Russian Boxer Maxim Dadashev AKA Mad Max Dies After Fight
24th July 2019
The 28-year-old underwent emergency brain surgery in Washington after his super-lightweight bout with Puerto Rican Matias on Friday
- Russian boxer Maxim Dadashev has died from brain injuries sustained in a fight in Maryland, the Russian boxing federation announced on Tuesday
- Dadashev, known as "Mad Max", was unable to walk to the dressing room and was immediately hospitalised
- Russian boxing chief Umar Kremlev told Russian media that Dadashev's body would be repatriated home and that his family would receive financial aid
MOSCOW, Russia-
Russian boxer Maxim Dadashev has died from brain injuries sustained in a fight
in Maryland, the Russian boxing federation announced on Tuesday.
"Maxim Dadashev
has died in the United States following injuries sustained during his fight with
Subriel Matias," the federation said in a statement.
The 28-year-old
underwent emergency brain surgery in Washington after his super-lightweight
bout with Puerto Rican Matias on Friday was stopped after the 11th round by his
cornerman James "Buddy" McGirt.
Dadashev, known as
"Mad Max", was unable to walk to the dressing room and was
immediately hospitalised.
Doctors operated to
relieve pressure from swelling on his brain.
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McGirt, who said
after the fight he "couldn't convince" his fighter to stop but opted
to throw in the towel when he saw him "getting hit with more and more
clean shots as the fight went on," told ESPN on Tuesday he was wracking
his brain wondering if he could have done things differently.
"It just makes
you realize what type of sport we’re in, man," McGirt told ESPN -- which
streamed the fight on its ESPN+ platform.
"He did
everything right in training, no problems, no nothing. My mind is like really
running crazy, right now. Like what could I have done differently? But at the
end of the day, everything was fine (in training).
"He seemed OK,
he was ready, but it’s the sport that we're in. It just takes one punch,
man."
Russian boxing chief
Umar Kremlev told Russian media that Dadashev's body would be repatriated home
and that his family would receive financial aid.
Dadashev's widow,
Elizaveta Apushkina, also issued a statement, confirming the fighter's death
"with great sadness.
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"He was a very
kind person who fought until the very end. Our son will continue be raised to
be a great man like his father," she said of the St. Petersburg-born
fighter who trained in Oxnard, California.
Dadashev took an
unbeaten 13-0 record into the 140-pound non-title fight.
Dadashev, whose
manager Egis Klimas also handles Vasiliy Lomachenko and Sergey Kovalev, turned
pro in April of 2016 and relocated to Southern California to pursue his ring
ambitions, eventually signing with promoters Top Rank.
Top Rank chairman
Bob Arum issued a statement recalling Dadashev as "a terrific young
man."