David Barnes' Return Pushed Back To March 11, Lauri ill

By Terence Dooley

David Barnes’ meeting with Giuseppe Lauri has been pushed back to the 11th of March after the Italian contacted Coldwell Boxing to say that he could not fly over to England for Friday’s encounter at Bolton’s De Vere Whites Hotel due to a bout of flu.  Dave Coldwell, the show’s promoter, confirmed the news earlier today and announced that he would rather wait for Lauri to recover than try to shore up the bill by cobbling together a main event at such short notice.

Barnes had hoped to use the meeting with Lauri as a springboard into the European mix; the former two weight British champion believes he can still fulfil his potential and intended to use the fight with Lauri to prove that he still has a lot to offer. 

Manchester’s Prince Arron was also due to fight on the undercard in his first outing since losing the British light-middleweight title to Brian Rose in December.  Bob Shannon, Arron’s trainer, contacted Boxingscene to assure the Prince’s fans that he will appear on the reschedule show and that the former 154lb titlist has vowed to make an impact with his middleweight debut.

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