Former Manchester United footballer Wayne Bridge has withdrawn from his upcoming boxing match against KSI less than 48 hours after the announcement. Bridge cited KSI's comments about a past alleged affair involving him and John Terry as the reason for his withdrawal, stating that the personal remarks crossed a line and negatively affected his family.
KSI could still fight a Premier League winner after a former Manchester United player appeared to step forward to replace Wayne Bridge for his next fight.Later that evening, on the MF & DAZN: X Series 20 card, Bridge entered the ring and had a face-off with KSI , who
But he took to Instagram to issue a statement confirming he would not be taking on KSI as planned, citing the comments which hurt his family and stating that he does "not want to be involved in these exchanges".He also noted that KSI is a role model to young kids and hopes he doesn't behave in such a way in the future."I'm sure a lot of you have seen what happened on Saturday night at the Misfits Boxing event," Bridge wrote.
"These are deeply personal comments that affect mine and other families involved in the situation. I'm a family man first and my priority is protecting them."
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