{"id":30143,"date":"2025-05-22T19:10:32","date_gmt":"2025-05-22T19:10:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/boxing-durham-fighter-georgia-oconnor-dies-at-the-age-of-25\/"},"modified":"2025-05-22T19:10:34","modified_gmt":"2025-05-22T19:10:34","slug":"boxing-durham-fighter-georgia-oconnor-dies-at-the-age-of-25","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/boxing-durham-fighter-georgia-oconnor-dies-at-the-age-of-25\/","title":{"rendered":"Boxing: Durham fighter Georgia O’Connor dies at the age of 25"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Professional boxer Georgia O’Connor has died aged 25.<\/b><\/p>\n

The Durham native announced earlier this year she had been diagnosed with cancer after previously battling ulcerative colitis.<\/a><\/p>\n

O’Connor was a decorated amateur boxer at junior level, winning a gold medal at the Commonwealth Youth Games in 2017.<\/p>\n

O’Connor signed with promoter Ben Shalom’s Boxxer when she turned professional and was undefeated in three fights.<\/p>\n

“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,” Boxxer said.<\/p>\n

“Georgia was loved, respected and admired by her friends here at Boxxer. Our thoughts are with her loved ones at this difficult time.”<\/p>\n

Two weeks ago, O’Connor posted on her social media that she had married her boyfriend and changed her last name to Cardinali.<\/p>\n

Tributes have poured in for her, including from fighters Claressa Shields, Jack Catterall, Jake Paul, Molly McCann and Francesca Hennessy.<\/p>\n

World champion Ellie Scotney was a long-time friend of O’Connor and said “she was the most beautiful human” she ever met.<\/p>\n

“I was so blessed with not just a friend for 10 years, but a sister for life,” Scotney said.<\/p>\n

“Even when life was on a timer, you never let anything dim that light of yours. A smile that never ever fades, and a heart that will forever live on in so many ways. <\/p>\n

“There was nothing you couldn’t do, the world at your very feet no matter what room you entered.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n


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