Chatteris featherweight boxer Jordan Gill.Credit: PA
The Coronavirus pandemic may have ground the sporting calendar to a halt, but Cambridgeshire boxer Jordan Gill had already been waiting a while for his chance to step back into competitive action before the lockdown.
The 25 year old featherweight from Chatteris was scheduled to end that wait last month at London's O2 Arena.
He was on the undercard for the Josh Kelly v David Abanesyan European Welterweight championship fight.
It would've been Gill's second fight following his surprise loss to Mexican Mario Enrico Tinoco in May 2019 in Nottingham.
That spoiled his previously unblemished professional record of 23 wins, the crowning moment being his victory over Ryan Doyle to become the Commonwealth (British Empire) champion in October 2018.
But the Kelly-Abanesyan promotion was cancelled because of pandemic, which meant double-disappointment for Gill after illness ruled out an earlier return to the ring last December.
Jordan Gill couldn't hide his disappointment once his scheduled fight night arrived on March 28th
Dealing with the lockdown has been a test for Gill but one which he has managed to cope with so far
Jordan Gill on dealing with boxing's lockdown with ITV Anglia's sports correspondent Donovan Blake via Zoom
