According to the Russian Boxing Federation, they plan to a lawsuit with respect to the tragic death of junior welterweight Maxim Dadashev, who last week passed away from injuries that he suffered in an IBF world title eliminator against Subriel Matias.

He took a lot of punishment, with his trainer finally stopping the fight at the end of the eleventh round.

The 28-year-old boxer would quickly become ill as he left the ring and needed help from his team to get on a stretcher. He was taken to a local hospital, where it was discovered that he suffered a subdural hematoma. He underwent emergency surgery, placed in a coma, and it was revealed by the doctors that he suffered severe brain damage. He would die a few days later.

The federation is going to file a lawsuit on behalf of Dadashev's widow Elizaveta Apushkina.

They are apparently going to challenge that Dadashev's medical records were not examined closely enough before he entered the ring.

“The lawsuit will be made on behalf of Maxim’s widow, the federation will provide help and assistance,” a federation spokesman said, TASS reported.

“We have already involved lawyers, who are preparing documents. There are two factors for the submission of the lawsuit: the first is the suspicion, that the authenticity of Maxim’s medical documents were not checked, and that he suffered from prior health problems.

“The second factor is there were violations in providing emergency medical services to the boxer inside and outside the ring, that also could lead to this outcome.”

Dadashev’s manager, Egis Klimas, lashed out at the overseas claims that his boxer's medical records may have been altered to allow him to fight,

“It is lunacy. Max did not falsify any medical documents. He always passed medical tests upon the request of the state in every fight or every other fight. They gave him a brain scan, performed an MRI,” Klimas said, TASS reported.