{"id":3353,"date":"2025-01-20T15:01:50","date_gmt":"2025-01-20T16:01:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/preforeclosurefortunes.com\/?p=3353"},"modified":"2025-01-21T13:04:38","modified_gmt":"2025-01-21T13:04:38","slug":"wayne-bridge-pulls-out-of-ksi-fight-over-deeply-personal-john-terry-comments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/preforeclosurefortunes.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/20\/wayne-bridge-pulls-out-of-ksi-fight-over-deeply-personal-john-terry-comments\/","title":{"rendered":"Wayne Bridge pulls out of KSI fight over \u2018deeply personal\u2019 John Terry comments"},"content":{"rendered":"
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KSI and Wayne Bridge had been due to enter the ring in late March (Picture: DAZN)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Ex-England footballer Wayne Bridge has pulled out of his proposed boxing match with KSI over ‘deeply personal’ remarks the YouTuber made about his ex-girlfriend’s alleged affair with John Terry.<\/p>\n

KSI launched a vicious verbal attack on Bridge as the pair came face to face at Saturday night’s star-studded Misfits Boxing 20 event<\/a> held in Manchester.<\/p>\n

During the bitter exchange, KSI brought up the topic of Vanessa Perroncel and her alleged involvement with Terry – a long-time team-mate of Bridge during his playing days.<\/p>\n

While Perroncel denied having an affair at the time, Bridge refused to shake Terry’s hand when the pair subsequently met in the Premier League, midway through the 2009\/10 season.<\/p>\n

The former Chelsea<\/a>, Manchester City<\/a> and Southampton full-back, who announced his retirement from football back in 2014, had been set to enter the ring with KSI on March 29.<\/p>\n

‘I’m sure a lot of you have seen what happened on Saturday night at the Misfits Boxing event,’ Bridge wrote in a statement shared on his Instagram page this afternoon.<\/p>\n

‘Firstly, I think it’s important to explain my reason for accepting the fight. I always like to challenge myself. This felt like a good opportunity to go up against an interesting opponent on a big stage.<\/p>\n

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Bridge took to Instagram to announce his withdrawal from the fight (Picture: Instagram\/@waynebridge03)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Bridge stressed that his ‘priority’ was ‘protecting’ his family (Picture: Getty)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

‘I have always loved boxing as part of my everyday training routine. I was fully prepared to train hard and have some fun. Of course, I expected to face some criticism, but I feel like what was said on Saturday crossed a line.<\/p>\n

‘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.<\/p>\n

‘My opponent is someone that many children look up to around the world, including my kids. I hope one day he will look back on this differently. I personally don’t wan’t to be involved in these exchanges.’<\/p>\n

‘I will no longer fight on 29th March.’<\/p>\n

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Bridge refused to shake hands with Terry when they met in the Premier League in February 2010 (Picture: Getty)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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