Bobby Lashley v. Yohan Banks Turned Down By Florida
MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com) has learned from sources close to the event that heavyweight Yohan Banks (2-1 MMA, 2-0 SF) was not approved by the Florida State Boxing Commission as an opponent for Bobby Lashley (4-0 MMA, 0-0 SF), and the former WWE star is still without an opponent for the event.
An FSBC representative said the decision to decline Banks as an opponent for Lashley was made based on a review of the fighters’ records, at which point the commission “determined that the bout was not competitive.”
Banks has been off boxing in 2009 racking up a rather unspectacular 0-2-2 record after getting a win in under 20 seconds in his last MMA bout on a Strikeforce card.
Strikeforce is now scrambling to find an opponent competitive enough for Florida who is going to be willing to face Lashley with less than two weeks in camp. Personally, I wouldn’t be shocked to see Strikeforce try to push Lashley’s bout back to the CBS card and move the Jay Hieron vs. Joe Riggs bout up to the main card.
