What Really Went Down In The Dressing Room Which Caused Delay and Infighting

Commotion, loud voices and heavy panting can be heard from the locker room of Anthony Joshua

* AJ breathing heavily - huhhhh phoooo....huuuuuhhhh phoooo''''

Rob Mccraken: ''Come on Josh, get yourself together, this is a straight forward one. Just keep behind your jab, 1-2 , deliver the nice combination we worked on and it’s an early night for Ruiz. There’s nothing to be worried about.''

AJ Dad: ''My boy isn’t ready; can you not see? We wish to return home.''

*Eddie Storms in

Hearn - What the hell is going on here? Buffer has already called out the names, Ruiz is already in the ring and the entire arena is waiting on our entrance and you’re all still in here twiddling your thumbs!

Rob: ''There's a bit of a problem....Josh isn’t feeling right''

Hearn: ''What the **** do you mean he’s not feeling right? None of us are particularly feeling right after depending on the judges to give Katie a favorable decision win!''

Rob: ''Josh is having a bit of a panic attack, boss''

Hearn: '' Oh well that’s grand, but now’s the not the time for this!'

AJ; ''I…..Don’t….Feel……Ready……. Why….Am….I ......Feeling Like…… This? .phooo'''

AJ Dad: '' My son is not fighting; this is not UK. You know he was beaten badly in sparring and he has not been given his medicine''

Hearn - '' He gets beaten up in sparring all the ****ing time, what’s big deal here? He’s about to fight Andy ****ing Ruiz, not Deontay Wllder.''

Aj Dad :''You should have pushed for a TUE. Why could you not get my son his food? Why take him off his cycle?'' Tell me why.?why? why? * grabs Hearn's collar

Hearn: ''Get your hands off me!

We’re in the United states of America, VADA testing. They don’t accept winks and golden handshakes here, this isn’t UKAD.''

Dad: ''You could have found a way. You must find a way to give him his strength. My son isn’t fighting otherwise''

Hearn: '' Look mate, They are not going to let your son swap his urine sample. this isn’t the uk. There’s no way around it, trust me if there was I'd have done it and he’d have been fighting over here a long time ago.''

* Sigh Look do me a favor and get your boy moving, NOW!

AJ *huhhh, phhoooo, huhhh phhooooo, I….don’t ….think …..this …is …..a….good …..idea. Why..... are we ........not in...... the uk?? phooooo''

Hearn - ''AJ listen to me, If you refuse to fight, we lose millions, your reputation in ruins, sponsors gone walkies, belts gone, you and me gone. Understand? Everyone will find out you didn’t want to fight some fat tub and they will have no sympathy. There is nothing to worry about here, believe me.''

''Most in the arena are from London, they’re all out there singing Sweet Caroline, waiting to see you. Everyone out there loves you and want to see you do what you do best, knock out guys like Ruiz. I couldn’t secure a referee, we had to concede it'd be a neutral Al Haymon official but worst case scenario you don’t knock this guy out in 12, the judges are on our side.''

''But you’re not going to need any help from refs or judges to blast out Andy Ruiz Jr ffs. The guy couldn’t harm a fly, you saw how harmless he was at the weigh in, he’s just happy to be here.''

'' I worked my arse off to get Ruiz for you, on your US debut so you wouldn’t have any problems, The guy is shorter and heavier than all of your previous opponents, he's tailor made for you to get him out of there within a round or two, 3 at best. Now you want to throw away the golden opportunity to finally make a statement on US soil and outshine Wilder in his own country?''

AJ – ''Please…..don’t…..make…..me….fight…here....Boss....Sir....Mr''

Eddie ; Listen to me, If you **** up my show tonight, and Barry finds out, what do you think is going to happen? We just go ''dear dear '' and move on? You signed a contract to fight. There are no get out clauses. You will fight tonight whether you like it or not, even if I have to get security to drag you out to the ring in chains.

AJ DAD: '' Do not speak to my boy like that, he does not want to fight and you do not own him!''

Hearn: ''Yes I do''

Hearn: ''Rob!! get your sports message man in here and do something to help your boy relax. Bring some smelling salts or drug him up with a sedative if you have to. I don't care if you have to put a oxygen mask over his face and wheel him out to the ring! Just do something for ****s sake! I won’t have my first big night in Madison Square Garden ruined over AJ losing his balls over an obese bum''

* Robs men scurry to hold AJ down to the chair and tranquilize him with an injection to the neck which finally calms him

AJ Dad: ''EY, EY, EY! DO NOT TOUCH MY BOY!! GET YOUR HANDS OFF HIM. LEAVE HIM ALONE!!!!''

Hearn – ''Security! Seize him and get him out of here!''

*Security restrain AJ’s dad

AJ’s Dad ‘’GET YOUR HAND OFF OF ME. I AM THE FATHER OF THE CHAMP! I'M THE CHAMP! I'M THE REAL CHAMP!,OH YEA!''

Hearn: ''GET HIM OUT OF HERE!''

AJ's Dad: ''YOU WILL NOT GET AWAY WITH THIS MR HEARN,, I WILL CURSE YOU!''

 

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