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http://www.espn.com/boxing/story/_/id/19578942/avtandil-khurtsidze-arrested-conspiracy-charges
Interim middleweight world titleholder Avtandil Khurtsidze was arrested and indicted Wednesday in New York as part of a federal government roundup of 33 people accused of involvement in a New York-based Russian and Georgian crime syndicate allegedly involved in racketeering, robbery and murder-for-hire, among other illicit activity.
On Thursday, promoter Frank Warren, reacting to the news, announced that the mandatory fight between world titleholder Billy Joe Saunders, whom he promotes, and Khurtsidze has been postponed. They were due to meet in the main event on July 8 at the Copper Box Arena in London. Warren said the rest of the show will go on as planned.