Maley, I was asked not to release any information until they had announced it, now they have I can give you the whole story :maley1984 wrote:spoke to frankie on fb and the fights off and his looking for a new opponent. saf can u fill us in pls. hope its nothing serious with nas and his back soon and the fight can b remade in brum
The end of last week Nasser notice a large lump round the groin area, quite rightly I went to the doctor with him, on examination the doctor found several other lumps coming up, he relayed to us that 99% it was not Cancer, but was sure it was swollen glands, I asked can we go ahead with the fight he said yes, as long as the condition does not deteriate and told Nas to take anti imflams, then he sent us to the Hospital for blood tests, we then continued to train for the fight and sparred with Ryan Aston, Nas sparred well but was not as explosive as in previous spars, after the spar he revealed to me that the swellings had hurt bad when he was hit to the body in sparring and had now noticed they had got bigger and more painful, I said it's best to stop the fight, but he insisted he wanted to still fight, that it was a great opportunity for him, I said the best thing is if we go back to the doctor the next day, the blood tests should be back and we can make a decision then, but the next day Nasser came down with virus as well, the Doctor made an appointment for us, he did not know when the swellings would go down or the virus cease, so I contacted the promoters to ask for the fight to be put back a few weeks, they were unable to do this, as they had no spots available, so the fight was called off, nas has since gone back to the doctor and the hospital and they are now undergoing more tests, I hope to God it is not Glandular fever, because that can stay with you for a long time and can come back again and again, all I know is that Nasser wanted to fight and was prepared to fight through the pain barrier, but his health is more important then boxing so he can have the first rest he has had for a long time, Inshallah I hope he recovers quickly. The Doctor has sent a report to the promoters. I have sympathy for Frankie Gavin as well, because having your opponenent pull out for a big fight is heart breaking, as we have experienced many times before, but when boxers train really hard for fights, for long periods and diet, something has to give, the hype for the fight is over so we wish Frankie all the best for hiis next fight and sucess.
