Former boxing champ Corrales Dead

Las Vegas -- Diego Corrales, a former world champion boxer, has died in a Las Vegas motorcycle crash. He was 29.

Friends of the former International Boxing Federation super-featherweight and World Boxing Council lightweight champion confirmed Corrales died Monday night, the Los Angeles Times reported Tuesday.

"It's confirmed. He's dead," said Jin Mosley, a close friend of Corrales and wife of Pomona boxer Shane Mosley. "Details are sketchy. We were told he was going over 100 mph. We're in absolute shock. This is tragic. He has a baby on the way."

"We're being told he ran into the back of a car and was struck by another from behind," said Gary Shaw, Corrales' boxing promoter.

"The guy was a true warrior; simply by the way he fought, he should be in the hall of fame," Shaw said. "Believe me, if he could've got off that cold pavement, he would."

Corrales is survived by his wife and five children.

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