Tim Sylvia off Affliction card
Tim Sylvia’s shocking 10-second knockout loss to Ray Mercer on Saturday has proven to be more costly than originally thought….
Tim Sylvia’s shocking 10-second knockout loss to Ray Mercer on Saturday has proven to be more costly than originally thought. Affliction Entertainment vice president, Tom Atencio, informed FanHouse on Monday that Sylvia has now been taken off the upcoming “Affliction: Trilogy” card. “It’s his second knockout in a row, and I don’t want to take a chance on anything,” Atencio said. “The fight is less than 60 days away.”
Atencio added that no one from the California State Athletic Commission contacted him about taking Sylvia off the card, but he felt it was in Sylvia’s best interest to take some time off to heal.
Atencio said that Paul Buentello will still fight on the card, and will probably face the winner of the Pedro Rizzo-Gilbert Yvel fight, which takes place at the June 27 “Ultimate Chaos” event in Biloxi, Miss.