British boxer Umar Sadiq says he is recovering well after being taken to hospital coughing up blood and requiring oxygen following his defeat to Fyodor Chudinov, according to reports from Russia. Sadiq reportedly fell ill immediately after his defeat by technical knockout in the fight in Khimki, near Moscow. 'Umar was hospitalized,' a source was quoted as saying, with the routlet adding the boxer began to 'cough up blood'. However, after discovering his fight with Richards would not take place in September, Sadiq decided to fight Chudinov. However, he came up short against former WBA world champion Chudinov, who is now on a nine-fight winning streak.

Source: Daily Mail September 12, 2020 08:32 UTC