Marali vs. Sakkreenin is Off After Blood Test Refusal

By Mark Vester

This weekend's bout between super featherweights Zolani Marali (19-2, 13KOs) of South Africa and Fahsai Sakkreenin (24-1, 10KOs) of Thailand was called off. The fight was scheduled to take place on Saturday at Emperor's Palace in Gauteng, South Africa. The vacant IBO super featherweight title was going to be at stake.

In a strange story the fight was called off, according to The Sunday Times , because Sakkreenin refused to take a pre-fight blood test. No reason was given as to why the blood test was turned down. There appears to be a cloud of controversy hovering over Sakkreenin. There are at least three fight records for him. Most places have him listed as 24-1, but in Thailand it's being claimed that his record is actually 29-1.

Some may remember Marali as the fighter who dropped a very controversial decision to Billy Dib last year. The paper says there are unconfirmed rumors of Marali vs. Sakkreenin being rescheduled to April 2.

Editor's Note - Sakkreenin verbally revealed his Hepatitis B status

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