Britain's self-proclaimed 'Hardest Man' Charlie Roberts, also known as Big Stacks, has been forced to withdraw from his fight on the undercard of Tommy Fury's showdown with Eddie Hall.
Roberts was scheduled to face Armz Korleone on Saturday night but was sucker-punched earlier this week by rapper Jordan McCann, who himself will battle Ibiza Final Boss this weekend. Stacks was rushed to hospital with a burst lip and, despite turning up at Thursday's press conference, has now pulled out.
He posted screenshots of direct messages with his opponent in which he said: "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."
Exchange Between Fighters
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."
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," reports the Mirror.
Social Media Reaction
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."
"He's getting called out by everyone but he's taking no fights. He wants to fight an injured man. When I can, I'll fight you. We can do it anywhere. You're soft as f***, stop chatting s*** online."
Undercard Changes
The heavyweight bout is the second to collapse this week after BDave withdrew from his contest with Swarmz following an injury. He is expected to be replaced by Biel, who agreed to the fight on three days' notice.
In the headline event, Fury will concede 100lb when he faces Hall tomorrow night.
