Other big fights delayed by injury

[Ade L]

As Fury vs WK has been postponed, what other big fights were delayed by injury? I'm kicking things off with Ali v Foreman 1974 (Foreman cut in sparring).

[Controversial]

Tyson vs Holyfield which was meant to happen on 8th November 1991 but Tyson pulled out with a rib injury. They didn't fight until 5 years later, almost to the day on the 9th November 1996





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[handsofstone]

Wlad-Haye in 2008 due to David's back injury

[witherspoon]

Hagler and Hearns were originally scheduled to fight on May 24, 1982 at Windsor Arena in Windsor, Ontario, Canada, but the fight was postponed after Hearns injured his finger. The fight was rescheduled for July 15, but Hearns then wanted the fight moved to the Silverdome in Pontiac, Mighigan. Hagler said he would not fight Hearns in the Detroit area, and the fight was canceled. Hagler said, "Hearns is afraid to fight me. He always was, and he always will be".

I was aware of the original postponement due to Hearns' finger injury, that Hearns wanted the fight moved to Michigan which scuppered the fight at that time is completely new to me.

[Graham Houston]

Marciano vs Walcott II postponed from April 10 to May 15 in 1953 due to Marciano suffering a nose injury in sparring; Ali vs Liston II postponed when Ali needed an emergency operation for a hernia. ... De La Hoya vs Quartey postponed from Nov. 1998 to Feb. 1999 due to De La Hoya getting cut over the eye in sparring.

[ironfish]

1.ali v foreman (was postphoned due to a cut eye by foreman )
2.tyson v holy in 91 (postphoned due to tyson rib injury)
3.tyson v ruddock #2 (postphoned due to ruddocks promoter being in the brawl after the first fight and ruddock was not gonna fight tyson without his promoter in the rematch
4.tyson v a stewart (postphoned due to tyson being cut in sparring)
5.wlad v chisora (cant remember why)
thees many many more

[writehooks]

Mike Tyson vs. Razor Ruddock was originally scheduled for Nov. 17, 1989, at Northlands Coliseum in Edmonton, Canada. Dubbed 'The Cold War', it would have been the biggest boxing event ever held in the Great White North. On the first day tickets went on sale, $1 million worth were snapped up within an hour. Tyson and his entourage, along with promoter Don King and a small army of sparring partners (including Greg Page, Oliver McCall and Mike Jameson) arrived in the city in mid-October and Iron Mike held an open sparring session for the media at the downtown Panther Gym. Two days later, in a session closed to the media, Tyson was decked hard by Page, who was mimicking Ruddock's quirky "overhand smash." I was fortunate to witness it in person because a fighter I was training at the time (Canadian LH champ Danny Stonewalker) was scheduled to fight on the undercard and was training at the same gym. During closed sparring sessions over the next couple of days, Page and McCall continued to make Tyson look very ordinary, which finally convinced King to postpone the fight. Five days after they arrived, King called a press conference to announce the champ had contracted "costrocondritis" (a chest cold) from jogging in the minus-20 temperature, so the fight would be "delayed." But he swore they would return within six months to fight Ruddock in the Alberta capital. Of course, it didn't happen. Tyson's next fight was Feb. 11, 1990 ... against Buster Douglas in Tokyo.

[Controversial]

Mike Tyson vs. Razor Ruddock was originally scheduled for Nov. 17, 1989, at Northlands Coliseum in Edmonton, Canada. Dubbed 'The Cold War', it would have been the biggest boxing event ever held in the Great White North. On the first day tickets went on sale, $1 million worth were snapped up within an hour. Tyson and his entourage, along with promoter Don King and a small army of sparring partners (including Greg Page, Oliver McCall and Mike Jameson) arrived in the city in mid-October and Iron Mike held an open sparring session for the media at the downtown Panther Gym. Two days later, in a session closed to the media, Tyson was decked hard by Page, who was mimicking Ruddock's quirky "overhand smash." I was fortunate to witness it in person because a fighter I was training at the time (Canadian LH champ Danny Stonewalker) was scheduled to fight on the undercard and was training at the same gym. During closed sparring sessions over the next couple of days, Page and McCall continued to make Tyson look very ordinary, which finally convinced King to postpone the fight. Five days after they arrived, King called a press conference to announce the champ had contracted "costrocondritis" (a chest cold) from jogging in the minus-20 temperature, so the fight would be "delayed." But he swore they would return within six months to fight Ruddock in the Alberta capital. Of course, it didn't happen. Tyson's next fight was Feb. 11, 1990 ... against Buster Douglas in Tokyo.

Nice info, thanks

[donking]

Mike Tyson vs. Razor Ruddock was originally scheduled for Nov. 17, 1989, at Northlands Coliseum in Edmonton, Canada. Dubbed 'The Cold War', it would have been the biggest boxing event ever held in the Great White North. On the first day tickets went on sale, $1 million worth were snapped up within an hour. Tyson and his entourage, along with promoter Don King and a small army of sparring partners (including Greg Page, Oliver McCall and Mike Jameson) arrived in the city in mid-October and Iron Mike held an open sparring session for the media at the downtown Panther Gym. Two days later, in a session closed to the media, Tyson was decked hard by Page, who was mimicking Ruddock's quirky "overhand smash." I was fortunate to witness it in person because a fighter I was training at the time (Canadian LH champ Danny Stonewalker) was scheduled to fight on the undercard and was training at the same gym. During closed sparring sessions over the next couple of days, Page and McCall continued to make Tyson look very ordinary, which finally convinced King to postpone the fight. Five days after they arrived, King called a press conference to announce the champ had contracted "costrocondritis" (a chest cold) from jogging in the minus-20 temperature, so the fight would be "delayed." But he swore they would return within six months to fight Ruddock in the Alberta capital. Of course, it didn't happen. Tyson's next fight was Feb. 11, 1990 ... against Buster Douglas in Tokyo.

true story and ruddock went on to fight michael dokes and smashed him and then razor ruddock became the most avoided heavyweight ..