British Boxing Board of Control general secretary Robert Smith hopes to announce early this week that the sport can return in February.
The rapid rise in Covid-19 cases across the country convinced the Board to shut down all events scheduled for this month, including Josh Kelly’s European title fight against David Avanesyan.
And there were fears that it could be March or April at the earliest before shows could be put on again. But Smith said: “There’s a lot of work going on behind the scenes and hopefully early this week I can put something out that we can commence in February. “There are a lot of discussions with doctors and all advisers, and I’m working on the dates and whereabouts so we can start next month. “Obviously, over the