Punching out of poverty: Despite risks, 9-year-old Thai fighter eager to return to ring

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BANGKOK: Nine-year-old Thai kickboxer Pornpattara 'Tata' Peachaurai is eager to get back in the ring after COVID-19 curbs brought his fight season ...

"All the money from boxing, the regular payment and the tips, it all goes to mum," said the lean young fighter.Tata's last fight was in October, before a second COVID-19 outbreak in Thailand shut down sports events as bans on large gatherings were reimposed.Pornpattara Peachurai, known as Tata Por Lasua as his fighter name, 9, a child Muay Thai boxer, helps to serve a customer at his mother's food stall in Bangkok, Thailand, Oct 3, 2020.

Some medical experts are calling for a ban on boxing for minors, though, saying it could cause stunted growth, long-term neurological problems, brain damage and disability.Khundej Burapha-Starnation, 11, a Muay Thai boxer, trains at a boxing gym in Chachoengsao province, Thailand, Aug 25, 2020. In 2018, Tata fought in the same tournament where a 13-year-old boy died of brain haemorrhage after being knocked out in the ring. Sureeporn said the referee had been too slow to intervene.

 

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