Champion boxer Andrew Tham dead at 28 after motorcycle crash

Scottish featherweight boxing champion Andrew Tham died days after sustaining critical injuries in a motorcycle crash.

He was 28.

Riding a Kawasaki bike, Tham collided with a Hyundai in Cumbernauld, a village in Scotland, according to the BBC.

Tham was transported to Queen Elizabeth University Hospital in Glasgow and died there on Sunday.

Tham, who was 6-2 in his pro career, won the Scottish featherweight championship from Jack Turner last September.

“Andy was a champion in the ring, and a character out of the ring. It has been an honour to have him in our stable for the entirety of his professional boxing career and he will be greatly missed by us all,” the St. Andrews Sporting Club, which managed Tham, wrote in a post on X on Tuesday.

“Our thoughts and prayers are with his family and friends. We ask that you please respect their privacy at this difficult time.”

The British Boxing Control, which is the boxing governing board in the UK, expressed its condolences.

“The British Boxing Board of Control send their sincere sympathies to the family and friends of Andrew Tham, following his tragic passing,” the board wrote on X. “Our thoughts are with them at this most difficult of times.”

Tham lost a non-title fight last month to George Stewart.

“It was an absolute honour and a pleasure to share the ring with him two weeks ago – a true warrior,” Stewart said, per the BBC.

“I have no words to describe this devastating news other than heart breaking.”