Boxing champ’s title defence cancelled

Boxing champ’s title defence cancelled
Half-Faroese IBF welterweight world champion Sarah Mahfoud’s planned title defence in December has been cancelled due to Covid-19
Sarah Mahfoud (left) has been training hard for her scheduled title defence
 
15.11.2020 - 12:04

Sarah Mahfoud, whose mother is from Vestmanna, won the International Boxing Federation (IBF) welterweight world title in February this year.

A much-anticipated title defence had been scheduled against Puerto Rican boxer Amanda Serrano in Las Vegas in December, but this bout has now been cancelled due to Covid-19.

“I have been training really hard for this fight. We have put a lot on the line for nothing,” a disappointed Mahfoud told Danish national broadcaster DR.

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The title defence could have resulted in financial independence for the half-Faroese boxer, who will now resume her nursing studies.

“I will return to my nursing care job because I have bills to pay,” she says.

“This is not what I had anticipated, but it is still possible that the fight against Serrano will be rescheduled sometime next year.”

 

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