The heartbroken fathers of two men who died while taking part in ‘white collar’ charity boxing matches have called for the deadly bouts to be banned.
The fights were set up by the UK registered charity Ultra White-Collar Boxing (UWCB), where we see fighters enter the ring in a bid to raise money.
The UCWB is a self-regulated entity that gives office workers approximately eight weeks’ worth of free boxing training before they enter the ring as part of safety measure and to help ‘prepare them’.
The two fathers have spoken out against the organisation to have these controversial tournaments to be put to an end for good.
They include the fathers of 26-year-old content writer Dominic Chapman and old software manager Alastair Peck both of whom had died in the ring.
The heartbroken father’s interventions come after the recent death of student Jubal Reij Kurain who unfortunately died after sustaining ‘serious injuries’ in an Ultra White Collar Boxing event last March.
The event organiser himself claims that white collar boxing is ‘safer than cycling and rugby’ due their ‘excellent safety precautions at event like these’.
However, despite these claims by the organiser John Chapman the father of Dominic Chapman has called these claims to be ‘put to an end’.
The 26-year-old had died in April 2022 after participating the UWCB event at tramp’s nightclub in Worcester.
Richard Peck the father of Alastair Peck who had to deal with the death of his son after entering on the UCWB’s events, has also called for these to be stopped for good.
The software manager had entered the Ultra White Collar Boxing events in a bid to raise money for kidney cancer back in 2008.
However, the 44year old’s fight was ended due to him hitting the canvas in the 3rd round of the event.
Friends there reportedly said that software manager was vomiting and appearing what was ‘Punch Drunk’ before being found later dead on the bathroom floor.
His dad has claimed that ‘people get suckered into these events as the truly believe they are doing something good for charity’ as he also called for a ban on the fights.
The bereaved father has also slammed Cancer Research in the process for accepting money from UCWB event, which has raised 27 million pounds for the charity since 2013.
‘It’s a disgrace that Cancer research accept money accepts money from them’ The 79-year-old from Thrugoland, near Barnsley, North Yorkshire said.