{"id":221856,"date":"2025-06-28T17:19:15","date_gmt":"2025-06-28T17:19:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/221856\/"},"modified":"2025-06-28T17:19:15","modified_gmt":"2025-06-28T17:19:15","slug":"bizarre-moment-boxer-gets-electric-shock-and-collapses-during-weed-boxing-event-in-thailand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/221856\/","title":{"rendered":"Bizarre moment boxer gets ELECTRIC SHOCK and collapses during &#8216;Weed Boxing&#8217; event in Thailand"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul class=\"mol-bullets-with-font\">\n<li class=\"class\"><strong>Russian boxer Ivan Parshikov was electrocuted by a light after his recent win<\/strong><\/li>\n<li class=\"class\"><strong>The &#8216;Weed Boxing&#8217; event in Thailand encourages fighters to smoke beforehand<\/strong><\/li>\n<li class=\"class\"><strong>Parshikov\u00a0collapsed in the ring but miraculously recovered just moments later<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"author-section byline-plain\">By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/profile-3081\/Yaseen-Zaman.html\" class=\"author\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">YASEEN ZAMAN<\/a> <\/p>\n<p class=\"byline-section\"> Published:  11:56 EDT, 28 June 2025   |  Updated:  12:02 EDT, 28 June 2025   <\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Russian boxer Ivan Parshikov was left lucky to be alive after a terrifying accident at a controversial cannabis-themed boxing event in Thailand.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The bizarre spectacle, known as &#8216;Weed Boxing&#8217;, encourages fighters to smoke cannabis before entering a ring surrounded by a pool of water.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">After winning his match, Parshikov climbed the ropes to celebrate his victory, grabbing onto a nearby lighting fixture.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">But disaster struck when he immediately received a powerful electric shock.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">It left the former ONE Championship star frozen and limp, collapsing unconscious in front of stunned fans.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Emergency crews rushed to his aid, fearing the worst, but Parshikov regained consciousness moments later and was cleared by medics.<\/p>\n<p>   <img decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-7b7e8fa58bfe941d\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/99817013-14856577-image-m-19_1751125912344.jpg\" height=\"456\" width=\"634\" alt=\"Ivan Parshikov suffered an electric shock then collapsed at a 'Weed Boxing' event in Thailand\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" style=\"max-width:100%\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>   <\/p>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Ivan Parshikov suffered an electric shock then collapsed at a &#8216;Weed Boxing&#8217; event in Thailand<\/p>\n<p>   <img decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-1f458e7efa4df333\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/99817015-14856577-image-m-18_1751125905065.jpg\" height=\"461\" width=\"634\" alt=\"The Russian boxer was competing at a controversial cannabis-themed boxing promotion, which encourages fighters to smoke before entering the ring\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" style=\"max-width:100%\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>   <\/p>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">The Russian boxer was competing at a controversial cannabis-themed boxing promotion, which encourages fighters to smoke before entering the ring<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Incredibly, the 29-year-old even leapt into the pool surrounding the ring, joking about the ordeal and later sharing footage of himself undergoing electrotherapy treatment.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Parshikov joked on Instagram:\u00a0&#8216;The idea of diving from the ring into the pool was not the most successful one. I&#8217;ll upload the full chronology of the events a bit later.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">In Thailand, recreational cannabis use was decriminalised in June 2022, triggering a consumption boom, from which &#8216;Weed Boxing&#8217; emerged.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The events do not follow WADA (World Anti-Doping Agency) protocols, meaning there are no concerns over infringing on standard anti-doping rules.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">In the past, Thai authorities had tried to shut down &#8216;Weed Boxing&#8217;, citing damage to the reputation of traditional Thai boxing and legal concerns.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">However, organisers insisted that consuming cannabis before the event was optional for fighters &#8211; not mandatory &#8211; meaning the bizarre concept has been allowed to stay.<\/p>\n<p>                    Share or comment on this article:<br \/>\n                        Bizarre moment boxer gets ELECTRIC SHOCK and collapses during &#8216;Weed Boxing&#8217; event in Thailand<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Russian boxer Ivan Parshikov was electrocuted by a light after his recent win The &#8216;Weed Boxing&#8217; event in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":221857,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4108],"tags":[1935,92,93,79,731,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-221856","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-boxing","8":"tag-boxing","9":"tag-dailymail","10":"tag-sport","11":"tag-sports","12":"tag-thailand","13":"tag-uk","14":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114762138646047492","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/221856","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=221856"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/221856\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/221857"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=221856"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=221856"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=221856"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}