Boxing champion Andrew Tham dies at age 28 after motorcycle accident

Featherweight boxing champion Andrew Tham has died in a motorcycle accident in which he was involved last week.

Tham, 28, was riding his Kawasaki motorbike on Thursday, May 30, when he collided with a Hyundai Tucson in Cumbernauld, Scotland. He was taken to Queen Elizabeth University Hospital in Glasgow, where he succumbed to his injuries on Sunday, June 2, according to the BBC.

St. Andrew’s Sporting Club, which managed Tham’s boxing career, posted a message on X (formerly known as Twitter) confirming his death.

“Andy was a champion in the ring and a personality outside of the ring. It was an honor to have him in our stable throughout his career as a professional boxer and we will all miss him greatly. Our thoughts and prayers are with his family and friends,” the post said.

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George Stewart, who won a boxing match against Tham last month, also spoke about his death and said he was “utterly devastated”, the BBC reported.

“It was an absolute honour and pleasure to share the ring with him two weeks ago – a true warrior. I have no words to describe this devastating news – it is heartbreaking,” Stewart continued.

Tham, who began his professional boxing career in 2019, won the featherweight championship title in September 2023 as the undercard for the fight between Scottish boxers Ricky Burns and Willie Limond.

Tham’s death is the latest loss in the boxing world after British boxer Sherif Lawal died at the age of 29 on May 12 from complications from a head injury sustained in his professional debut, several media outlets reported.

Lawal was competing in a fight at the Harrow Leisure Centre in London when he suffered a blow to the temple, event promoter Warren Boxing Management said in a statement on social media the following day.

According to ESPN, Lawal’s fight against his Portuguese opponent Malam Varela was the first fight of the event and the following fights were canceled after Lawal suffered the fatal injury.