Sports promoter reveals Wayne Rooney’s desire to be a boxer: ‘He calls me drunk asking me for fights’

wayne rooney He has always attracted the attention of the world. From his debut at Everton Liverpool, his consecration at Manchester United and the England national team until his retirement at Derby County, the current DC United manager of the MLS in the United States has monopolized the front pages for what has been done inside and outside a sports venue.

In this direction, the former striker has always expressed an interest in boxing the supporters who took to the courts to celebrate a goal, imitating the deathblow of discipline .

But apparently the love for the activity does not intend to stop there: Eddie Hearn, British sports promoter and organizer of boxing matches as well as president of Matchroom Sport and Professional Darts Corporation, underlined it in the podcast of the former England striker Peter Crouch What “Rooney can fight; I spoke to Wayne.” .

However, Hearn added that whoever was a goalscorer for Los Tres Leones He usually hints to her about his boxing intentions, though always when drunk. .

“When Wayne gets a drink, he texts me and starts saying, ‘I’ll fight him and I’ll fight him,’ and I get emotional. Sometimes I get a message from Rooney saying, ‘Get me a fight so-and-so; do this fight'” adds the promoter.

However, these intentions do not seem to go further, since the organizer of the fight adds that the next day “I send him a message: ‘A few glasses of red or are you serious?’ Then he doesn’t answer and I say, ‘damn'” said.

But Hearn isn’t closing the door on the former Manchester United star being encouraged to step into the ring and be the star of a boxing night: “Wayne Can Fight” he remarked convinced.