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Fallout Continues Following Ohara Davies Controversy

Ohara Davies controversy and fall out continues after the boxer sent tweets pertaining to the Hillsborough football tragedy which saw 96 people lose their loves nearly 30 years ago.

It could perhaps be the first time ever that a professional boxer of note has been pulled entirely from a fight due to comments he made on social media.

UK boxer Ohara Davies’ promoter Eddie Hearn confirmed the news that this will be the case earlier today:

Furthermore, his coaching team now appears to have also distanced themselves from him and dropped him entirely:

The comments he made have since been taken down but were alleged to have also involved reference to the Sun Newspaper in the UK.

Davies himself has been getting a lot of heat all day on Twitter and has come out with the following apology in a video recorded earlier on:

https://twitter.com/OharaDavies/status/946906043627556864

He also issued the following statement a short time ago:

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It is not known when Davies will fight again and who will be training him in the new year as of yet.


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