Wayne Rooney refuses to rule out combating with KSI’s Misfits Boxing

Wayne Rooney has refused to rule out participating in a big-money bout with Misfits Boxing. 

The Manchester United legend confirmed that KSI‘s promotion had been in contact over a doable combat. 

He claimed that ‘a couple of’ had been in contact to attempt to get him to swap the soccer pitch for the ring after his sacking by Birmingham City on January 2.

Asked by Gary Neville on the Stick to Football podcast if he was going to combat, Rooney teased followers. ‘Never know,’ he mentioned.  

‘They’ve been in contact and requested the query however I believe on the minute, I need to deal with getting again into administration, not boxing. 

Waye Rooney refused to rule out the potential for him combating with KSI’s Misfits Boxing

He confirmed that Misfits Boxing and others had been ‘in contact’ and teased that you just ‘by no means know’ what may occur

‘They’ve been in contact to combat, yeah. There’s been a couple of and clearly that Misfits have been in [touch] and that is been all around the information.’

‘Not an amazing title, that, is it?’ quipped Jamie Carragher. 

Rooney added: ‘Listen, I need to deal with getting again into administration. That’s my focus. And I’ve seen all around the final couple of days all of the headlines however my principal focus is getting again in to soccer. 

Since its launch in 2022, Misfits has welcomed a smorgasbord of celebrities and would-be stars.

Internet sensations corresponding to KSI, Logan Paul, and Jay Swingler, music stars like Ashley and Myles from Rak-Su, and a bunch of different personalities have competed.

Streamed on DAZN, it attracts thousands and thousands of pay-per-view followers and has visited venues throughout England and the United States.

Despite his catastrophe at Birmingham, the place he changed John Eustace and plummeted the aspect from sixth to twentieth within the Championship, Rooney’s managerial profession has confirmed some semblance of promise.

He received admirers for protruding a troublesome interval at Derby County, the place he was saddled with a 21-point deduction in 2021/22 and was relegated from the Championship.

Rooney is an enormous boxing fan and often attends fights (pictured with Paul Smith)

KSI helped to ascertain Misfits Boxing in 2022 and it has grown into a serious, however criticised and controversial, promotion

He then went on to handle DC United within the MLS however solely received 14 of his 53 video games in cost.

Rooney will probably be hoping to do higher on his boxing debut than when was famously knocked out by then United team-mate Phil Bardsley.

The two gamers have been sparring in Rooney’s kitchen and Bardsley caught the striker, knocking him to the ground. A video later appeared exhibiting the knockdown and the story made nationwide information.

Rooney then carried out an iconic celebration referencing the incident as he mimicked being knocked out when he scored towards Tottenham at Old Trafford days later.

Bardsley recalled the hilarious second on the UTD Podcast in 2021. ‘We have been having a drink, having amusing, taking part in guitar and the following minute these boxing gloves seem! I used to be considering: ‘what is going on on right here?’

‘So my brother steps up, has a go along with Wazza and clearly he loves his boxing, would not he? He loves scrapping. And then I’m like: ‘give us them, I’ll have a go’.

‘He’s throwing a couple of bombs and clearly he is an enormous lad, is not he? Strong. We’re exchanging blows – the Crocky [Croxteth] child and the Salford child, there isn’t any holding again!

‘He simply walked right into a jab. He was solely out for a few seconds however we have been all panicking – what is going on on right here?

Rooney added that he ‘desires to deal with getting again into administration’ after being sacked by Birmingham 

‘We did not know what to do, panic stations and we had no telephone sign. ‘We have been all considering: “if he doesn’t open his eyes, we can’t phone an ambulance, there’s no signal.” So a lot panic!

‘Anyway, he comes round, goes to the sink. I’ve obtained an enormous lower lip, blood in all places and he is obtained some blood beneath his nostril and we’re simply one another and laughing.’