According to Dan Rafael of espn.com, the Cruiserweight title bout between Yoan Pablo Hernandez and Ola Afolabi has been postponed due to Hernandez elbow injury.
The fight was scheduled for December 6 in Oldenburg, Germany.
“After sparring on Thursday I had minor problems, but it got worse on Friday and I could not properly stretch my right arm. I went to the doctor immediately,” Hernandez said through an interpreter.
“The boy has already had so much bad luck, enough for a lifetime,” trainer Ulli Wegner said of Hernandez, who has had various injuries and illnesses in recent years that have caused him to cancel or postpone fights. “Pablo is a fighter. He will bite down and then come back stronger than ever.”
“We wish Pablo a speedy recovery and hope his mandatory defense against Ola Afolabi can be rescheduled for the start of 2015,” Meyer said.
Said Tom Loeffler of K2 Promotions, Afolabi’s promoter, “We are very disappointed to hear that Hernandez got injured. He is a great champion but has been very injury prone.
“Ola has had a great training camp sparring with Olympic gold medalist Olexandr Usyk in Kiev. You can’t get any better training than with Usyk. We are in discussions with Sauerland Event to keep Ola on the show or we will look to put him in another fight to keep him active until Hernandez is ready to fight again.”
