Hungarian light-heavyweight boxer Andras Nagy has died on May 1st after suffering a brain injury while training in Melbourne, Australia. He was 23. Andras - who had a 3-professional record - was on a six-month stay in Australia, boxing with a Croatian license.

Andras was a very talented boxer. His death is a terrible tragedy.

After  accidently butting heads with his opponent during a training bout on May 1, his birthday, Nagy was hospitalized with brain swelling. He underwent two operations in Melbourne, on May 1 and 4, and was placed in an artificial coma, but died Thursday. Nagy’s remains will be brought back to his family in Hungary.

During his amateur career, Nagy, a native of the city of Gyor in northwest Hungary, competed for the Vasas sports club.

Competing in the 165-pound class, Nagy won a silver medal at the 2002 World Cadet Championship in Kecskemet, Hungary.

He took part in the 2005 World Senior Boxing Championships in Mianyang, China, winning his first match.

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