Peter Fury has said the postponement of this weekend's boxing cards is 'not good for fighters' after a number of cards were cancelled due to the death of the Queen.
The British Boxing Board of Control made the decision to cancel all of this weekend’s scheduled tournaments out of respect to the Queen and Fury has expressed frustration over the decision.
The move includes the cancellation of Saturday’s world middleweight title unification bout between Savannah Marshall and Claressa Shields in London.
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The decision was announced almost two hours following the scheduled weigh-in for the contest, which promoters Boxxer had said would take place behind closed doors while the status of the contest remained in doubt.
And Peter Fury, who is Savanah Marshall's trainer, tweeted: “(Savannah Marshall) has not eaten for 24-plus hours – been nice to announce this earlier, it’s on, it’s off etc. Not good for fighters.”
However, Fury did add his sympathy for the promoters and added in response to the Board’s announcement: “When things are out of your control we must move forward. Main thing right now is to show our deepest respects to the queen and their family”.
In a statement, Boxxer indicated they are working towards October 15 as a new date for the contest. American Shields tweeted simply: “Yeah, I understand.”
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