Andrew Tate will make his boxing debut next weekend having reigned as world champion in kickboxing before becoming a controversial social media influencer
Andrew Tate was only interested in fighting the heavyweight champion as he prepares to make his boxing debut.
Controversial influencer Tate will walk to the ring next weekend for his Misfits Boxing bow against the promotion’s champion Chase DeMoor. Tate will return to combat sports five years after his last kickboxing bout having amassed a 76-9-1 record during his world-title winning career.
Former reality TV star DeMoor has a record of 9-4-1 and has fought six times this year alone. Most recently, he stopped Devinson Guerra inside a round having drawn his previous bout with Efrain Carranza Gonazlez who had one just one of his previous five outings. And Tate has made it clear he had eyes only for the American.
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“I never really left.,” he said during his face-off with DerMoor. “I was training all of the time. I’ve lived in the gym. I’ve always loved sport. I was locked in my house for three long years with nothing to do but train. I was looking forward to eventually getting back involved in things. I wasn’t sure if it was going to be MMA or boxing, but this is my first boxing match and I decided to take on the champ, so I’m very excited.
“I was speaking to Mams Taylor at Misfits for a while. I understood I had to become the CEO and take KSI’s job. And then once that was done, we were talking about the roster of fighters. We want to become the biggest sports promotion in the world. And I think the best way to test the quality of our champions is to do it myself. So I thought he’s a heavyweight champion and I want to be the heavyweight champion, so let’s fight the heavyweight champion.
“It’s not anything personal against Chase. He dislikes me, it seems. That’s up to him. I’d fight anyone who had the belt. It’s Chase. If it was someone else, I’d fight them. And I’m here to perform; I’ve trained 100 one hundred per cent. I feel fantastic. In fact, I’m actually very surprised by how well training has gone because I had some old injuries from long ago that have not flared back up. So, I feel fantastic and I’m there to perform on the night. I’m very, very excited.”
