"Lavern Roach"@en . "Roach, Lavern"@en . "Raymond Lavern Roach"@en . "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."@en . "American boxer" . "1950-02-23Z"^^ . "1950Z"^^ . "1925-02-22Z"^^ . "1925Z"^^ . .