Teenage boxer Ali Tazeem, who had been compared to Amir Khan, has tragically passed away following a car crash. The news was confirmed by boxing agent and promoter Sam Jones from the Probellum boxing company on Sunday morning.
“It’s just awful news,” Jones told Express Sport. “We all feel shocked and send our condolences to his family. He was a special person and a special fighter who was going to go on and do great things.”
Jones had earlier taken to social media to reveal the sad news. “This morning I woke up to the news that @_AliTazeem has passed away at the age of 18,” Jones wrote on Twitter. “I can’t believe it, I can’t even process it properly. We only spoke yesterday talking about how he was going to light up the pro game. All I can think about is Ali and his lovely family.
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