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Fiji’s featherweight boxer, Ubayd Haider, who passed away last night in Lautoka will be laid to rest tomorrow. [Source: Instagram]
Fiji’s featherweight boxer, Ubayd Haider, who passed away last night in Lautoka will be laid to rest tomorrow.
Funeral details have been released and it’ll be held at the family’s residence in Laucala Beach.
He’ll be laid to rest at the Raralevu Muslim Cemetery from 7.30 to 8.30pm.
Haider was hospitalized after being knocked out in the ninth round by Australia-based Runqi Zhou during the South Pacific Promotion’s IBO Asia Pacific Featherweight Title fight at Nadi’s King Charles Park last month.
Members of the public are invited by Haider’s family to pay their respects during the viewing at FMF Gymnasium from 3pm to 5pm then leave for his residence at Lot 19, Vasant Lal, Laucala Beach, Suva before departing to the cemetery.
Haider’s wife, Helen Singh, shared an emotional post on Facebook, where she thanked him for all he has done for her and their children in the past five years.
Following the fight, he collapsed in the locker room and was admitted in a critical condition, where he was placed in an induced coma.
