Shields vs. Marshall in the balance following news of Her Majesty the Queen’s deteriorating health

BOXINGโ€™S historic all-female card at Londonโ€™s O2 on Saturday could be in the balance amid concerns over the Queenโ€™s health.

Should the worst occur in the coming days, the country will face a period of national mourning, which would put sporting events like the Claressa Shields-Savannah Marshall world middleweight championship showdown in jeopardy.

Reports have said that the Queen is โ€œunder medical supervisionโ€ at Balmoral, her home in Scotland where her family are now gathering around her.

Promoter of Saturdayโ€™s event, Ben Shalom, says it is very much up in the air.

โ€œThis is an unprecedented situation,โ€ BOXXERโ€™s CEO told Boxing News.ย โ€œIn this country the Queen is a very important and much-loved figure.ย Iโ€™m sure itโ€™s going to have ramifications on policing and events all around the country.

โ€œWeโ€™re having conversations about it now – itโ€™s out of our hands really. There are bigger things in life than sport, boxing or business and this is one of them. All the fighters are ready, they are the ones who would be most hurt by this.

โ€œThey have trained so hard for this and they are ready to go. Fingers crossed that it happens and we get a fight.โ€

Marshall and Shields are scheduled to clash in London on Saturday, super-featherweights Mikaela Mayer and Alycia Baumgardner clash on the undercard and thereโ€™s appearances by Olympians Lauren Price, Karriss Artingstall and Caroline Dubois.

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