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Eddie Hearns floats idea of HUGE Wayne Rooney fight at Old Trafford
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Eddie Hearn has proposed a fight between Wayne Rooney and YouTube star Jake Paul at Old Trafford.

Rooney is a big fan of the sport but in 2015 a video of him getting knocked out by Phil Bardsley went viral.

Hearn has still teased a showdown with YouTuber Jake Paul.

Speaking on The Overlap the Matchroom promoter said:

“After every big fight, especially with a YouTuber, sometimes Wayne Rooney will fire me a message. I’ve said to Wayne, who had a very limited amateur pedigree but could still fight, imagine the shape you’d get in (if you trained for a fight).

“I told him, Wayne Rooney against Jake Paul at Old Trafford, imagine that. I get asked the question all the time, if there were two footballers (who wanted to fight)…most footballers follow boxing and secretly they’d all love to have a go. Everyone thinks they can fight.”

It remains unlikely Hearn’s fantasy fight will ever happen but in the world of influencer boxing stranger things have occurred.

This article first appeared on BenchWarmers and was syndicated with permission.

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