Zak Chelli fumes at Queensberry and declares himself a free agent

Zak Chelli fumes at Queensberry and rips up his contract

WBO #6 light-heavyweight contender Zak Chelli (17-3-1, 9 KOs) too k to social media to vent his frustrations at his promotional stable, Queensberry, at being left on the shelf after his career-best win over David Morrell last May.

The 28-year-old former British champion said, "I was promised a big fight after that [David Morrell] knockout. .If any other light heavyweight did what I did, like Joshua Buatsi or Willy Hutchinson or Anthony Yarde, they'd be promoted like crazy but I wasn't. I was left under the rug.

"They [Queensberry] promised me an interim world title either against Willy Hutchinson or Joshua Buatsi or a name big like that. Unfortunately, we wouldn't be able to fight Callum Smith because he's with a different promotion. But [Buatsi or Hutchinson] should have been possible. I was sold a dream. They didn't promote me. They tried to sweep me under the rug.

"They said, 'Within 6 months, you'll be fighting for an interim world title.' Yesterday in a meeting, I found out it's all been lies. There is no big fight for me. There never was. My contract is now void with them. I'm a free agent."

The Fulham fighter has won Southern Area, English, British and Commonwealth titles at super-middleweight during his approaching 10-year professional career. He was the last holder of the English light-heavyweight title, too.

On the undercard of Fabio Wardley vs Daniel Dubois, the Londoner stopped the highly-rated Cuban southpaw David Morrell Jr. (12-2, 9 KOs) in the 10th round of their May 9 fight in Manchester. Prior to that, Morrell had lasted a full 12 rounds with David Benavidez for the WBC Interim light-heavyweight title, even knocking him down in round 11.

That victory was supposed to propel Chelli on at world level, where he is currently ranked WBO #6, WBC #14, IBO #18, but instead he has been forgotten. All eyes will now be on whether he can find himself that elusive big fight next or if he will be scooped up by another promotion, like Zuffa Boxing.