Britain's self-titled 'Hardest Man' has pulled out of his fight on the undercard of Tommy Fury's clash with Eddie Hall. Charlie Roberts, also known as Big Stacks, was due to take on Armz Korleone on Saturday night but was sucker-punched earlier this week by rapper Jordan McCann, who himself will face Ibiza Final Boss this weekend. Stacks was taken to hospital with a burst lip and despite appearing at Thursday's press conference, has now withdrawn.
Reasons for Withdrawal
Stacks shared photos of direct messages with his opponent in which he explained his inability to fight. He wrote: 'Bruv there’s no way I can fight, I can barely talk, I can’t eat, can’t put a gum shield in. One medium punch and my teeth are coming out. I ain’t getting paid enough for that. Physically I can’t fight.' Armz replied: 'You were talking fine, running your mouth when I just put it on you at weigh-in. Plain and simple you are b****ing out. You don’t want this.'
Exchange Between Fighters
Stacks responded by saying: 'Stop trying to put it on me. I can't fight. Be professional,' to which his rival suggested a change of rules. 'If you are that much of a b**** boy and don't wanna get punched in the face, we can put it in the contract that no face shots allowed and we do body shots.'
Big Stacks later took to social media to say: 'Armz Korleone is a good boy turned bad. All of a sudden he's bad online but he's not that guy and everyone knows him not to be that guy. He's talking s*** about p***ying. I can't physically fight. I've got my own medical certificate; I can't fight. He's shook now because he's going to have a fighter who can fight properly; he's getting shook.'
Impact on the Event
The heavyweight clash is the second to fall out this week after BDave pulled out of his bout with Swarmz after injuring himself. He is set to be replaced by Biel, who accepted the fight on three days' notice. In the main event, Fury will give up 100lb when he takes on Hall tomorrow night.
