Two fights on the same bill had to be canceled after a clash of heads caused shocking injuries.
A dreadful final spoiled the undercard for Terry Harper’s long-awaited world title bout with Rhiannon Dixon.
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Brandon Scott was left in shock after an accidental collision in his super bantamweight bout with Callum Turnbull.
Then super featherweight Ibrahim Suleiman suffered a major cut around his eye against Kevin Trana.
Two horrific incidents happened within an hour of each other at Sheffield’s Canon Medical Arena.
Big change set for all Matchroom boxing shows, fans say ‘great move for supporters and the sport’Scott and Suleiman were both handed wins via technical decision (TD).
Welshman Scott, 21, and Scott Turnbull, 25, were hit with heavy blows before a vicious clash of heads.
There was blood flowing from the forehead of the young man, who was walking backwards, staring at the floor.
Referee Mark Leeson immediately signaled a head injury and stopped the fight.
Sulaiman, aka Spider, then suffered damage that appeared even worse after colliding heads with the Nicaraguan Trana.
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The 23-year-old Birmingham boxer appeared to have a deep gash around his right eye – with blood streaming down his neck and chest.
Once again Lisson intervened – asking a doctor to examine the 23-year-old’s eye.
However, there was no doubt that the fight would be canceled – which it promptly did.
Oleksandr Usyk accused of cheating in blatant attack by Daniel Dubois’ trainer, who said the champ ‘deserves an Oscar’The unfortunate moments came on a night when two-belt world champion Harper was taking on lightweight Queen Dixon in an all-English showpiece.
