Emotional Braidwood offers condolences to Hague family in video statement
EDMONTON — Boxer Adam Braidwood fought back tears in a video statement where he offered condolences to the family of Tim Hague, who died after losing to the former CFL player in a heavyweight boxing match on Friday night.
Hague was hospitalized after the one-sided loss via second-round technical knockout. His death was announced Sunday by his sister Jackie Neil.
“I spoke to the Hague family in private and offered my condolences and I wanted to do the same now publicly,” Braidwood said in the post on his Instagram account. “I want to thank everyone for their support, all the kind words, it makes a big difference. This is really hard.”
Hague, whose nickname was The Thrashing Machine, taught Grade 4 English at Ecole Bellevue School.