Maxim Dadashev, who was placed in a medically induced coma after suffering "severe brain damage" following an 11th-round TKO loss to Puerto Rico's Subriel Matias in Maryland, has died of his injuries. He was 28.
The St. Petersburg-born light-welterweight collapsed while making his way out of the ring moments after his trainer Buddy McGirt threw in the towel to save his fighter from further punishment on Friday.
Dadashev, who was based in Oxnard, California, throughout his profesisonal career, later went to hospital where he was operated upon after suffering a bleed on the right side of his brain and received treatment to relieve swelling.
He was said to be showing signs of "severe brain damage" but no further information was released until his wife reached the USA from Russia. On Tuesday it was reported Dadashev had died of his injuries.
Many boxing figures gave impassioned speeches about the incident, including former two-weight world champion Timothy Bradley, famed trainer Teddy Atlas and Dadashev's own trainer McGirt, himself a former light-welterweight world titlist.
"God forbid… one punch as you know can change a whole guy's life and I wasn't going to let that happen– so, I'd rather have them be mad at me for a day or two then to be mad at me for the rest of their life."
-Buddy McGirt on stopping the fight for Maxim Dadashev. pic.twitter.com/RINM4D83ZZ— Jorge Hernández (@JorgeDeBurque) July 20, 2019
I – and Im sure all of us who are boxing fans, and even just those who care about other people – are thinking of and praying for Maxim Dadashev to recover from the injuries he suffered in last nights fight. When one hurts wRead More – Source
Maxim Dadashev, who was placed in a medically induced coma after suffering "severe brain damage" following an 11th-round TKO loss to Puerto Rico's Subriel Matias in Maryland, has died of his injuries. He was 28.
The St. Petersburg-born light-welterweight collapsed while making his way out of the ring moments after his trainer Buddy McGirt threw in the towel to save his fighter from further punishment on Friday.
Dadashev, who was based in Oxnard, California, throughout his profesisonal career, later went to hospital where he was operated upon after suffering a bleed on the right side of his brain and received treatment to relieve swelling.
He was said to be showing signs of "severe brain damage" but no further information was released until his wife reached the USA from Russia. On Tuesday it was reported Dadashev had died of his injuries.
Many boxing figures gave impassioned speeches about the incident, including former two-weight world champion Timothy Bradley, famed trainer Teddy Atlas and Dadashev's own trainer McGirt, himself a former light-welterweight world titlist.
-Buddy McGirt on stopping the fight for Maxim Dadashev. pic.twitter.com/RINM4D83ZZ— Jorge Hernández (@JorgeDeBurque) July 20, 2019
I – and Im sure all of us who are boxing fans, and even just those who care about other people – are thinking of and praying for Maxim Dadashev to recover from the injuries he suffered in last nights fight. When one hurts wRead More – Source
