It has been announced that due to COVID-19’s latest omicron variant
that has been spreading throughout the world that the British Boxing Board of
Control (BBBofC) has suspended all Boxing cards throughout the month of January
throughout the United Kingdom and Ireland. What this does mean is the scheduled
January 29th card featuring a Women’s World Middleweight championship
bout between undefeated world champion Claressa Shields and Ema Kozin, as well
as a Middleweight bout between former IBO Super-Middleweight world champion Chris
Eubank Jr. and Liam Williams that was one of the marquee events on the schedule
for January 2022, which was due to co-headline a pay-per-view event here in the
United States from Cardiff, Wales, that was already rescheduled from it’s original
December 11th date, has been postponed again. As of this writing,
there is no word on whether the card will be attempted to be rescheduled beyond
the BBBofC’s January pause.
This however, does
not have any impacts on tonight’s scheduled pay-per-view card here in the
United States, which will take place at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino
in Hollywood, FL, which will be headlined by a Heavyweight bout between former
IBF Heavyweight world champion Charles Martin and former multi-time world title
challenger Luis Ortiz. There has been one replacement opponent on the undercard
of the Heavyweight-themed pay-per-view, that will see veteran Christian Hammer
step in on short notice to replace Carlos Negron, in a bout against undefeated
prospect Frank Sanchez. Negron, was forced to withdraw from the fight earlier
in the week due to testing positive for the COVID-19 virus. As of this writing,
the card, which can be seen in the United States on Fox Sports Pay-Per-View and
FITE, will take place as scheduled.
We will however, keep readers updated on any COVID-19 related
postponements/cancellations throughout the world as we learn of them. Stay
tuned.
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