After all that, Carl Frampton’s fight on Saturday night has been called off.
Carl Frampton was set to take on Andres Gutierrez in a WBC title eliminator in Belfast’s SSE Arena.
After missing weight by 1lb, Frampton ruled himself out of the prize of a title fight against champion Garry Russel Jr. Gutierrez made weight and was therefore still able to get his crack at the belt by beating ‘the Jackal’.
However, it broke late on Friday night that the fight had been called off entirely because of an “accident” suffered by the Mexican.
A statement from Cyclone Promotions and the SSE Arena provides little details about what happened to Gutierrez, but the boxer posted a photo on Facebook showing nasty cuts on his nose and chin.
The statement read:
“Cyclone Promotions and The SSE Arena regret to announce that the “Return of The Jackal” event has been cancelled due to an accident to Andres Gutierrez. It is hoped that the event will be re-scheduled but ticket holders are advised to retain their tickets and contact point of purchase for further information. We very much regret the inconvenience caused.”
This is from Andres Gutierrez's Facebook, before you all slam @RealCFrampton: pic.twitter.com/X985RVk3Xl
— Ben Jacobs (@Ben2012_London) July 28, 2017
Gutierrez asked doctors to pull his teeth out so he could fight but they wouldn't allow the fight to go ahead pic.twitter.com/DzPmJahJx9
— Ruth Gorman (@RuthGorman_UTV) July 28, 2017
