{"id":122518,"date":"2025-05-22T12:32:10","date_gmt":"2025-05-22T12:32:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/122518\/"},"modified":"2025-05-22T12:32:10","modified_gmt":"2025-05-22T12:32:10","slug":"former-team-gb-boxer-georgia-oconnor-passes-away-aged-25-as-heartfelt-tributes-flood-in","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/122518\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Team GB boxer Georgia O’Connor passes away aged 25 as heartfelt tributes flood in"},"content":{"rendered":"

Former Team GB boxer Georgia O’Connor has lost her brave battle with cancer.<\/strong><\/p>\n

O’Connor, 25, was an up-and-coming undefeated professional boxer having won Commonwealth Youth gold in 2017.<\/p>\n

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O’Connor was an undefeated professional boxer and Team GB representativeCredit: PA:Press Association<\/p>\n

She made her professional debut in 2021, outpointing Ester Konecna after six rounds in Newcastle.<\/p>\n

‘Geo’ then racked up two more victories in the ring before her battle with cancer began.<\/p>\n

O’Connor first revealed she had been diagnosed with an aggressive form of cancer in January this year as the whole combat sports world came together to offer their support.<\/p>\n

Tributes have since poured in following the news of the 25-year-old’s passing on Thursday.<\/p>\n

England Boxing, the national governing body of sport for boxing in England, said: “We\u2019re deeply saddened by the passing of Georgia O\u2019Connor. <\/p>\n

“A gifted boxer and beloved member of the amateur boxing community, she won medals at the Commonwealth Youth Games, Youth Worlds & European Championships. <\/p>\n

“Our thoughts are with her loved ones.”<\/p>\n

Olympic bronze medallist and British heavyweight boxer Frazer Clarke<\/a> said: “RIP Champ,” in response to a tribute from IFLTV Boxing.<\/p>\n

Former UFC<\/a> star Molly McCann<\/a> responded: “At peace now champ! Your legacy will live on through the young girls you’ve inspired.”<\/p>\n

Veteran pro boxer Kane Baker added crying emojis, while former undisputed world champion Chantelle Cameron<\/a> wrote: “So sad.”<\/p>\n

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She won multiple amateur medals in her youthCredit: PA:Press Association<\/p>\n

Harlem Eubank, the first cousin of Chris Eubank Jr, reacted with a white heart emoji on an Instagram post from Ring Magazine that said: “The Ring is saddened to learn of the tragic passing of Georgia<\/strong> Cardinali (n\u00e9e Georgia<\/strong> O\u2019Connor) aged just 25. <\/p>\n

“Cardinali was a promising 3-0 prospect having won multiple youth amateur medals, and heroically battled cancer in recent months. <\/p>\n

“Our deepest sympathies are with her friends and family at this time.”<\/p>\n

Super-middleweight Joe Laws wrote: “Fighter till the end rest easy bro,” alongside a picture of the pair.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Jack Catterall<\/a>‘s manager Sam Jones said: “Life can be so cruel.<\/p>\n

“Such a strong amazing person Rest easy Georgia.”<\/p>\n

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Ex-UFC fighter Molly McCann said O’Connor’s ‘legacy will live on through the young girls you’ve inspired’Credit: Getty\"Former<\/a><\/p>\n

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Former Team GB boxing captain Frazer Clarke also paid his tributeCredit: AFP<\/p>\n

O’Connor had been diagnosed with ulcerative colitis (UC), which is a chronic inflammatory bowel disease.<\/p>\n

She married her partner, Adriano, only two weeks before her death.<\/p>\n

The 25-year-old posted a picture of her ring and wrote: “The day I married the love of my life.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Former Team GB boxer Georgia O’Connor has lost her brave battle with cancer. O’Connor, 25, was an up-and-coming…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":122519,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4108],"tags":[1935,10957,54508,54509,79,54510,54129,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-122518","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-boxing","8":"tag-boxing","9":"tag-death","10":"tag-george-oconnor","11":"tag-oconnor","12":"tag-sports","13":"tag-team-gm","14":"tag-tributes","15":"tag-uk","16":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114551504671299917","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122518","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=122518"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122518\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/122519"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=122518"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=122518"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=122518"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}