Champion boxer’s career “in tatters” after being found guilty of throttling girlfriend

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Jamie Cox now faces being suspended ahead of a world super-middleweight fight which is "looming” after he was found guilty of attacking Viktoria Gribovskaja after breaking into her flat. Cox, appearing under his real name James Russan at Croydon Magistrates' Court, was convicted of four offences - including assault by beating. The court was told that Cox attacked Miss Gribovskaja at her home in Lambeth, south London, on July 16 last year. The boxer said he had "barged" through her front and bedroom doors because he feared she "could kill herself", which he said she had previously threatened to do.

Cox, the WBO European super-middleweight champion, had denied harassing her in the days before the attack by sending abusive text messages and assaulting her by placing his hands around her neck, leaving her with "redness". He was heard in a recording of a 999 call made by Ms Gribovskaja before he arrived, to say: "I will knock you spark out." Magistrates said they found the victim's account of the confrontation "credible and convincing" and the 29-year-old's evidence "not credible". The court heard the relationship, which had lasted for between nine to 12 months, was "coming to a head" one week before Cox was due to fight for the European title.

 

Fucking coward!!