Laura Woods forced to pull out of Tyson Fury vs Oleksandr Usyk after suffering horror injury

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Laura Woods has had to withdraw from presenting the Tyson Fury vs Oleksandr Usyk fight after disclosing a severe injury. The presenter for TNT Sports and DAZN was notably missing from the coverage of Fury's weigh-in against Usyk on Friday, and later that evening, she took to social media to share an emotional update about her inability to attend the bout due to significant injuries incurred while on holiday with her partner Adam Collard.

On her social media channels, she explained: "Just wanted to explain my absence from the telly for a little while, to be totally transparent and avoid any speculation. "I had an accident last weekend at a holiday cottage.

I swung a pillow and hit a large, glass lampshade hanging from the ceiling above me, which shattered and cut my face and arms, but luckily missed my eye. "I wanted to say a couple of thank yous, firstly to Adam, for being my hero that day, acting so quickly and not leaving my side since and to his family for taking care of me in a time when I was petrified. "To my agents Alex Maguire and Matthew Odonohue at CAA who searched for the best help immediately.

To Dr Yannis Alexandrides and his wonderful medical assistant Zuzanna at 111 who opened their emergency surgery and came in on their days off, they were so gentle and have already worked magic that I didn't think was possible to reduce the damage. "I've added in the photos from then to now to show that even though it may look rough, it's such a wonderful improvement already and I'm so grateful. "It was a hell of a shock and I've been a bit sad, but I'm feeling very lucky it wasn't worse.