(CNN)Russian boxer Maxim Sad Asheville has died in a US hospital after his fight with Puerto Rico’s Subfields Matias.
The fight was on Friday in Maryland. Sad Asheville was 28 years old.
“Top Rank is devastated to report that Maxim Sad Asheville passed away earlier this morning due to injuries sustained during last Friday’s bout,” Dad Asher’s promoter, Top Rank, said in a statement. “Maxim was a talented fighter inside the ring and a loving husband and father outside the ropes. Our thoughts and prayers are with his family and friends.”
“Maxim was a terrific young man,” added Top Rank founder and CEO Bob Arum. “We are all saddened and affected by his untimely death.”
Sad Asheville and Matias fought at MGM National Harbor in Oxon Hill, Maryland on Friday night. The winner of the fight would’ve been the mandatory challenger to Josh Taylor for his title belt.
Sad Asher’s trainer Buddy McGuire stopped the fight after the 11th round.
Matias was dominating Sad Asheville and was ahead 109-100, 108-101 and 107-102 on the scorecards at the time of stoppage, according to ESPN’s Dan Rafael. In reviewing footage from the fight, McGuire could be seen and heard pleading with Sad Asheville to stop the fight, noting he had taken a lot of hits.
Sad Asheville had to be helped out of the ring, and he started to vomit and lost consciousness before making it to the dressing room, ESPN
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