{"id":99372,"date":"2023-10-29T00:23:04","date_gmt":"2023-10-29T00:23:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/turbocelebrity.com\/?p=99372"},"modified":"2023-10-29T00:23:04","modified_gmt":"2023-10-29T00:23:04","slug":"david-adeleye-sparks-outrage-after-punching-referee-on-fury-v-ngannou-undercard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/turbocelebrity.com\/sport\/david-adeleye-sparks-outrage-after-punching-referee-on-fury-v-ngannou-undercard\/","title":{"rendered":"David Adeleye sparks outrage after punching referee on Fury v Ngannou undercard"},"content":{"rendered":"
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As trainer Ben Davison jumped up to the ropes, urging Adeleye to stop, his fighter stunningly dropped his hands to throw his right glove into the body of the referee.<\/p>\n
The incident is likely to see Adeleye face disciplinary action, though the 26-year-old is pushing for a rematch. <\/p>\n
“I think my game management was wrong, my legs weren’t with me,” Adeleye told TNT Sports. “I’m a man, humble in victory and humble in defeat.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe got me with a jab and a thumb went into my eye. I couldn’t really see him. I aimed to throw a shot to gage where he was. Listen, I ain’t lost a fight in god know’s how many years in the amateurs. Every loss I did have, I avenged.<\/p>\n
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Fabio Wardley in action with David Adeleye during their heavyweight fight<\/p>\n
\u201cHopefully the rematch is on the cards. I’m pissed the referee stopped me, I was still there, give me another 10 seconds. I’ve never been down. I just about beat the count. I don’t know when to get up, I don’t go over in fights.<\/p>\n
\u201cCredit to him, I’m a fighting man, I’m 26, people can ridicule me. Hopefully we can run it back. I want Wardley again.”<\/p>\n