Jamie Moore's Euro title bid off by Ian McNeilly Dec 2nd 2007

European light-middleweight champion Zaurbek Baysangurov has withdrawn from his mandatory defence with a reported fractured cheekbone caused in his last week of sparring, according to the promoter of his scheduled opponent, Jamie Moore. The match, which was due to take place next Saturday at Wigan, was to have headed up the British leg of the Hatton-Mayweather PPV. Mancunian Moore has been persuaded to relinquish his British title, allowing a short notice headline fight to take place on the same date between Gary Woolcombe and Marcus Portman. Moore's promoter and friend Wood, said: "This is another blow to Jamie as he continually strives to raise above British level and it has left the Salford fighter shattered. Jamie has been training in pain - with a repeat shoulder injury that caused him to have an operation immediately after the Mathew Macklin fight - and has now decided to go under the surgery again to try and rectify the problem once and for all rather than defend his British title. "Jamie remains mandatory for the European title and this will happen as soon as both boxers are fit and able."

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