Khalid Yafai has won all 8 of his fights as a professional British-born Yemeni boxer Khalid Yafai has been forced to withdraw from fighting on the Carl Froch-Mikkel Kessler undercard on May 25 through injury. The Birmingham boxer, who turned professional last year, was due to feature on the same night as the crunch WBA and IBF super-middleweight contest between Froch and Kessler.
The 23-year-old picked up a muscle injury in his first fight as a super-flyweight last weekend, a win over Michael Ramabeletsa.
Yafai is not expected to be back in action for at least two months.
"Torn bicep, operation on Friday, gutted not to be fighting on April 20 and May 25 but be back soon to take some titles," the boxer tweeted.
Meanwhile, British boxer Froch has joined English Premiership footballers and London 2012 athletes to appear in an HIV awareness campaign launching this month in East London.
The Saving Lives Avengers will feature in posters and leaflets across The Royal London Hospital in Whitechapel to promote an innovative offering of routine HIV testing to all patients having blood tests taken in the emergency department. The campaign is a collaboration between Barts Health NHS Trust and Saving Lives, a national HIV awareness charity which enjoys the support of many sporting stars.
The Saving Lives Avengers aim to educate patients and raise awareness about the importance of HIV testing and IBF super middleweight champion Froch thinks the role is an important one: "If people like me who are in the public eye can attract attention to a topic which people might otherwise ignore, that can only be a good thing," he says.
Among the Saving Lives Ambassadors is London-born England and Aston Villa striker, Darren Bent. "You hear a lot of silly claims about taking a test damaging your chances of getting insurance or a mortgage, but it's not true. Saving Lives is raising awareness about HIV, how we can control it, and how people can live a long and happy life."
Nationwide, one in four of those with HIV are unaware they are infected, and the area served by The Royal London has an estimated HIV population five times higher than the national average (6 in every 1000 people). The new effort is designed to diagnose the undiagnosed.