Marie Romero’s fight against Scottney canceled

Lumbreense boxer Mari Carmen Romero, 37, will not be able to defend her third European super heavyweight title in London tonight, after the entire evening was canceled yesterday after Britain’s clomiphene positive Conor Bean, who was on his way to dispute the superstar’s bout at the event against Countryman Chris Eubank Jr. Thus, the British Boxing Association decided to suspend the main fight due to “failure to control doping”. And then the whole evening fell.

The World Anti-Doping Agency (AMA) notified the positive this Wednesday, but there is still no strict sanction. In this way, Eddie Hearn, one of the organizers, indicated in an interview that he understood there was no problem because Ben had passed all the UKAD (UK Anti-Doping Agency) tests. The British Boxing Association only takes this body into account, not the AMA, so I thought there was no problem and cited the case of Billy Joe Saunders, who competed in the UK after a positive result in the US sanctioned the AMA. However, this time the match that could have been played in a few months’ time has been cancelled.

This piques the interest of Marie Carmen Romero, who arrived in London on Wednesday with all the enthusiasm in the world and today must return to her home in Puerto Lumbreras without a fight. His opponent was the Englishman Ellie Scottney. “I am very sad and desperate. I had a great summer of preparations, working hard to get into this fight well. I am in great shape and should go back to Spain without a competition. It is a shame,” boxer Puerto Lombreras said yesterday, who hopes The new date set by the organizers, Saturday 29 October, is “real” and “there will be no further complications”.

Waiting for the World Cup

Romero, who works as a security guard on a shopping mall in the morning and afternoon trains, agreed to put his European title on the line in London, realizing that months were passing and he didn’t have the opportunity to fight for the championship from the superweight world, his true dream. “I’m a boxer who always wants to get into the ring. I want to appreciate that I always went where I was called. I have three Europeans, but without picking an opponent, two of them went far from home. I expected the World Cup opportunity, but when the opportunity arose I did not I hesitate, I accepted. Romero, who has a record of 8 wins and 2 losses, insisted Scottney, the Englishman who threatens her European belt, has 5 wins and zero losses.