Ubayd Haider, aka Nathan Singh, is fighting for his life. Photo: Facebook / Ubaid Haidar
The Commission of Inquiry team set up to investigate circumstances surrounding the death of the Fiji boxer, Ubayd Haider, hopes to wrap up their work soon.
Chairman Ed Wainiqolo said they have interviewed around 17-19 personnel and they are working with boxing promoter Freddy Chand.
Chand promoted the October 2024 fight between Haider and Sydney-based Runqi Zhou in Nadi.
Haider, formerly known as Nathan Singh, lost by TKO to Runqi in their IBO Asia Pacific Super Featherweight title fight on 26 October.
The 25-year-old boxer collapsed after the fight and was admitted at the Lautoka Aspen Hospital on the same night, but died in November.
The inquiry team was set up by the Boxing Commission of Fiji and the Ministry of Sports following Haider's death in November, 2024.
"We've conducted interviews with every stakeholder who were actually part of that boxing bout in that event," Wainiqolo said.
"Chand is currently away in Australia and he has been assisting us through a third party.
"He has engaged a counsel and we are also working together with the guy that actually financed the bout in that event."
Wainiqolo said they were delayed in their work for a number of reasons, incuding reaching the stakeholders and going through the festive season.
He is hopeful they will be able to hand in their report to the Ministry of Sports in two weeks.
Going forward, boxers who do not produce medical certificates clearing them off injuries will not be allowed to fight in future programs in Fiji, according to the sport's governing body in the country.
