According to People, undefeated fighter Georgia O’Conner passed away at the age of 25 from Cancer.
O’Conner, who just got married just two weeks ago, was diagnosed with the disease in January.
O’Connor’s promoter Boxxer confirmed her death in a statement, calling her “a true warrior inside and outside the ring.”
“Georgia was loved, respected and admired by her friends here at Boxxer,” the promoter said in a statement obtained by The Guardian. “ Our thoughts are with her loved ones at this difficult time.”
Ben Shalom, founder and CEO of Boxxer added on X: “My heart goes out to Georgia’s parents and partner, who I know did everything they could tirelessly and are going through so much right now.”
“For 17 weeks since the start of October, I’ve been in constant pain, going back and forth between Durham and Newcastle RVI A&E knowing deep down something was seriously wrong,” O’Connor wrote on January 31. “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. They always did.”
O’Connor’s post continued, “But not one doctor f—— listened to me. Not one doctor took me seriously. Not one doctor did the scans or blood tests I begged for whilst crying on the floor in agony. Instead, they dismissed me. They gaslit me, told me it was nothing, made me feel like I was overreacting. They refused to scan me. They refused to investigate. They REFUSED to listen. One even told me that it’s ‘all in my head.’ And now? Now the cancer has spread.”
O’Conner was 3-0 as a pro and as an amateur, she won a gold medal at the 2017 Commonwealth Youth Games, a silver at the 2017 Youth World Championships and a bronze at the 2018 Youth World Championships.
“The last few months have been a rollercoaster,” O’Connor wrote. “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!”
Last week, the athlete announced that she had married her longtime boyfriend Adriano Cardinali earlier this month.
“09.05.2025. The day I married the love of my life. ?” she wrote alongside an image of her husband’s hand over her own.
