A 30-year-old New Zealand leight-weight boxer, Rodriguez Gomez, has died in Tahiti after collapsing 32 seconds into his first professional fight.
The French Polynesian Boxing Federation says he was rushed to a Papeete hospital but died an hour later.
It says, Gomez, who was a former kickboxer, was boxing against Karihi Tehei, who also had his first professional fight.
An inquiry has been opened to determine the cause of death.
