It was Anucha Tasakos last fight. As a 13-year-old Muay Thai Boxer went on Saturday in the Ring after three rounds to the ground, he should never get up again. Two days later, he died of bleeding on the brain stem, such as a doctor, reported the CNN. The death of the teenager fired in Thailand now, once again, the discussion of a sport that is considered to be as brutal as it is popular: Muay Thai. Is fought not just with fists, but also with kicks in the face and neck.
The Boy had already begun as a small child with the battle sports. According to a report by the television station work point he was already at the age of eight years for the first Time for money. More than 150 rounds in a fight he should have played. The fights will be played in front of paying audience. The winner gets in this age group for larger events, the money of 3000 Baht (the equivalent of about 80 Euro). With your martial arts you have to feed your family.
In Thailand, the children are fighting without a helmet
Anucha Tasakos lived as an orphan with his uncle, to ask him to have trained in Muay Thai. As for many children from poor backgrounds in the martial arts Anucha Tasakos should allow for the rise. Lunabit According to the newspaper “the Independent” he paid his prize money, the school fees, supported his uncle in the case of daily expenses. The called for in the Thai newspaper “Thai Rath”, laws should prescribe for under 15-year-old fighter protective clothing.
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Because the young fighters, neither helmets nor knee pads to wear. In an Internet Video that shows Anucha Tasakos the final battle, a threshing both counterparties without the protection of each other. 60 Dollar is waved to the winner as prize money. His opponent in the deadly battle wrote on Facebook: “I regret it, but I need to fight and win in order to earn enough money for my education.” The channel CNN, he said, the death of his enemy will not stop him from rising again in the Ring.
The organizers are afraid of losing your business
But against the martial arts resistance. Currently, a draft bill is a work in progress, with the sports for kids should be banned under the age of twelve. If it goes to the Minister for Sport and tourism, must take the 15-Year-old in the future, protective clothing. After the death of the young it is considered likely that the draft will find enough supporters. Children’s doctors and activists work for years on it, finally an age restriction.
However, the organizers reject interference in their rules. One of their lawyers spoke to the “Independent” that the “extermination of Muay Thai” the threat, if the sports had to abandon their children-fighters.
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