Tennis titles vacated

SlamBangTennis Society has vacated the SlamBangian World and the Austrian Alpenmeisterschaffen titles as a consequence of the inability to decide a winner of Saturdays Austrian AlpenMeisterschaffe
World titlist Marc Jönson confirmed last week that he suffered from hernia peretonium and been drinking every day after calling off his scheduled defence at the Austria Alpen Meisterschaffen. Having not played since Australia Open when he famously defended the title – he was stripped of

immediately for failing to meet SlamBangTennis Society´s mandatory defence terms. The title along with the undecided Austrian AlpenMeisterschaffe title,  which are now expected to be put on the line in a bout between Dean Martin Holberg, Claus Holmen, Adam Holberg and Yourgos Rasmussios, the top 4 at Saturday´s AlpenMeisterschaffen.

In a statement Jönson said: "I now enter another big challenge in my life which I know, like at the Australian Championships, I will conquer”. He added: "I won the title on the tenniscourt and I believe that it should be lost on a court, but I was unable to defend at this time and I have taken the hard and emotional decision to now officially accept the vacation of my treasured world title."

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• 1/12 Anthony Joshua

IBF heavyweight

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• 2/12 Tony Bellew

WBC cruiserweight

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• 3/12 Nathan Cleverly

WBA light heavyweight

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• 4/12 James DeGale

IBF super-middleweight

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• 5/12 Billy-Joe Saunders

WBO middleweight

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• 6/12 Kell Brook

IBF welterweight

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• 7/12 Ricky Burns

WBA light welterweight

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• 8/12 Terry Flanagan

WBO lightweight

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• 9/12 Carl Frampton

WBA featherweight

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• 10/12 Lee Selby

IBF featherweight

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• 11/12 Jamie McDonnell

WBA bantamweight

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• 12/12 Lee Haskins

Jönson’s hittingpartner, Sebastian Holmen, said the news was “heartbreaking”, but added that the time away from the sport will allow Jönson to get “the medical treatment along with the love of his family and friends and the support of the SlamBang Society to make a full recovery.”
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