Boxing: Muhamad Ridhwan's WBC Silver title bout in jeopardy again due to manager's uncertain future

Top local professional boxer Muhamad Ridhwan was scheduled to fight in Manila, on March 23, 2019. PHOTO: ST FILE
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SINGAPORE - Top local professional boxer Muhamad Ridhwan has hit another bump in the road to his World Boxing Council (WBC) silver featherweight title bout, after Scott O' Farrell, chief executive officer of fight promoters Ringstar, said on Monday (Feb 18) he could resign.

In a Facebook post Monday morning which was later taken down, O' Farrell said he took the decision to resign after he received "numerous death threats" from a Russian man he only identified as "Sasha".

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