The undefeated British super heavyweight refused to fight the titled Ukrainian and canceled the fight. Video

Famous British heavyweight Johnny Fisher (12-0, 11 KOs) canceled his fight with Andrii Rudenko (36-7, 22 KOs). The day before, 25-year-old Fisher suffered a serious hand injury and withdrew from the fight.

The fight between the British and Ukrainian former WBC International Silver (2016-2017) champion was scheduled for September 28 in London at the Copper Box Arena.

"I am completely devastated to tell you that I tore my biceps this week. It's been a very long and hard training camp and this time it just wasn't meant to be. However, when I realized something was wrong with my arm, I immediately had it scanned and with proper rehabilitation, I will be back in action soon," Fisher said in the video.

Fisher vs. Rudenko is set to be the main event of Matchroom Boxing's night on DAZN. The new main event of the evening will be the WBO lightweight title fight between Riann Dixon and Terry Harper.

As OBOZ.UA previously reported, in 2019 Rudenko lost the EBU European title fight to then 26-year-old Agit Kabayel.

In July 2017, Rudenko lost to Russian Alexander Povetkin in Moscow. The fight for the vacant World Boxing Organization (WBO) and World Boxing Association (WBA) belts in the Central Concert Hall of Russia ended in defeat for our compatriot by a unanimous decision of the judges 109:120, 108:12.

Before the fight, Rudenko showed the Russians whose Crimea he was wearing a patriotic T-shirt.

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