injured, Souleymane Cissokho postpones WBC world welterweight semi-final

Franco-Senegalese boxer Souleymane Cissokho announced Thursday that he would have to postpone his WBC world welterweight semi-final scheduled for Malabo on December 7, due to a hand injury, according to a press release from the fight organizers.

The bronze medalist at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games injured his right hand on Wednesday evening during his training in Paris, while he was preparing for his fight against the Lithuanian Egidijus Kavaliauskas, announced in the capital of Equatorial Guinea, with the key a ticket to the final of the WBC Welterweight World Championship (-66.678 kg).

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“It is obviously a disappointment not to be able to compete in this fight on the scheduled date, and moreover in Africa, the continent where I was born, reacted Souleymane Cissokho, quoted in the press release. I have worked very hard over the last few months to prepare for this very important deadline.”.

Following examinations carried out on Thursday morning, the boxer and the organizers of the fight made the decision to postpone the event, “the date of which will be determined as soon as possible. The location of the fight, in Equatorial Guinea, will remain unchanged. can we read in the press release.

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Cissokho, 33, who has won all his professional fights (17) should have in Kavaliauskas (bronze medalist at the 2011 World Amateur Championships) a formidable opponent, whose record is 24 victories, 1 draw and 2 defeats since He turned professional in 2012.