Gerywn Price will take to the oche despite breaking his throwing hand but charity boxing match has been postponed
GERWYN PRICE will throw tonight despite fracturing his hand – but he has postponed his charity boxing bout.
The Welshman accidentally damaged his right, throwing hand, which caused so much pain he withdrew from a Premier League night in Brighton three weeks ago.
Yet having now diagnosed the problem with medics – a small fracture in a bone in his hand – he is ready to play Joe Cullen in the quarter-finals in Birmingham this evening.
The Iceman insists the injury was not caused by boxing training for a debut clash that has now been moved from April 9 in Wales to May 13.
The world No2 will wear a support cast for three weeks but will remove it to play on the oche.
Price, 37, said: “So I’ve been playing with a fractured hand all along.
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“And you need to have it in plaster for four weeks.
“Sorry but I can’t do that. Just put me in a splint please.”
Price is fourth in the Premier League table ahead of tonight’s meeting in Birmingham.
The Welshman won Night 3 in Belfast last month, beating James Wade 6-4 in the final to scoop a £10,000 bonus.
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Former world No1 Price was forced to miss last year’s Premier League entirely after testing positive for Covid.
The 2021 world champion is yet to add the Premier League to his lengthy list of major titles.