Jose Ramirez’s WBC/WBO junior welterweight world title defense against former world champion Viktor “The Iceman” Postol — originally scheduled to be broadcast live on ESPN from Mission Hills Haikou in Hainan, China on February 1 — has been postponed due to the coronavirus outbreak in China. The bout will now be contested at a date and venue to be determined.
“The health and safety of our fighters and everyone working on the event is the most important thing,” said Top Rank chairman Bob Arum. “We hope the situation is brought under control soon. We look forward to staging events at Mission Hills Haikou in the very near future.”
They’d be alright if they popped a lime in their mouths before the fight.
What about to fight with the mask on?
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Unknown venues are risky
I’m guessing this could curb the Alvarez vs Murata fight negotiations as well.
Correction. That fight will be in Japan.
I didnt know about this. This is an awesome matchup. Postol was a killer until Crawford gotten a date with him. Scared the piss out of Freddy Roach and blocked the fight with Paq. Wonder if Top Rank lost a bunch of money on this development. Sure he paid a nice deposit to quite a few different entities for this big event.