GELSENKIRCHEN, Germany (Reuters) - World heavyweight champion Vladimir Klitschko will fight Ruslan Chagaev as planned on Saturday as the challenger's hepatitis B virus poses no health threat, health officials said on Friday.
The American Association of Professional Ringside Physicians (AAPRP) had urged organizers on Thursday to postpone the fight in front of an expected 60,000 crowd at soccer club Schalke 04's stadium.
The AAPRP said Uzbek Chagaev's hepatitis B virus could be a health threat to people in and around the ring given the fighter could be injured and his blood could infect trainers or spectators in or near the ring.
"The risk of infecting officials and visitors is beyond minimal," Gelsenkirchen health department chief Henriette Reker told reporters. Reker said all possible risks had been considered and said there was no need to re-evaluate the situation.
Chagaev's promoters said the boxer was not infectious.
"After contracting hepatitis B many years ago Ruslan Chagaev has never been sick due to hepatitis B.
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