Death of 13-year-old fuels debate over Muay Thai kickboxing competitions

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Death of 13-year-old fuels debate over Muay Thai kickboxing competitions

Samutprakarn, Thailand (CNN)Anucha Tasako was just 13 years old when he stepped into the Muay Thai ring to fight a boy just two years older for prize money of around 2,000 Thai Baht ($60).

He’d done it almost 200 times before, but Saturday’s fight was his last.
Anucha died after being knocked unconscious and suffering a hemorrhage at his brain stem, according to Sub. Lt. Rawin Nasomsong, of the Royal Thai Police’s Institute of Forensic Medicine.