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Marsili pulls out of June title fight vs. Zlaticanin
- Updated: June 1, 2016
8:57 PM ET
Lightweight contender Dejan Zlaticanin was left at the altar again on Tuesday when, for the second time, he had an opponent withdraw from a scheduled 135-pound world title fight.
Zlaticanin was due to face Emiliano Marsili for a vacant lightweight belt on June 11 in the opening bout of a Showtime-televised tripleheader at the Turning Stone Resort Casino in Verona, New York, the night before the annual International Boxing Hall of Fame inductions minutes away in Canastota, New York. However, Marsili pulled out of the fight, claiming illness.
“We booked his travel and everything was done,” Lou DiBella, Zlaticanin’s promoter, told ESPN.com. “His people called Sunday night to ask something about the hotel and then I woke up [Tuesday] morning to an email from his doctor, copied to the WBC, saying he had a stomach ailment and was running a fever and couldn’t fight.”
Zlaticanin (21-0, 14 KOs) and Marsili …
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