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Raymond Lavern Roach (February 22 1925 – February 23 1950) was a boxer from the small Texas town of Plainview who was Ring Magazine’s Rookie-of-the-Year in 1947. Lavern had a winning record and was considered an up-and-coming contender until his untimely death. Lavern sustained a fatal head injury during a boxing match and died the next day due to a sub-dural hemorrhage. He was the first boxing casualty of 1950.