Shane Mosley No Longer Going To Fight Kurbanov in Russia
Posted: 01 Jul 2017, 06:57
Mosley was unable to go forward due to a back injury, according to the chief executive of the promotional company RCC Boxing Promotion, Alexey Titov. The fight was originally scheduled to take place on May 5 in Yekaterinburg.
The fight was postponed after Mosley had a back injury and was forced to undergo surgery. They pushed back the fight to September 9th.
However, it was later revealed that Mosley's surgery was not successful and a second surgery would be necessary. Due to the second surgery, the fight was pushed back even further, to December.
Because Mosley was unable to guarantee that he would be ready by December, the fight has now completely fallen through.
"Mosley refused to fight him. He went through an unsuccessful surgery on his back, and there is a need to fully recover. Mosley himself could not guarantee the date of when he would be physically able to return to the ring. Because of this, we will select an opponent for Kurbanova from the top five in the WBO rankings," said Titov.
The fight was postponed after Mosley had a back injury and was forced to undergo surgery. They pushed back the fight to September 9th.
However, it was later revealed that Mosley's surgery was not successful and a second surgery would be necessary. Due to the second surgery, the fight was pushed back even further, to December.
Because Mosley was unable to guarantee that he would be ready by December, the fight has now completely fallen through.
"Mosley refused to fight him. He went through an unsuccessful surgery on his back, and there is a need to fully recover. Mosley himself could not guarantee the date of when he would be physically able to return to the ring. Because of this, we will select an opponent for Kurbanova from the top five in the WBO rankings," said Titov.
