Boxing: Tony Yoka "disgusted" by the postponement of his fight

Tony Yoka is forced to rest and he is not happy.

The 29-year-old Frenchman (19th in the world), who was to be opposed to the Congolese Martin Bakole (17th in the world) on January 15 at the Accor Arena in Paris-Bercy, saw his fight canceled due to the latest government announcements.

The organizers explained that it was not possible to reduce the attendance to 2,000 spectators to respect the imposed gauge, when 5,000 tickets had already been sold.

The promoter Jérôme Abiteboul even stressed that this fight under sanitary gauge "was not economically viable, it leads to a financial disaster", forcing a postponement whose date is not yet known.

“Frankly, I'm not angry, it disgusts me, reacts Tony Yoka this Friday in an interview with L'Équipe.

We can't tell people two and a half weeks before the deadline, that in fact they won't be able to work.

I don't just think about myself.

In football and rugby, the guys are salaried, it's different.

In boxing, we are a bit like casual performers, artists who perform on stage in concert and are deprived of their place of work.

We don't perform every week.

A cancellation means months of work lost.

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“Joshua?

Me, I box him every day ”

Last December, Tony Yoka already had to face Carlos Takam, who was injured, forcing the Frenchman's clan to fall back on Martin Bakole. “I want to box in the United States, abroad, adds the heavyweight, recently separated from Estelle Mossely. I want to do big fights, to have my say in this category. I know there are guys that I can box, the Parkers or the Chisoras that I have nothing to envy. I represent a threat in quotes, a risk that is not justified for them, because I am not well placed in the rankings. I haven't beaten a name yet. For me, boxing Martin Bakole was a great step. "Before concluding:" Joshua? But I box him every day, Joshua. I am not one of those who hide or want to take the least possible risks. I'm 29, that's it,it's okay, i'm ready to face these guys. "