Ward’s shock retirement
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Ward, right, said: super-middleweight “I want to be clear – wins over Mikkel I am leaving because my Kessler and Carl Froch. body can no longer put Hughie Fury met WBO up with the rigours of heavyweight champion Joseph Parker yesterday at their final press conference at Old Trafford. Tomorrow’s fight will be the first sporting event at Manchester Arena since a suicide bomber killed 22 people at an Ariana Grande concert in May. Fury said: “My heart goes out to all the families. “I’m going to put on the greatest performance of my life and bring the belt back to Manchester.” LIAM BROADY reached the quarter-finals of the St Petersburg Open with a stunning victory over fourth seed Adrian Mannarino of France.
The 23-year-old from Stockport won 2-6, 6-4, 6-0 to knock out the world No 31, ranked 211 places above him.
Two service breaks gave Mannarino the first set and another in the second put him on course for victory.
But Broady broke straight back and took the set before romping through the decider.
Struggling Jo Konta fell 7-5, 7-6 to Czech Barbora Strycova at the Pan Pacific Open in Tokyo – her first match since her shock US Open first-round exit.