Team GB Hopeful Kickboxer, 15, died three days after ‘Non -Senanctioned’ fight

A teenage kickboker tipped as a future team of GB -athlete died three days after a head injury in a charity fight.

Alex Eastwood, 15, Tragic died of the injuries he sustained During the kickboxing event on 29 June last year.

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The teenager was rushed Hopital After collapsing during the non -Gesianctioned fight in a kickboxing school in Wigan, Lancashire.

It is understood that if the fight was punished by kickboxing Authorities, the two boys should not have fighted.

Alex was transferred to Royal Albert Edward Infirmary WiganWhere a CT scan revealed that he had suffered a brain blood.

He was placed in an induced coma and later transferred to Manchester Children’s Hospital where he underwent an emergency operation.

Despite the best efforts of medicalHis condition deteriorated and he died tragically short later in the hospital on July 2.

His father Stephen Eastwood gave him a sincere tribute to Alex’s research and praised him as a “beautiful soul”.

Speaking at Bolton Coroner’s CourtHe said: “He was a sweet boy.

“I just would like people to remember him as the beautiful, beautiful soul that he was.

“He was a beautiful, beautiful soul and I want everyone to know that.”

Talented Alex was a member of the Hurricane Combat and Fitness Club, where he has a black belt In kickboxing.

The teenage sensation would participate in the world championships in Portugal In October 2024, having achieved six wins during his budding career.

Mr. Eastwood told the horrible moment that Alex collapsed in the ring and “dropped over the ropes”.

He added: “If I remember correctly, his head guard came loose a few times in the second round.

“I screamed against him a few times because it had come loose in that round.

“At the end of the fight, he held on to one of the ropes, goes down.

“We knew he had lost the fight. He turned around to the corner of the ring.

“The opponent approached to shake Alex’s hand. Alex just made a gesture.

“Within a few seconds, Alex walked to the ropes, started to beat and dropped.”

The competition in which he participated consisted of three light contact rounds of two minutes.

But it did not have an official sanction due to a British kickboxing authority.

Barrister Adam Korn represented Alex’s family and said, “If this had been a sanctioned event, these boys would never have been put in the ring together.”

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