Unbeaten boxer Georgia O’Connor has died at age 25, just weeks after marrying her longtime boyfriend.
“A true warrior inside and outside,” her promotion firm, Boxxer, wrote on X Thursday. “The boxing community has lost a talented, courageous and determined young woman far too soon.”
“Georgia was an inspirational person and one I’ll never forget,” CEO Ben Shalom added.
In January, the British fighter said she had been diagnosed with metastatic cancer.
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She was a Commonwealth Youth Games champion and Youth World Championships silver medalist before embarking on a professional career in 2021. She won all three of her fights, her last one taking place in 2022.
O’Connor said on Instagram that she had been dealing with ulcerative colitis since 2021.
Noting her “fearless fighting spirit,” Boxxer shared highlights of her career. Watch them here.
On Jan. 31, O’Connor shared she had cancer that had spread, accusing doctors of previously ignoring her persistent pain and medical past.
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Weeks later she revealed she had a miscarriage as well but ended her Instagram message on a positive note:
“The last few months have been a rollercoaster. I’ve been pregnant with a beautiful baby, suffered a miscarriage, then got diagnosed with ‘incurable’ cancer. But I still feel on top of the world!”
O’Connor married Adriano Cardinali on May 9, marking the occasion with a photo of his hand over hers with their rings on. “The day I married the love of my life,” she wrote. She changed her name to Georgia Cardinali on her Instagram account as well.
It was her last original post.
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