India, May 23 -- British boxing star Georgia O'Connor has died following a battle with cancer.

The 25-year-old repeatedly claimed she was overlooked by doctors for months. Her death was confirmed this week by her promoter Boxxer. "My heart goes out to Georgia's parents and partner, who I know did everything they could tirelessly and are going through so much right now," Boxxer CEO Ben Shalom said.

Just in January, she revealed on Instagram that she had been diagnosed with cancer after nearly five months of unexplained pain. "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," she wrote in a post dated 31 January....