Tony Yoka (15-3, 12 KOs) is not set to face Murat Gassiev (33-2, 26 KOs, 1 NC).
Dan Rafael reviews that the Frenchman has suffered a again damage and can be unable to proceed with the battle. The bout was to headline a July 11 IBA Professional card on the VTB Area in Moscow, Russia. Rafael additionally reviews that it’s at the moment unclear whether or not the bout could be rescheduled or if a brand new opponent could be hunted for Gassiev.
Neither fighter has commented on the event as this piece is printed.
Tony Yoka will not compete for Murat Gassiev’s WBA world title
Promoters for Gassiev-Yoka have but to touch upon the event. It additionally stays unclear whether or not the cardboard will go forward given Yoka’s withdrawal. Nonetheless, it ought to be famous that two different heavyweight bouts had been scheduled to happen on this very card. One featured Joe Joyce (16-4, 15 KOs) taking up Artem Suslenkov (14-0, 9 KOs) with the opposite seeing Murat Khalidov (12-0, 6 KOs) dealing with Arslan Yallyev (17-1, 11 KOs). There was no affirmation but of whether or not both of these fighters will substitute Yoka.
The battle was a chance for Yoka to lastly turn out to be a heavyweight world champion. Oleksandr Usyk just lately introduced that he would relinquish all of his titles. That included the WBA heavyweight strap. Gassiev received a secondary model of the title in his victory over Kubrat Pulev in November final 12 months. The Russian is now the only real WBA world champion at heavyweight as a consequence of Usyk’s determination to vacate all his titles.
Misfortune for Tony Yoka
Yoka’s damage is one more occasion of misfortune to hit the 2016 Olympic gold medalist. He was scheduled to face Lawrence Okolie in April of this 12 months. Nonetheless, your complete battle card was cancelled after an anti-doping take a look at carried out on Okolie “returned an opposed discovering.” The occasion was by no means rescheduled.
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