Carl Frampton reacts to news that his previously scheduled homecoming fight tonight in Belfast has now been pulled at the last minute.

The boxing world is waking up in shock this morning after the news that Carl Frampton opponent Andres Gutierrez had fell in the shower last night in a freak occurrence that has led to the event been pulled entirely tonight.

These pictures tell the story and all you need to know.

A horrific set of injuries to the Mexican unfortunately left the fight organisers with no choice but to call the event off in Belfast tonight.

It is understood that the SSE Arena website is the best port of call for fans to keep updated on how refunds will be processed in due course.

The freak accident followed Carl Frampton missing weight yesterday on the scales, meaning that if the fight did go ahead without the injury, that he would not have been involved in the WBC title eliminator side of it anyway.

Following the shocking news last night Carl Frampton reacts here with this statement alongside his manager Barry McGuigan:

Andres Gutierrez explains the accident that lead to his fight with Carl Frampton being called off. Read more here https://t.co/yNg4QOKE2X pic.twitter.com/26rkMj0cLX

— BBC SPORT NI (@BBCSPORTNI) July 28, 2017

A very, very unfortunate set of circumstances that will now see the ‘Jackal’ have to wait even longer for his chance to wipe the slate clean from his only career pro defeat last time out to Leo Santa Cruz back in January.