Unsanctioned boxing match at church leads to death

[mirele]

And in the HOLY CRAP department, we have this, which I guess is this church's way to try and reach tough guys for Jesus:

 

 

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TULSA, Oklahoma -- Former Tulsa Golden Hurricane linebacker George Clinkscale died Wednesday night after participating in an unsanctioned amateur boxing match held at Guts Church in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

 

The fights are targeted to young adults 18 - 30 years old, and promoted online as part of their "Sub 30" ministry.

 

GUTS held Wednesday's match in the parking lot and promoted it with billboards, but it passed under the radar of the state authorities who oversee amateur boxing.

 

Now they're looking into the death of Clinkscale, who within minutes of his match was critically ill and died shortly after arriving at St. Francis Hospital.

 

(snipt--mjuch more at the link)

 

http://www.newson6.com/story/15525691/former-tulsa-linebacker-george-clinkscale-dies

 

The church doesn't spell out its beliefs very well, but it appears to believe in speaking in tongues, which puts it in the charismatic belief section.

 

www.gutschurch.com << link broken to protect the guilty.

[debrand]

I wonder if the fight was part of the movement to make the church more masculine?

[SamuraiKatz]

I wonder if the fight was part of the movement to make the church more masculine?

:o I checked out their website. I think naming your church Guts Church is a way to appeal to the masculine faction. They also have a ministry called Tougher than Hell Motorcycles. Scary folks....

[emmiedahl]

I totally thought this was in my town. We have a large Latino population and we have had church boxing. No fucking kidding.

Here they do it to lure gangbangers off the street, and I hear it has worked in some cases. I find many sects of Christianity annoying, but it's better than drive-bys.

[Wolfie]

Sadly, this has happened even in professional boxing matches. A friend of my grandpa's was tormented by a particular fight where his opponent died for the rest of his life. (he was a joker, and hid his feelings about it for the most part- I was told this by my grandmother, because my grandpa's friend died long before I was born, and my grandfather also.)

[CanadianHippie]

Yeah, it's happened in professional boxing matches, but that's no reason to let an unsanctioned match at a church slip by with no recourse.

[dawbs]

I have to wonder if the powers that be REALLY didn't know about the matches or were just ignoring them...and then this happened.

[maybeizfundie]

:(

And, uhhh...*Guts* Church???

[MerryHappy]

Ah yes, GUTS.

They used to produce the Hell House in Tulsa.

[Wolfie]

Yeah, it's happened in professional boxing matches, but that's no reason to let an unsanctioned match at a church slip by with no recourse.

Yes, I agree, all the more reason to regulate these things. I just wanted to point out that it is not an unheard of occurrence.