Dad died just days before wife was due to give birth

A MUCH-LOVED dad has died suddenly while at a boxing academy in Thailand just days before his wife is due to give birth to their second child.

- BY AMY FENTON

Keen boxer Ryan O'Connor, from Rossendale, was in Thailand when he suffered a cardiac arrest at a Thai Boxing Academy. The young dad, was put on life support after medics managed to restart his heart, but he died in hospital the following day.

Ryan's family are now raising money for his young family with his wife Joanne due to give birth to a baby girl this month. The couple also have a two-year-old daughter called Riley.