Published By: Sports Desk
Last Updated: April 01, 2023, 15:12 IST
Wayne Rooney’s curiosity in boxing has as soon as once more come to gentle after Eddie Hearn revealed to Peter Crouch that the previous English striker drunkenly retains texting him and requesting him to rearrange a combat. The Matchroom promoter, who’s at the moment gearing up for Anthony Joshua’s heavyweight battle towards Jermaine Franklin at O2 on April 1, shared the story on this week’s episode of “That Peter Crouch Podcast.”
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During the dialog, Crouch requested Hearn if any footballer ought to attempt his fingers at boxing. The promoter hardly took any time in mentioning the title of Rooney, saying, “I have spoken to Wayne. He can fight.”
“Sometimes I get a message from Wayne. When he has a drink, he’ll message me, saying, ‘I’ll fight him or make me vs so and so, make me fight’. I’ll look at it in the morning and message him back, ‘Few glasses of red or you are serious.’ Then he won’t give any reply,” Hearn joked about Rooney’s random texts to him.
Wayne Rooney, who’s at the moment serving because the supervisor of DC United within the USA’s MLS, has at all times professed his admiration for boxing. In December final 12 months, the Manchester United legend was noticed having fun with Tyson Fury’s memorable overcome Derek Chisora of their trilogy combat.
In reality, the footballer as soon as challenged YouTuber-turned-boxer Olajide JJ Olatunji aka KSI to a combat. KSI disclosed Rooney’s invitation throughout a press convention, terming it “funny.” The 29-year-old boxer stated that the ex-England ahead requested him “we should fight.”
In a extensively viral clip circulated in 2015, Wayne Rooney was seen engaged in a pleasant but high-intensity boxing problem towards his United teammate Phil Bardsley inside a kitchen. Following a number of rounds of punching and dodging, the defender knocked out Rooney, who hilariously crashed onto the ground and was trying unconscious.
Pulling the string of the memorable combat, Rooney went on to flaunt his shadow-boxing expertise in entrance of a full-house Old Trafford throughout the Red Devils’ 3-0 victory in an important Premier League fixture towards Tottenham Hotspurs.
After scoring the third aim for the Red Devils within the thirty fourth minute, the talismanic striker enacted to be knocked out by an imaginary blow, which remains to be thought-about probably the most iconic celebrations within the historical past of the English league. Speaking about the identical, Rooney said, “I have grown up watching boxing. My father as well as my whole family is connected with the sport. So I like watching boxing the most.”
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