Head injury halts Scott Jenkins' boxing return
Scott Jenkins has failed a medical test, forcing him to delay his return to boxing.
The Steel City gym member had been one of several former professional fighters who had set their hearts on getting back in the ring.
But that is now on the back burner for Scott, according to the one-time lightweight (13-1-0) who will turn 35 next month.
"I failed the medical due to a previous head injury" he said.
"At the moment I am not boxing, but I am following up on the medical and hoping it’s nothing serious, and I can get a second opinion for a boxing licence.
"I don't think the injury had anything to do with boxing. I don’t know how it’s happened."
Jenkins, who is based in Treeton, intends to run full and half marathons as a substitute for boxing.
He wants to raise for Sheffield Children's Hospital.
Scott's fight career started back in 2011 with a points win at the Park Hotel, Sheffield.
He had been hoping to progress from six-rounders before losing his winning record at Ponds Forge Arena three years later.
Meanwhile, former world champion Kell Brook, is also floating the possibility of a return to the sport.
He is already scheduled to take on Eisa Al Dah in Dubai on 11 April, in what had seemed to be a one-off bout to commemorate the late Ricky Hatton.
The Dore man, 39, says he is in phenomenal shape though and is looking after his body and mind better than at any time before.
Asked if he'd like to try his luck against 36-year-old Chris Eubank Jr, he replied: "I’d be very interested. Before we’ve had history.
"He should have been in with (Gennady) Golovkin, I had to step in. Me and him have been mentioned a few times.
"I’ve had back and forth before but if they mean business and they want it to happen, they know exactly what my fee is, they know what I want.
"It can happen. I’m the biggest fight out there for him, I’ve been out four years since Amir Khan, but if he thinks he’s still got anything, come test.”
One member of Brook's family has been videod on line saying he is fit enough to fight six more bouts.