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Saunders v Akavov delayed
- Updated: November 23, 2016
Billy Joe Saunders’ world title defence against Artur Akavov has been postponed by a week to December 3.
Saunders had been due to make the first defence of his WBO middleweight strap on Saturday night in Cardiff, but the fight will now take place in Paisley a week later.
Problems with the translation of medical paperwork supplied by the Russian’s team have forced an unavoidable delay, with the bout having already been delayed once after Saunders suffered an injury in training.
“It’s extremely frustrating for all parties and especially Billy who has been itching to get back into the ring following a frustrating 2016,” said promoter Frank Warren.
“The medicals were sent late and mostly in Russian and once translated it then became apparent they were not …
