{"id":86243,"date":"2021-06-16T11:35:03","date_gmt":"2021-06-16T11:35:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=86243"},"modified":"2021-06-16T21:08:16","modified_gmt":"2021-06-16T21:08:16","slug":"boxer-throws-punch-at-rival-before-fight-starts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=86243","title":{"rendered":"Boxer throws punch at rival before fight starts"},"content":{"rendered":"

Alex Hanan has been left to lament a pre-fight jab on Andrei Mikhailovich after going down to his bitter rival via a second-round TKO.<\/p>\n

Despite being the undercard to Paul Gallen's fight with Justis Huni<\/a>, the fight between the two New Zealanders promised plenty of fireworks with Hanan ending the weigh-in with a pointed gun symbol as he walked away.<\/p>\n

The bad blood between the pair almost spilled over as both men came to touch gloves when Hanan jabbed Mikhailovich in the stomach after his opponent called him a "b—h".<\/p>\n

"That is not in the spirit of what we're doing here," said Main Event's Ben Damon.<\/p>\n

"Mikhailovich is not at all happy with being punched in the stomach at the touch of gloves."<\/p>\n

\"Andrei<\/p>\n

Mikhailovich ended up getting the win through a sweet left hook in the 2nd round via TKO.<\/p>\n

While both men expressed much hate for each other in the lead up, they embraced and and buried the hatchet after the fight.<\/p>\n

"Fights take the bad blood out of s— but Alex and I, we're all sweet now, we'll be friends for life now," Mikhailovich said.<\/p>\n

"Whenever you share a fight someone there's always that respect afterwards so that's all there is to it."<\/p>\n

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