Tim Tszyu and Bakhram Murtazaliev are set to fight over the IBF junior middleweight title on Saturday 19th October.
Caribe Royale in Orlando, Florida is the current location for the clash.
But that looks in serious jeopardy as of now.
Hurricane Milton has been all over the news in the United States of America.
People have been ordered to stay indoors by police as Hurricane Milton smashes into Florida.
Two people have already died from a tornado as Hurricane Milton approached.
The National Weather Service has issued the highest level of flood warning possible to residents of Tampa, St Petersburg and Clearwater. There are approximately two million residents who are subject to the alert.
The situation is pretty dire right now.
With winds recorded of 390km/hour, it’s one of the worst hurricanes in USA history.
A boxing fight is not at the forefront of most people’s minds in Florida right now.
With so much destruction and devastation, it’s looking unfeasible that the fight will be staged in Orlando next week.
No Limit CEO George Rose, who is promoting the fight, has detailed plans to the media around the possibilities.
“It’s been a bit of a tumultuous last week as we found out about the weather trends over in the U.S,” Rose told media.
“It’s been a bit of a scramble for all of us. At the moment, what I can say is both fighters are safe and both are preparing for what is going to be the biggest fights of their careers.
“We’re staying in touch with our U.S. counterparts as often as we can and as it stands at the moment everything is proceeding as per planned but we are prepared to make a mad dash and a mad change if we have to.
“At the moment we’re staying alert and staying prepared for every update and every change that happens between now and then.
“I seriously cannot believe how big this is.
“We thought the floods and everything we faced here in Australia had been the biggest, craziest weather phenomenon we’d have to worry about in putting on an event but this is huge.
“This is very scary.
“But it’s something I think we’re well aware of and we’re going to make sure our fighters are safe and we do make the best decision at the end. But we’re ready to move on whatever we have to do.”
This is not the first time that No Limit have had to move a fight for one of their boxers.
No Limit had to postpone Nikita Tszyu’s professional boxing debut in 2022 after the Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre was flooded.
“We were able to move that event within 24 hours and make that happen,” Rose said.
“Obviously this is larger scale with a world title fight happening over there in Orlando but we’ve got no hesitation in having to move and choose a safer option to ensure Timmy still gets his world title shot and Mateo Tapia gets to continue on his trajectory towards the same position as Tim.”
So it seems that there’s a distinct possibility that the fight will be moved if things don’t improve much in Florida.
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