Sport

Naseem forced to postpone Calvo fight

13 April 2012

Naseem Hamed's return to the ring will be delayed after he suffered a back injury in training.

Hamed was set for his first fight for 11 months against European featherweight champion Manuel Calvo at London Arena on 23 March, but the fight was today postponed.

The former WBO world featherweight champion has not fought since he was outpointed by Mexico's Marco Antonio Barrera in Las Vegas in April last year.

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