Russian boxer, Maxim Dadashev has died from injuries sustained during a fight Friday night, according to his trainers. He was 28.
According to the Russian Boxing Federation, Dadashev dies “as a result of the injuries he sustained” fighting last Friday’s light-welterweight bout with Subriel Matias at the MGM National Habor.
Dadashev was rushed to the hospital shortly after the fight. He was taken to the University of Maryland Prince George’s Hospital Center in Maryland where he underwent a surgical procedure to stop his brain from swelling.
Following the 11th round bout when his team threw in the towel after watching him take direct hits in the previous rounds, the medical team at the UM hospital placed him in a medically induced coma to try to stop the brain bleeding.
While speaking to reporters last Saturday, his manager, confirmed the brain bleed was on the right side and that the fighter exhibited severe signs of brain damage.
Dadashev vomited before he could reach his dressing room; the emergency service was called in, and he was taken off on a stretcher.
“We knew he [Matias] was a puncher,” Klimas said. “He fought, and he was tough. He put a lot of pressure on Max, and he was going back and back and back, but he was fighting back. Even in the ninth round, he kind of shook Matias for the first time in the fight.”
Klimas went on: “It never looked like Max was, like, shook down, or he was already, like, going down. I never saw that.”
He believed the Dadashev has had enough and was going to ask McGirt to try to stop the fight. “I didn’t want him to go in the 12th round either,” Klimas said.
A video from the bout showed Dadashev shaking his head as his trainer tried to stop him from continuing the fight.
McGrit pleaded with him to end the fight as he was taking too many hits. “if I don’t, the referee’s gonna do it. C’mon, Max. Please,” McGrit said. It was at this point that McGrit told the ringside doctor and referee he was throwing in the towel.
“I saw him fading, and when he came back to the corner, 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,” McGrit said.
Dadashev before the bout was undefeated in 13 previous fights. He was born in St Petersburg but currently based in California, married with one child.
Condolences have been pouring in from colleagues, authorities, and fighters. Carl Frampton, former Northern Ireland’s world champion wrote on his Twitter handle: “Saddened to hear about the passing of Maxim Dadashev. Deepest condolences to his friends and family. RIP.”
“So terribly sad to hear the news of the passing of Maxim Dadashev. Rest in peace,” the British boxing promoter Eddie Hearn added.
The Russian boxing federation also “paid deep condolences” to his family and friends.
