Sometimes, things don’t go as planned—a lesson 18-year-old boxing prospect Javon ‘Wanna’ Walton recently learned. Known for his role in HBO Max’s hit series Euphoria and as one of the rising stars in Jake Paul‘s Most Valuable Promotions, Walton found himself in a tough spot when he had to withdraw from the highly anticipated Most Valuable Prospects 8 card, scheduled for September 6th at the Caribe Royale resort in Orlando, Florida.

You see, the Atlanta, Georgia native was supposed to fight in a four-round, junior lightweight bout against Erik Hanley on the undercard of Cuban prospect Kevin Brown and seasoned Puerto Rican contender John Bauza. However, while appearing in a clip shared on X by his promoter MV Promotions, ‘Wanna’ Walton revealed his recent struggles with health have rendered him unfit to fight. 

Javon Walton spent four nights in a hospital

Addressing the disappointing update about his withdrawal from the bout, Walton revealed, “I am not medically fit to fight. I spent the last four nights in the hospital and I’m still recovering from a very bad infection that I have.” In fact, according to Walton, things could have been a lot worse had it not been for the antibiotics that he is currently on. 

The 18-year-old further added that the infection is not something recent, rather he has been dealing with it for the past few months, but as the fight date came closer and closer he realized he won’t be able to “work through it anymore.” Expressing his anguish over not being able to deliver the fight he promised to his fans, Walton shared a direct message to his opponent. 

“I kinda of just wanna give an apology to my opponent,” Walton said. “I wanna apologize to everybody who bought tickets, but I’ll make a strong comeback very soon and I’m still gonna try to attend.” While Walton takes a much-needed break to recover from his health issues, the question is, what does the Most Valuable Prospects 8 card look like now?

Most Valuable Prospects 8: Full Card

The event, of course, will be headlined by the previously announced fight between Kevin Brown (5-0, 3 KOs) and John Bauza (18-1, 8 KOs). The card will also see Hendri ‘La Bazuca’ Cedeno (13-0, 10 KOs) lock horns with Enriko ‘Gudan’ Gogokhia (13-1-2, 8 KOs) in an 8-round super lightweight fight.

Not to forget, Yoelvis Gomez (7-1, 6 KOs) of Cuba will take on a yet-to-be-announced opponent in an eight-round middleweight bout. Next up on the preliminary card, Bree ‘Bam Bam’ Howling (7-0, 2 KOs) will face off against Beata Dudek (4-3, 4 KOs) in an eight-round bantamweight showdown.

Also on the preliminary side of things, Harley ‘Dennis the Menace’ Mederos (6-0, 5 KOs) will fight Russia’s Nikolai Buzolin (9-9-1, 5 KOs) in a six-round lightweight skirmish. And finally, Antraveous Ingram (7-0, 2 KOs) will go toe-to-toe against Cruse ‘Hitman’ Stewart (8-3, 6 KOs) in a six-round junior middleweight fight.

Unfortunately, Javon ‘Wanna’ Walton will have to remain on the sidelines for the Most Valuable Prospects 8, something he seems very upset about. Everyone from EssentallySports wishes Walton a speedy recovery. Were you waiting to see Javon Walton in action again?