Justis Huni's first professional boxing foreign foray is over before it started after rolling his ankle in sparring.
The unbeaten Australian heavyweight (7-0) was set to return to the ring on June 17 in New Orleans against Andrew Tabiti (20-1), on a card originally headlined by fellow Queenslander Liam Paro in a WBC world title fight.
Both those fighters have since pulled out, Huni joining Paro (achilles tendonitis) on the injury list after a training mishap just days before he was due to fly to the United States.
Huni's Gold Coast-based manager Mick Francis was already in the US ahead of the bout, which was to be his first since joining Eddie Hearn's Matchroom promotions table.
The 24-year-old hasn't fought since a bruising points decision over Kiki Leutele in November when he suffered more knuckle soreness, and had initially planned to have four fights this year.
