Mikkel Kessler's comeback has been delayed by a tick bite.
Mikkel Kessler, the 38-year-old former world super-middleweight titleholder, has delayed his comeback due to a tick bite.
The Danish boxer has been struck down by Lyme disease -- a bacterial infection spread to humans by infected ticks -- and has been forced to pull out of a planned ring return at the at the Messecenter in Herning, Denmark, on Nov. 11.
Four-time world champion Kessler, who has not fought since losing a rematch with England's Carl Froch in a world title unification fight in May 2013, now hopes to fight again in March.
Kessler fell ill in training camp and hospital tests revealed he has Lyme Borreliosis.
After being released from hospital, Kessler is now on antibiotics and is yet to resume training.
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