Press Release: By DAZN – A shoulder injury has forced Dillian Whyte to cancel his Interim WBC Heavyweight World Title defence against Sweden’s Otto Wallin scheduled for The O2 in London on Saturday October 30.
The event, shown live worldwide on DAZN, will
continue as planned with Chantelle Cameron’s (14-0, 8 KOs) WBC, IBF and
Ring Magazine Super-Lightweight Unification clash with the USA’s Mary
McGee (27-3, 15 KOs) now topping the bill.
Elsewhere on the card, ‘The Savage’ Alen Babic (8-0, 8 KOs) clashes with two-time World Title
challenger Eric Molina (28-7, 20 KOs) over eight rounds, Craig
Richards (16-2-1, 9 KOs) returns to the ring against Poland’s Marek
Matyja (20-2-2, 9 KOs) after pushing WBA Light-Heavyweight World
Champion Dmitry Bivol all the way in May, Youssef Khoumari (13-0-1,
5 KOs) takes on Jorge David Castaneda (14-1, 11 KOs) for the
vacant WBC International Silver Super-Featherweight Title, ‘The Romford
Bull’ Johnny Fisher (3-0, 3 KOs) faces Spain’s Alvaro
Terrero (5-13-2, 3 KOs) in front of over 1,000 of his fans, Catford
Super-Bantamweight Ellie Scotney (2-0) squares off
against Eva Cantos (2-1) in her first fight with new trainer
Shane McGuigan, Manchester Cruiserweight Jordan Thompson (10-0,
8 KOs) makes his Matchroom debut against Poland’s Piotr Podlucki (6-5,
2 KOs), Takeley Light-Heavyweight prospect John Hedges (3-0)
meets Antony Woolery (2-7) over four rounds and Dublin
Heavyweight Thomas Carty (1-0) has his second professional
fight.
"I am devastated as I had a great camp,
was in great shape, and had great sparring," said Whyte. "I was looking forward to knocking Wallin out and would
have done so in the first half of the fight.
"I am devastated about not being able to
fight on October 30 but I want to thank everyone for all of their
support."
Dillian Whyte's Physician, and leading Sports
& Exercise Medicine Consultant, Dr Harjinder Singh, said: "Dillian sustained a shoulder injury during
training in preparation for his planned fight on October 30 2021, which I have
assessed and confirmed with diagnostic imaging.
"I have treated the injury, but the
injury will unfortunately prevent him from fighting on October 30
2021. With immediate rest, physiotherapy and rehabilitation there should
be no enduring concerns."
“Dillian carried this injury for the last
couple of weeks but it worsened in sparring on Monday night and it was
impossible for him to continue,” said Matchroom Sport Chairman Eddie Hearn. “It’s a huge shame because Dillian had a great camp before the
injury and was ready to go. The show will continue on October 30 without
Dillian and we wish him a speedy recovery and look forward to seeing him back
in the ring very soon.”
“We wish Dillian all the very best in his
recovery and look forward to him fighting on DAZN again very soon,” said Joseph Markowski, DAZN EVP. “The Super-Lightweight unification
matchup between Chantelle Cameron and Mary McGee now tops the bill, as both
fighters battle it out in the road to Undisputed. We look forward to delivering
that thrilling main event and the rest of the action-packed card on October 30,
live from The O2 and to DAZN subscribers around the world.”
Refunds are available at point of purchase.
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