Georgia O’Connor – May 22

English professional boxer who won gold at the 2017 Commonwealth Youth Games, silver at the 2017 Youth World Championships, and bronze at the 2018 Youth World Championships as an amateur. She turned professional in 2021, remained undefeated in her three bouts, and fought on the historic all-female card at London’s O2 Arena in 2022. O’Connor was also a black belt and national champion in taekwondo, fluent in French, and studied civil engineering. She battled ulcerative colitis and primary sclerosing cholangitis, and after being diagnosed with terminal cancer in January 2025, she married her partner Adriano Cardinali just two weeks before her death at age 25.

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