Boxer: Father-of-one Lance Ferguson-Prayogg , 32, lost consciousness after losing the fight against Shaun White at The Forum in Nottingham last June
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.
The sport is not recognised by the British Boxing Board of Control (BBBofC) - boxing's official governing body in Britain.
Shortly
after Mr Ferguson-Prayogg's death, Robert Smith from the BBBofC said
that the organisation 'felt people were putting themselves at risk' by
taking part in white-collar boxing.
Following
his death, tributes poured in on social media for the boxer who was
ranked sixth in the super middleweight Organised International Boxing
Association (OIBA) rankings.
Collapse: Private paramedics said Mr Ferguson-Prayogg began to breathe erratically as he left the ring
Success: The boxer who was ranked
sixth in the super middleweight Organised International Boxing
Association (OIBA) rankings. Above, Mr Ferguson-Praygogg at the gym
where he trained
Writing on Facebook at the time, his trainer Micky Alan said: ' I
just want everybody to know that the past 30 hours taught me a lot. And
I got what people call the boxing trainer's worst nightmare.
'I
hope people know that Lance's partner, daughter and family will need a
lot of help no matter how okay they say they are. I want to thank Lee
Jackson who stuck with Lance and me right through.
'Lee was running about like a mad man all night. I'll never forget that.'
12 Quays
Gym, in Wallasey, Wirral, where Mr Ferguson-Prayogg trained, tweeted:
'R.I.P. to one of our finest boxers... we are all totally devastated.'
Tribute: After receiving news of his
death, 12 Quays Gym, in Wallasey, Wirral, pictured, where Mr
Ferguson-Prayogg trained, tweeted: 'R.I.P. to one of our finest
boxers... we are all totally devastated'
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