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Father sues boxing match organisers for £200,000 claiming referee failed to stop bout that killed his son

From the Newshound archive · first published 13 October 2026.

Jubel Reji Kurian, the 23-year-old Nottingham University postgraduate whose father is suing boxing event organisers for £200,000, claiming a referee failed to intervene before the fatal knockout punch.
Jubel Reji Kurian, the 23-year-old Nottingham University postgraduate whose father is suing boxing event organisers for £200,000, claiming a referee failed to intervene before the fatal knockout punch.

Reji Kurian is suing Ultra Events Ltd after his 23-year-old son Jubal died four days after collapsing during a charity white-collar boxing event at Nottingham's Harvey Haddon Sports Centre in March 2023. A postgraduate sports medicine student at Nottingham University who had relocated from the United Arab Emirates, Jubal never regained consciousness following brain bleeds on both sides. The family's barrister Harry Trusted told London's High Court: 'If that punch had not been delivered, Mr Kurian would have survived.' Ultra Events Ltd denies all liability.

Jubal had aspired to become an NHS physiotherapist and had been in the UK for only six months at the time of his death.

The organisers contend that their referee was 'highly experienced and competent' and that Jubal had completed more than 33 hours of boxing training before the bout.

To secure the £200,000 claim, the family's legal team must establish a 'sufficient level of carelessness' on the part of the defendants.

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