended until further notice, NBC reports.</p><p>On the day of the exercise, Col. John Mawn Jr., the interim head of the state police, requested a full investigation by the State Police Detective Unit assigned to the Worcester County District Attorney’s Office, McGuirk said. Mawn also directed the state police’s Division of Standards and Training “to comprehensively review the Academy’s defensive tactics program,” McGuirk said. </p></div>

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Massachusetts State Police Suspend Boxing Training After Recruit’s Death

The Massachusetts State Police has suspended full-contact boxing training activities among recruits after one died, a state police spokesperson said. Enrique Delgado-Garcia, 25, of Worcester, was pronounced dead at a hospital Sept. 13, a day after he participated in an exercise in the boxing ring at the Massachusetts State Police Academy in New Braintree.