The death of junior featherweight Francisco “Paco” Rodriguez on Sunday night will not have been in vain.

Two days after Rodriguez was knocked out by Teon Kennedy in the 10th round of a ferocious fight for a regional title at Philadelphia’s famed Blue Horizon, Rodriguez died from a brain injury he suffered in the bout.

The family of a Chicago-born boxer who died after a match in Philadelphia has donated his kidney to an ailing uncle and other organs to at least seven other people, according to the family’s Web site.

“Our uncle has been on the waiting list for a kidney transplant for a long time,” said Francisco Rodriguez’s brother, Alex, in a statement. “So although we’ve tragically lost Paco, we’re able to give this incredible gift of life to another family member.”

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