MarshallShields off

SAVANNAH Marshall’s trainer Peter Fury has expressed his frustration over the timing of the cancellation of tonight’s world middleweight title unification bout against Claressa Shields.

The British Boxing Board of Control made the decision to cancel all of this weekend’s scheduled events out of respect to the Queen, with the all-female O2 Arena bill in London the most high-profile casualty.

The decision was announced almost two hours after the scheduled weigh-in for the contest, which promoters Boxxer had said would take place behind closed doors while the status of the contest remained in doubt.

Fury tweeted: “(It would have) been nice to announce this earlier. Not good for fighters.”