Three contests have had to be postponed from this Friday’s Denzel Bentley-Mark Heffron II show at the BT Sport Studios in Stratford following positive results for Covid-19.
The positive tests emanated from the camps of Michael Rambaletsa, Kaisy Khademi and Masood Abdulah.
As a result, the scheduled bouts of Michael Ramabaletsa vs Chris Bourke, Kaisy Khademi vs Ijaz Ahmed and Masood Abdulah vs Levi Dunn have now been cancelled in line with the protocols of the British Boxing Board of Control and the promoter Queensberry Promotions.
The rest of the show’s participants, who have been isolating at a London base this week, have tested negative and the event will continue as planned with Bentley and Heffron still headlining for the vacant British middleweight title.
Promoter Frank Warren said: “These are unprecedented times and it is a huge shame to lose three great fights. I’m obviously gutted for the boys who have worked had for this week but I am pleased to see the excellent safety measures implemented by my team and the board are working so effectively.
“I am thankful to our partners at BT for working with us to ensure the event can continue safely and fans can look forward to a cracking main event between Mark and Denzel.
“We wish those affected a speedy recovery.”