Nottingham’s Tyan Booth has had his boxing licence suspended for distasteful comments made after Scott Westgarth’s death.
Westgarth died aged 31 in the early hours of Sunday morning, having fallen ill after his points win over Dec Spelman in Doncaster on Saturday.
Super-middleweight Booth, 34, on Monday then said on social media: “Some people would enjoy it if I got killed in a boxing ring like Scott Westgarth. Man down.”
Referencing the plight of the American fighter left disabled after a brutal defeat by Nigel Benn, he then added: “I’m boxing myself in two weeks and I’ve spent the past three months drinking cider and not training properly so there’s a good chance I’ll end up in a wheelchair like Gerald McClellan, so tune in.”
Booth has been inactive since June 2017 but the British Boxing Board of Control confirmed to Press Association Sport that his licence has been suspended with immediate effect, ending any plans he had to fight.
His comments regardless remain online, and despite his trainer Dominic Ingle adding, also on social media: “The inappropriate comments tweeted recently by Tyan Booth will be dealt with by the Ingle Gym and BBBofC. He has been asked to remove them.”
The Ingle gym, incidentally, is based in Sheffield, near to where Westgarth was trained by Glyn Rhodes at the Sheffield Boxing Centre.
IN OTHER NEWS: Undefeated bantamweight prospect Christian Carto (13-0, 11 KOs) has been buckling down in training camp for his showdown with once-beaten James Gordon Smith (12-1, 7 KOs) in the headline fight of a seven bout card that will take place this Friday night at The SugarHouse Casino.
Carto, 21 years-old of Philadelphia has been training in his hometown, where he has built up one-of, if not the biggest fan base in the city.
"Camp has been good. I have done a lot of sparring with different sparring partners," said Carto.
In Smith, Carto is in with arguably his toughest opponent, whose lone blemish came on ShoBox to hard-hitting Joshua Greer.
"Smith seems to be a good a fighter. I watched a couple of his fights, and even in the fight he lost, he fought well until he got caught."
