Comments Thread For: Josh Kelly Ill, Withdraws From Avanesyan Fight

[BIGPOPPAPUMP]

Josh Kelly has been ruled out of his fight Saturday night on medical grounds.
The Sunderland stylist, who is 8-0 (6 KOs), had been set to fight David Avanesyan.
Kelly was meant to come up against the Russian former WBA regular' world champion at the FlyDSA Arena in Sheffield, England.
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[True That]

I'm not surprised. He didn't look well at the weigh in. His eyes were wide open and spaced out looking. He did not look healthy at all. Absolutely better to be safe than sorry, especially with all the scary happenings that have happened recently in boxing, particularly most recently with Adonis Stevenson.

[NEETzsche]

Well that's ruined this card

[KTFOKING]

Only good fight on the card gone. Sucks, but saves me time for watching it.

At least this wasn't a PPV card?

[Sir_Didymus]

Called it.

First decent fight and withdraws.

Matchroom tactics. Use the only decent 50/50 fight on the card to sell the tickets then pull him out because Kell Brook is nothing but a bum killer fighting a stripper.

Josh Kelly and his team are a disappointment.

[Sir_Didymus]

I'm not surprised. He didn't look well at the weigh in. His eyes were wide open and spaced out looking. He did not look healthy at all. Absolutely better to be safe than sorry, especially with all the scary happenings that have happened recently in boxing, particularly most recently with Adonis Stevenson.

STFU you snowflake. If you actually think this is for real you're a dumbass. Must be a coincidence that he's pulled out against the first decent boxer he's faced. Hilarious.

[DuckAdonis]

Was he drained or something wtf?!

At least let Avanesyan fight someone else

[Sir_Didymus]

Was he drained or something wtf?!

At least let Avanesyan fight someone else

It's standard Matchroom tactics. Use a half decent name to sell a few extra tickets then pull them from the fight when it's close bro fight night to protect them and save them for a future fight with a bum.

See Brook vs Brandon Crook.

The only decent fight in the card. Gone. Anyone that's followed Matchroom from the beginning can see this pattern.

[EasternEuroFan]

He did look awful at the weigh in. I thought he just struggled with the weighed but maybe he was ill, makes sense.

Also, did anyone see the open workouts the other night? Everyone had big hats and coats on whenever they weren't doing the workout and when they were doing interviews, so it must've been pretty cold inside wherever they did it.

[Mammoth]

Probably just gets moved to the 22nd