Former Manchester United and England defender Rio Ferdinand has called time on his proposed professional boxing career before contesting a single bout.
Rio Ferdinand
Ferdinand, 39, intended to box in the cruiserweight division under the guidance of former super-middleweight world champion and Team GB coach Richie Woodall, as part of a project dubbed “Defender to Contender” that was backed by online betting company Betfair.
However, in a statement issued on his Facebook page, Ferdinand announced the British Boxing Board of Control (BBB of C) were not willing to take his application for a boxing license forward.
“Having been training four to five times a week since announcing the aim of achieving a professional boxing licence and stepping into the ring, it is with a heavy heart that I am hanging up my gloves on the Defender to Contender challenge,” his statement read.
~ Vanguard
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