KO tragedy: British boxing hopeful’s final round in Pattaya hotel

[riverhigh]

I simply don't care what happens to them.  As professional athletes in a relatively dangerous contact sport, they let themselves down and everyone  around them. IMHO youth cannot be used as an excuse. 

[Kinok Farang]

22 hours ago, MalcolmB said:

Yes, I prefer the suppository method when in Pattaya.

Then seal it in with your favourite buttplug until the drugs take effect.

Always my favourite method.

[tmd5855]

1 hour ago, Bobthegimp said:

 

I've witnessed the same thing with close friends, hence the seemingly harsh statement.  This young man's death is now a "tragedy" instead of a "thank God it's finally over". 

The tragedies are at an end, finally it is ended, is a better 'epitaph'.

 

At the service for my youngest son, to hear kind words and remembering all those happy times could not be heard. 

The majority of drug addicts pass alone in a room.

[teeyai]

On 11/1/2024 at 7:47 AM, bbi1 said:

Another day, another stupid drug user dead. Moving along.....

What a Callous uncaring DickHead You must be.

Edited 6 hours ago by teeyai

[BritScot]

Nasty, nasty people on here! A kid has died another in serious danger. The pain and distress his family must be feeling. A parents worst nightmare, regardless of how he died. Deepest sympathy to his family. P.S. To all the scum on here, get a life! Such really nasty pathetic animals.....

[Jdperry]

21 what a waste 

[sanabavy IV]

could have these guys been better managed?

[TimBKK]

On 11/1/2024 at 4:36 PM, kennypowers said:

Couldn’t The Thaiger have shown some respect to the family by avoiding the use of AI to write the report on this tragic loss? Parts of it sound like something out of an Agatha Christie novel. 

Agree - this is a offensive article title, with zero compassion for the family and obviously no editorial oversight.  AN should be ashamed.

[GammaGlobulin]

I am not sure that I would classify the hotel as being particularly swanky.

 

One of the closest swanky hotels to here might be the Peninsula in Hong Kong.

 

Maybe he should have chosen better hotel.

 

With a better hotel, a really classy hotel, he might not have felt so depressed as to resort to drug taking.

 

And, if no drugs, then he might still be alive.

 

Just one little thing can be the difference between two opposite outcomes.

 

I would never take drugs at the Peninsula, or example.

 

 

Edited 2 hours ago by GammaGlobulin

[cardinalblue]

A journalist trying for a cute headline fails miserably in a play on words communication - what a joke 

 

KISS principle - the second S refers to the journalist 

[Patong2021]

1 hour ago, sanabavy IV said:

could have these guys been better managed?

 Fair observation. I have the impression that there is no management of these kids. It is more like promotion and manipulation.The promoters see the fighters as a commodity. They are used and when injured or in need of guidance are discarded.

Some training clubs offer mentorship, but it is hit and miss.

The foreign fighters come to train and buy the badge of being able to say they trained in Thailand. They often are not the best quality fighters, both physically and mentally. And they typically don't have managers.

It is very different from the  experience offered  in places like South Korea, UK, USA etc. where the kids are trained, and guided and subject to drug testing,