English soccer pundit and former Liverpool defender just made the soccer world stormy when he named his potential boxing match-up. The celebrity boxing trend isn’t something new, as we have seen YouTubers boxing each other. Then it became a cross-platform thing and now it seems like many are looking to step into trying out the game. Although the following story may be a satire, it can very much become a reality in no time.
We first noticed this trend reaching a global level when one of the most famous YouTube stars Logan Paul challenged his peer and archival at that time, KSI. That match became a reality and was followed by a plethora of boxing matches. But now, this trend is just about to enter the soccer community.
Jamie Carragher names his soccer- boxing opponent
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It all happened in a TikTok clip. Jamie Carragher was asked about a soccer player or former player he would like to fight. It was a more formal version of asking who Carragher thought he could beat in a boxing match.
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Without even skipping a single heartbeat, the Liverpool legend named his Sky Sports colleague Gary Neville. His response to the question said, “It would have to be Gary Neville – and I’d knock the f*** out of him!” fans in the comments section of the clip even started hyping about the match-up. One eager fan wrote, “make it happen“.
Fans are teaming up to support their favorite stars. One Carragher supporter wrote, “Gary couldn’t box his way out of a paper bag“, while one Naville fan wrote, “Could see Gary doing him in tbh.”
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what are your views on the potential match-up? Who, according to you, will win if such a boxing match takes place?
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