2012 Olympian from Ukraine Taras Shelestyuk who was to have matched against an undefeated welterweight Malik Hawkins April 14th of ShoBox from the MGM National Harbor in Maryland was forced to pull out of the fight late last week. Hawkins will be facing Juan Ruiz, instead in an eight-round 147-pound bout.
"He was running and he rolled his ankle. It was pretty bad so we had to pull him out of the fight so the swelling would go down," explained Matt Rowland of Banner Promotions. As for when Shelestyuk might return, he told BoxingScene.com - "Once the swelling is down and he's able to run. So probably June."
Undefeated Dmitry Bivol will defend his Interim WBA Light Heavyweight Title against Samuel Clarkson in the 12-round main event. In the telecast opener, Baltimore featherweight Glenn Dezurn (8-0, 6 KOs), who is trained by the renowned Barry Hunter, will take on an opponent to be named in an eight-round bout.
