Ghanaian super middleweight contender, Sena “The African Assassin” Agbeko, is very unhappy with the cancellation of his scheduled fight against David Morrell Jr.
The bout was planned to take place as the headline under card of the Ryan Garcia-Gervonta Davis fight night on Saturday, April 22 at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.
31-year-old Agbeko (27 wins, two losses) was set to fight Morrell (eight wins, zero losses) for the WBA super middleweight title prior to the cancellation of the fight over purported medical reasons.
The Nevada State Athletic Commission did not grant Sena the license to fight Morrell due to a medical concern leading to the cancellation and as a result, Morrell will take on 35-year-old 2012 Olympics bronze medalist Yamaguchi Falcao.
An MRI scan on Agbeko revealed a neurological concern that forced the Ghanaian fighter to seek a second opinion which eventually cleared Agbeko for the fight.
In both cases, according to Agbeko’s camp, the medical doctors cleared him for the fight.
Agbeko’s camp believed that there was something amiss and they believed that the developments were part of moves from the Morell camp to avoid the bout and go in for an easier, lesser opponent thus the releasing of the press statement that announced the health red flags in relation to Agbeko.
When reached for a comment on the matter, Premier Boxing Champions (PBC), the entity that promotes Morrell, Jr turned down Citi Sports’ request.
Agbeko in action against Isaiah SteenRead full press statement from Agbeko below:
The above picture is the analysis of my MRI by Dr. Michael Seiff, a neurosurgeon who’s been practicing for over 35yrs.
He very CLEARLY states at the end of his statement that I’ve been cleared to proceed with my fight. The commission and its doctors said they needed a second opinion based on the imaging results they received and the expert who’s been doing this for over 35yrs assured them he didn’t see anything and that I was cleared to fight and they still didn’t approve me.
Apparently by that time, my opponents team had already been talking to the new opponent because they knew they didn’t want to fight me at that point. Even before we received the first MRI scan, my opponents team were already out on social media claiming I had failed my neurological tests when no doctor had stated that. Not ever and that they were looking at a new opponent which is also a clear violation of HIPPA laws.
It’s clear this was already orchestrated behind the scenes and Morrell and his team are hiding behind the Nevada State Athletic Commission to pull off this stunt. They are going with an easier, lesser ranked opponent on short notice because they received reports on how well I was doing and how much of a threat I could be and they couldn’t afford getting their plans derailed.
I’m just collateral damage in their big old game. READ THE NEUROSURGEONS REPORT AND DECIDE WHETHER OR NOT THE COMMISSION WAS RIGHT. A doctor who DOESNT know me from Adam won’t put his license and career and livelihood on the line by stating something that wasn’t true.
They couldn’t use my physical nor my blood work nor my eye tests because those are definitive. They tried to use my MRI scan which is more open to interpretation but still failed because the expert disagreed but they strong armed me and went ahead with their plan anyway.
LET IT BE KNOWN NOW THAT THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NOTHING WRONG WITH ME AND MY TEAM AND I WILL SEEK ALL MEANS TO FIND A SUITABLE RESOLUTION TO THIS INJUSTICE.
-SENA AGBEKO.
SIGNED: SAM NANA GOLD ( PUBLICIST )