On the eve of his long awaited fight with Tong Po, kickboxer Kurt Sloane is facing a difficult distraction. LBS has learned exclusively that Sloane’s brother Eric has been kidnapped.
We have little details available regarding the kidnapping, but we can confirm that Kurt has not seen his brother all evening after the two returned home from a meal. It is believed that the kidnapping could be the work of some Thai mobsters who may be attempting to blackmail Kurt into losing his fight with Po.
Sloane has pursued his fight with the Muay Thai legend for the past month since his brother was brutally beaten by Po in their fight mere weeks ago. Eric was overmatched in the first round of his fight with Tong Po, taking repeated knees to his midsection. He went against the advice of Kurt who suggested he quit between rounds. Instead, he went out for the second round and was beaten even worse. With his brother lying face down on the canvas, Kurt threw in the towel to signify his fighter was surrendering. However, the ruthless Po showed no mercy, kicking the towel out of the ring and raining down a vicious elbow to the lower part of Eric’s back.
The force of the elbow broke a lower vertebrae and rendered Eric paralyzed in the lower half of his body. Since then, Kurt has been training in hopes of avenging the loss and his brother’s injury.
Not only will he have to face Thailand’s only undefeated Muay Thai fighter in history, but he will also have to deal with the absence of his brother. Kurt has told LBS he is considering backing out of the fight until his brother surfaces. That may not be the best strategy because the same mobsters who likely kidnapped his brother could also kidnap him and possibly kill him. Facing Tong Po was already a difficult enough task. Now Sloane is also in the middle of a mental game for which there may not be an answer.
This post is a part of the Friday Film Festival at Larry Brown Sports. All contents of the story are purely fictional and based entirely off the sports movie, Kickboxer. To learn more about the movie, go here
