The coronavirus has impacted boxing again.
Featherweight contender Jazza Dickens, scheduled to fight Ryan Walsh on Wednesday in London, has tested positive for COVID-19 and is off the card, according to multiple reports. Dickens’ trainer, Derry Mathews, reportedly also tested positive.
Dickens (29-3, 11 KOs) and his team are no longer in the “bubble” at York Hall Leisure Centre, the site of the card.
No other fighters test positive.
The Dickens-Walsh fight was one of two finals of the The Golden Contract tournament. Ohara Davies (21-2, 16 KOs) will face Tyrone McKenna (21-1-1, 6 KOs) in the junior lightweight final as the featured fight now that Dickens-Walsh is off.
Also, Liam Conroy (18-5-1, 9 KOs) will face Serge Michel (10-1, 7 KOs) in a tournament light heavyweight semifinal.
The card will be televised on ESPN+ in the U.S.
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