Francesco Akira to miss remainder of NJPW BOSJ tournament due to injury

Francesco Akira is out of the NJPW Best of the Super Juniors 31 tournament. NJPW announced late Tuesday that Akira will miss the remainder of this year’s BOSJ due to a left knee injury suffered on Sunday’s show. Akira suffered the knee injury in a B Block bout on Sunday against Drilla Moloney. With Akira unable to continue in B Block, his opponents will be awarded forfeit victories for their scheduled bouts. The current BOSJ standings are here. The promotion first announced that Akira was pulled from Tuesday’s show where he was scheduled for a tag bout, with his status for the remainder of the tournament up in the air pending medical evaluation. After being evaluated, NJPW made the announcement: Thank you for supporting New Japan Pro-Wrestling. After missing his match in Himeji May 21 due to a left knee injury, medical evaluation has determined that Francesco Akira should miss the remainder of the Best of the Super Jr. 31 series. We apologise to fans who were looking forward to seeing Akira wrestle, and appr