‘HEARTBROKEN’

Pro Boxer Dies Aged 25 Just Weeks After Her Wedding

British boxer Georgia O’Connor had been sharing her life with cancer on social media.

British professional boxer Georgia O’Connor has died aged 25. She had just married her longtime boyfriend Adriano Cardinali on May 9, describing it as “the day I married the love of my life,” on Instagram. Her promoters Boxxer confirmed her death in a statement to The Guardian on Thursday, sharing: “We are heartbroken by the passing of Georgia O’Connor. A true warrior inside and outside the ring, the boxing community has lost a talented, courageous and determined young woman far too soon.” The athlete announced that she had been diagnosed with cancer on Instagram earlier this year, adding that she had been enduring weeks of pain her doctors were ignoring. “For 17 weeks since the start of October, I’ve been in constant pain… I said from the start I felt it was cancer. I KNEW the risks. I have colitis and PSC, two diseases that dramatically increase the chances of getting it. I KNOW how high my risk is and they do too… But not one doctor f---ing listened to me,” O’Connor wrote in January alongside a photo of her in a hospital. A month later, she revealed that she had also suffered a miscarriage.