Ännu ett dödsfall skakar om boxningsvärlden. Den dittills obesegrade boxaren Maxim Dadashev har dött efter att de skador han ådrog sig under fredagens match mot Subriel Matias.
Matchen ägde rum i Maryland, där vinnaren skulle vara nästa titelutmanare i IBF:s junior welterviktsklass. Efter att ha fått ta emot över 260 s.k ”power punches” valde Dadashevs tränare, Buddy McGirt, att kasta in handduken i den elfte ronden. Matias hade då dominerat de sista ronderna rejält.
McGirt berättar i en intervju med ESPN om sitt beslut.
I saw him fading and when he came back to the corner [after the 11th round], my mind was already made up. I was just asking him out of respect, but my mind was made up. I wasn’t going to let him go out there.
Den blott 28-årige Dadashev kollapsade på väg till omklädningsrummet. Han fördes till sjukhuset men hans liv kunde inte räddas.
This is a mark of a great trainer, one that knows his warrior at war 🥊 a trainer has to love his fighter enough to make a crucial call sometimes saving him from his very self. Great call Buddy @buddymcgirtboxing prayers up for this young warrior #speedyrecovery #toughsport 🙏🏾 pic.twitter.com/cKljvTKOgt
— The Magic Man 🎩 (@AntonioTarver) July 20, 2019
Tränaren McGirt berättar vidare att Dadashev gjorde allt rätt i sin förberedelse inför matchen, men att detta visar hur hård sporten är.
It just makes you realize what type of sport we’re in, man. 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.
Dadashev hade innan fredagens match vunnit alla sina 13 proffsmatcher, varav 11 av dem hade varit via TKO/KO.
