Boxing: Muhamad Ridhwan faces uncertain future

Boxer's manager and Ringstar CEO O'Farrell may quit promotion owing to 'death threats'

Ringstar Management founder Scott O'Farrell (right) wrote on Facebook that he received "numerous death threats" from a Russian man.
Muhamad Ridhwan’s WBC silver featherweight title bout against Namibian Paulus Ambunda, already postponed earlier this month, has been thrown in further doubt by the uncertainty over the future of manager Scott O’Farrell. ST FILE PHOTO
Muhamad Ridhwan's WBC silver featherweight title bout against Namibian Paulus Ambunda, already postponed earlier this month, has been thrown in further doubt by the uncertainty over the future of manager Scott O'Farrell.
Ringstar Management founder Scott O’Farrell (middle) wrote on Facebook that he received “numerous death threats” from a Russian man. ST FILE PHOTO
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Singapore's top professional boxer Muhamad Ridhwan has hit another bump on the road to his World Boxing Council (WBC) silver featherweight title bout, after Scott O'Farrell, chief executive officer of fight promoters Ringstar, said yesterday he could resign.

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

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A version of this article appeared in the print edition of The Straits Times on February 19, 2019, with the headline Boxing: Muhamad Ridhwan faces uncertain future. Subscribe