According to Dan Rafael of espn.com, Former undisputed cruiserweight champion Oleksandr Usyk is out of his heavyweight debut on May 25th against Carlos Takam on May 25th.
With Usyk out, Matchroom Boxing promoter Eddie Hearn told ESPN that he hopes to still go forward with the show but might try to move it to Las Vegas, the hometown of 20-year-old blue-chip lightweight prospect Devin Haney (21-0, 13 KOs). Haney recently signed with Hearn and was scheduled to fight Antonio Moran (24-3, 17 KOs), 26, of Mexico, on the Usyk-Takam undercard.
“We’re still working on what will happen with the show but we still want Devin Haney and the rest of the fighters on the card to fight,” Hearn said.
“It’s been two months of hard work and preparation for this fight every day,” Usyk manager Egis Klimas said. “We had two more weeks to the fight, but he suffered the injury. Of course, everybody is very disappointed, especially Usyk.
“He will probably be out for one month. The doctor told him he can’t do anything with the arm for one month. Then maybe another month or two of recovery and hopefully he can come back to fight sometime in September.”
