Trevor Berbick Dies

Former world heavyweight boxing champion Trevor Berbick was killed in Jamaica today by an assailant wielding a hatchet or machete, police said.

He was the last boxer to beat the legendary Muhammad Ali in 1981 and held the world heavyweight title briefly in 1986 before losing it to Mike Tyson.

Berbick, 51, suffered a gaping head wound in the attack in his native Norwich village, 146 miles east of Kingston, and was pronounced dead at the Port Antonio Hospital, police said. They said the assailant was carrying a weapon such as a machete or hatchet that cut a deep "chop wound."

Friends said they had seen Berbick at a party Friday night but police said they had few other details on his death.

Rest In Peace, Trevor.