Coke and Pepsi were slugging it out for supremacy outside the home of Thai Olympic boxing athlete Worapoj Phetkum, who fought in the Beijing Games this week.
PepsiCo's local distributor made the first move, erecting promotional tents at the police sergeant's home in the southern province of Surat Thani, where hundreds of people gathered for his bout against Italy's Vittorio Parrinello.
Coca-Cola's Thai agents quickly countered, offering the boxer's father, Thaweep, a deal -- on condition the Pepsi tents were removed.
In a compromise, both companies were allowed to stay, providing they behaved themselves.
"If they make problems, both will have to leave," Thaweep said.
Thai boxer Worapoj Phetkum was able to beat Parrinello, but missed out on his dream of winning an Olympic medal for his cancer-stricken father when he was beaten in the bantamweight quarter-finals by Cuba's Yankiel Leon.
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