Ward, the 2017 European Amateur Championship gold medalist and World Amateur Championship silver medalist, was tipped to make short work of the 6-1 light heavyweight Marco Delgado, but disaster struck for the Irishman in the second stanza of the fight on the undercard of Gennady Golovkin's win against Sergiy Derevyanchenko.

As Ward stepped back to avoid a combination from his opponent, his left knee gave way and he fell to the canvas in obvious distress.

The broadcast cameras quickly picked up on the source of the issue as Ward's left kneecap had dislocated and had taken up residence several inches to the side of its usual spot.