Adriano Cardinali, the husband of late boxer Georgia O’Connor, is prioritizing his mental and physical health after her death.
“Working on three things right now. My life. My peace. My muscles,” Cardinali shared via his Instagram Story on Monday, May 26.
The post came four days after O’Connor’s death was announced on Thursday, May 22, just two weeks after O’Connor, 25, and Cardinali tied the knot.
“We are heartbroken by the passing of Georgia O’Connor,” pro boxing promoter Boxxer said in a statement to The Guardian. “A true warrior inside and outside the ring, the boxing community has lost a talented, courageous and determined young woman far too soon.”
The statement continued, “Georgia was loved, respected and admired by her friends here at Boxxer. Our thoughts are with her loved ones at this difficult time.”
In January, O’Connor revealed that she had been diagnosed with cancer after doctors allegedly ignored her symptoms for months.
“For 17 weeks since the start of October, I’ve been in constant pain, going back and forth between Durham and Newcastle RVI A&E knowing deep down something was seriously wrong,” O’Connor wrote via Instagram on January 31. “I said from the start I felt it was cancer. I KNEW the risks. I have colitis and PSC, two diseases that dramatically increase the chances of getting it. I KNOW how high my risk is and they do too. They always did.”
She continued, “But not one doctor f***ing listened to me. Not one doctor took me seriously. Not one doctor did the scans or blood tests I begged for whilst crying on the floor in agony. Instead, they dismissed me. They gaslit me, told me it was nothing, made me feel like I was overreacting. They refused to scan me. They refused to investigate. They REFUSED to listen. One even told me that it’s ‘all in my head.’ And now? Now the cancer has spread.”
O’Connor and Cardinali, who quit his job to help care for O’Connor after her diagnosis, got married on May 9, which O’Connor shared via Instagram.
“The day I married the love of my life. 🤍,” O’Connor wrote alongside a photo of the couples’ hands wearing their wedding rings.
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In February, O’Connor celebrated Cardinali with a lengthy social media post on his birthday, calling him her “Italian prince.”
“I never in my life thought I would find someone like you,” O’Connor wrote via Instagram. “Someone with such a pure heart and soul, someone who makes me feel loved every day, someone who would do absolutely anything for me… someone as weird as me 🤣 You are not just my boyfriend but my truest and closest friend.”
She added, “You are the funniest person I have ever met and make me laugh like crazy even when I don’t feel like smiling. We have been through so much together, things that no couple should go through but we always get through because nothing can ever break us 🤜🏼🤛🏼 I couldn’t imagine life without you and I adore you from the deepest parts of my heart.”
