Laura Woods forced to pull out of presenting Tyson Fury vs Oleksandr Usyk fight after horror injury

Laura Woods has been compelled to drag out from internet hosting the Tyson Fury vs Oleksandr Usyk match after struggling a severe harm on vacation.

The TNT Sports activities and DAZN presenter was absent from the protection of Fury’s weigh-in in opposition to Usyk on Friday and has since supplied an replace on her situation.

She revealed she will not have the ability to current on the much-anticipated combat because of the accidents she sustained throughout a vacation together with her boyfriend Adam Collard, the Mirror stories.

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On social media, she mentioned: “Simply wished to elucidate my absence from the telly for a short while, to be completely clear and keep away from any hypothesis.”

She went on to explain the unlucky accident suffered at a vacation cottage, including: “I had an accident final weekend at a vacation cottage. I swung a pillow and hit a big, glass lampshade hanging from the ceiling above me, which shattered and minimize my face and arms, however fortunately missed my eye.

“I wished to say a few thank yous, firstly to Adam, for being my hero that day, performing so rapidly and never leaving my facet since and to his household for caring for me in a time once I was petrified.”

Additionally, to her brokers Alex Maguire and Matthew Odonohue, she added: “To my brokers Alex Maguire and Matthew Odonohue at CAA who looked for the perfect assist instantly. To Dr Yannis Alexandrides and his great medical assistant Zuzanna at 111 who opened their emergency surgical procedure and got here in on their days off, they had been so mild and have already labored magic that I did not assume was attainable to scale back the injury.”

As well as, she shared pictures displaying the progress of her restoration. “I’ve added within the pictures from then to now to indicate that regardless that it might look tough, it is such a beautiful enchancment already and I am so grateful.

“It was a hell of a shock and I have been a bit unhappy, however I am feeling very fortunate it wasn’t worse. So an enormous due to my eyebrow too, for taking the brunt of it.

“I am gutted I am unable to cowl the combat in Riyadh tomorrow anymore, however wishing the sensible TNT boxing group all the perfect. Be again quickly xx”.

Fury is ready to face Usyk in an undisputed bout that can unify the heavyweight division. Each fighters are undefeated and can threat their information in Saudi Arabia. The combat is scheduled for Saturday evening after the 2 males confronted off. Fury pushed Usyk within the chest earlier than they had been separated by safety on the weigh-in for the super-fight.

“I will knock him proper out,” Fury mentioned, utilizing quite a few expletives. I am coming for his coronary heart.

“He is getting it tomorrow, spark out. They [his team] can all get it if they need it.”

Fury weighed 277lb for his controversial combat in opposition to former UFC champion Francis Ngannou final October and was 15lb lighter on the dimensions forward of his mega-fight in opposition to Usyk.

“I have been in good condition, I’ve had two or three camps again to again. Folks say to me on a regular basis ‘You are wanting skinny’ however I am weighing the very same on the scales I have been utilizing for the final 10 years,” he mentioned.

It stays unsure whether or not Woods will likely be current to current TNT Sports activities’ protection of the Champions League Ultimate originally of subsequent month.