Injury Forces Sheedy Out of Commonwealth Title Fight
By Elliot Foster
Sam Sheedy has been forced out of his next fight through injury.
The Sheffield super welterweight had been set to return to action on February 6 at the Magna Centre in Rotherham.
Sheedy (16-1, 4 KOs) was slated to face Bristol’s Danny Butler (25-5, 9 KOs) in a Commonwealth title eliminator, but that clash is now expected to be backdated to April.
The pair were meant to battle as part of a card headlined by a vacant Commonwealth bantamweight title clash between Sheffield’s Muheeb Fazeldin (7-0-1, 3 KOs) and South Africa’s Klaas Mboyane (18-10-2, 9 KOs).
But promoter Dennis Hobson has confirmed that the clash will be rescheduled for April 2 at the same venue.
“I’m obviously disappointed that the Sheedy fight has been pulled, but it happens,” Hobson said.
“We’re all human beings and people get injured. The Danny Butler camp have taken it very well because it’s just one of those things.
“It’s not like we’re pulling out because we don’t want the fight. Sam will be okay in a few weeks, but we ran out of time for him to get ready for this upcoming show.
“I’m disappointed because it’s an absolutely cracking fight, but it just means we’ll be seeing it a few weeks later.”
The stacked undercard also features the return of Waleed Din (7-1, 5 KOs), after the Steel City man suffered his first defeat last time out in October, and a whole host of other names.
