Gymgoer, 32, died four days after charity boxing match, inquest hears

Superfit gymgoer, 32, died four days after taking part in charity ‘fight night’ boxing match, inquest hears

• Morhib Miah had been training hard to raise money for good causes

A superfit gym-goer died four days after taking part in a charity ‘fight night’ boxing match, an inquest heard.

Health and safety worker Morhib Miah, 32, had been training hard to raise money for good causes in the charity fight night.

An inquest heard he fought three two-minute rounds against an ‘evenly matched opponent’ at a hotel.

Known as Mo, he told friends he had ‘never felt so tired and exhausted’ after taking part in the event.

Mr Miah, of Cardiff, died in his sleep of natural causes as a result of cardiac arrhythmia.

An inquest ruled it was ‘highly unlikely’ he died from direct injuries from the boxing bout – but his heart may have been affected by his hard training regime.

Health and safety worker Morhib Miah, 32, told friends he had ‘never felt so tired and exhausted’ after taking part in the event

The Jury’s Inn, Milton Keynes, where the fight took place (stock image)

Boxing club owner Tony Banks said: ‘Mo was the fittest I’d ever seen him before the fight.

‘He was dedicated in his training and would attend the club three to four times a week – the only time he didn’t was when he had Covid.’

Mo, had passed ‘fit to fight’ checks before the event and was assessed by paramedics both before and twice after the bout.

His grieving family questioned whether the fight at Jury’s Inn, Milton Keynes, should have been stopped sooner.

Elder brother Mobisir Miah said he believed Mo ‘just had too much exhaustion and was really tired’.

Dr El-Daly Hesham, a consultant histopathologist at Coventry and Warwickshire University Hospital, told the inquest Mo had ‘a slightly enlarged heart’.

‘The heart is a muscle and while it exercises, enlargement is anticipated,’ he said.

Boxing club owner Tony Banks said: ‘Mo was the fittest I’d ever seen him before the fight.

‘This can cause misfiring to occur in some of the nerves, and in rare circumstances, arrhythmia, which can lead to heart attack and death.’

Coroner Tom Osborne concluded Mo died from natural causes at the hearing at Milton Keynes Coroner’s Court.

He said: ‘It seemed highly unlikely that the boxing event caused or even contributed to his death.’

Mo was an aspiring author and had written two detective novels that are both available on Amazon.

After his death, members of Mo’s creative writing group paid tribute to him.

Gina Blackmore said: ‘Mo was a key member of our group, who had been with us from the beginning. He was very patient and kind, and usually your first hello.’

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