Russian boxer Maxim Dadashev has died from injuries he sustained during a fight on Friday night, according to his trainer. Dadashev was 28.
Dadashev was placed in a medically induced coma after his loss to Subriel Matias in an IBF junior welterweight title eliminator bout. Dadashev underwent surgery at UM Prince George’s Hospital Center, Maryland, for bleeding on the brain. On Saturday, doctors at the hospital said the fighter had suffered severe brain damage and his death was confirmed on Tuesday.
Matias and Dadashev’s fight was a brutal one and was stopped by the Russian’s trainer, Buddy McGirt, in the 11th round after he decided his fighter had taken too much damage. Dadashev vomited on his way back to the locker room and left the arena on a stretcher.
“I hope that Maxim is all right,” Matias said after the fight. “He is a great fighter and a warrior.”
Dadashev was born in St Petersburg but was based in California. He was undefeated in 13 fights going into Friday’s bout.