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Mourners who came to a murdered boxer's wake this week, found him posed afoot, a yellow hood on his head, sunglasses glasses over his eyes and blue boxing gloves on his hands.
The family of Puerto Rican Christopher Rivera — who was shot to death last week — honoured his dying wish on Friday by propping up his corpse in the corner of a fake boxing ring to memorialise his career.
Elsie Rodriguez, vice president of the Marin Funeral Home, said Rivera’s family wanted to highlight his boxing. The funeral home suggested posing him in a ring, the Washington Post reported.
Rivera’s mother, Celines Amaro, wife Lidianette Carmona and son Julio Christopher then posed with his body.