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British boxer Umar Sadiq is 'hospitalised' coughing up blood following defeat to Fyodor Chudinov

British boxer Umar Sadiq is in hospital after 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 the fight in Khimki, near Moscow.

And according to Russian outlet TASS, the 32-year-old super middleweight felt disorientated and was given immediate medical assistance by doctors minutes after the fight.

The report says an ambulance was then called after he fell ill during a routine doping control and he was reportedly then rushed to hospital.

'Umar was hospitalized,' a source was quoted as saying, with the routlet adding the boxer began to 'cough up blood'.

However, no further details or updates on his current medical status were provided by the Russian publication.

Sadiq's defeat came just 40 seconds into round 12 of the WBA gold belt bout, but it represented just his second loss in a 12-fight career to date.

The Ilford boxer - who was born in Nigeria - has six knockouts among his 10 professional wins, and has been preparing for a British title shot against Lerrone Richards.

However, after discovering his fight with Richards would not take place in September, Sadiq decided to fight Chudinov.

The British boxer was only informed of the fight three-and-a-half weeks ago, and after undergoing a coronavirus test and finalising an agreement last week he flew out to Russia.

However, he came up short against former WBA world champion Chudinov, who is now on a nine-fight winning streak.

The Russian is pushing for a mandatory title challenge against current WBA champion Callum Smith, with his win on Friday making him the form runner to face the Brit next.

Frank said he had a fight set for later this year, a mandatory fight I think.. He might need some time out before that now.

Chudinov was lethargic. Sadiq was outboxing him. Probably Chudinov could stop Sadiq in any of the laer rounds, if he showed more effort, cause Sadiq was fading there and he looked more exhausted than hurt, when the fight was stopped.

Looks like Sadiq is ok thankfully, judging by this tweet.

Boxerbeetle wrote: ↑12 Sep 2020, 08:10 Looks like Sadiq is ok thankfully, judging by this tweet.

The second card is good, I had it exactly the same, the other two are corrupt sh!t.

Really? I thought it seemed pretty close but with Chudinov ahead, Sadiq being miles up is way off

Chudinov was letting it all hang out in the 12th and made the scorecards academic.

It's all about levels, Umar is a major force at English title level and will probably hold his own at British title level. He took a bold gamble that didn't pay off this time, but I hope it was a good payday.

Hope he makes a swift recovery

Any news on Umar?

He's back on UK soil

Motobox wrote: ↑22 Sep 2020, 16:04 He's back on UK soil

Thanks for sharing .

That sounds horrific that Russian hospital! Really bad treatment of a potentially injured boxer. Well done to Sadiq on getting through it. Hope he makes a full recovery and goes from strength to strength