British welterweight champion Kell Brook has vented his frustration after being forced to pull out of his title defence against Michael Jennings with a virus.
The Sheffield youngster had been scheduled to defend his belt at Liverpool’s Echo Arena on Friday against former WBO title challenger Jennings, and is hoping the bout will be rescheduled “very quickly”.
Jennings, who challenged Manny Pacquiao’s opponent Miguel Cotto for the WBO title, will still fight on the night in an eight round bout against an opponent yet to be named. Top of the bill is the British super middleweight title fight between Liverpool rivals Tony Quigley and Paul Smith.
Undefeated 23-year-old Brook, the 2009 boxing writers’ young boxer of the year, said: “I’m gutted that I won’t be part of what will be a very big fight night in Liverpool.
“I came down with the virus after collecting my boxing writers’ award in London last week. Since then I haven't been able to move let alone train and there's no way I was going to fight a top fighter like Jennings in this state.
"I was really looking forward to defending my British title but I hope that the fight with Jennings will be back on very quickly.
"I'll be glued to my television on Friday night because it's going to be a great fight between Smith and Quigley."
Olympic middleweight champion James DeGale and 2007 world amateur champion Frankie Gavin will have their fourth professional contests on the bill against Ally Morrison and Steve Saville respectively.
(This article is originally posted at sports.stv.tv)
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