Diet pills were partly to blame for the death of an amateur boxer who collapsed just minutes after taking part in a 'white-collar fight', an inquest ruled.
Father-of-one Lance Ferguson-Prayogg, 32, lost consciousness after losing the fight against Shaun White at The Forum in Nottingham last June. He died in hospital two days later after suffering kidney failure and cardiac arrest. Bottles of T5, a legal fat-burning supplement that is readily available online, were found at the boxer's house, the inquest at Nottingham Coroner's Court was told.
Ruling the death drug-related, assistant coroner Jane Gillespie branded the pills 'extremely dangerous' and warned of their 'potentially devastating' effects, the Nottingham Post has reported.
But a pathology report concluded it was 'impossible to say' whether the boxer would have died if he had not fought the match that night. Forensic pathologist Dr Stuart Hamilton told the inquest: 'He had taken medicine for his fat and his blood was acidic.
'That leads to a lot of problems including a degree of muscle breakdown and a blocking of his kidney – that would explain why he has gone into kidney failure and that is what caused his death.'
Private paramedics who were at the event said Mr Ferguson-Prayogg appeared healthy before and during the match but began to breathe heavily as he left the ring.
Medics fought to keep the boxer alive and took him to Queen's Medical Centre at Nottingham University Hospital NHS Trust. He later suffered kidney failure and cardiac arrest.
White-collar boxing got its name because it mostly involves men and women from white-collar professions. Many have had no previous boxing experience.
No comments:
Post a Comment