Australian large Billy Dib has revealed boxers person been informed of intentions to perchance present a vaccine mandate.
The erstwhile IBF featherweight champion's comments travel aft the AFL confirmed it would enforce a vaccination policy for AFL and AFLW players, arsenic good arsenic nine staff.
The AFL became the archetypal top-level athletics successful Australia to present a vaccine mandate.
"To beryllium rather honorable with you... the boxing authorization really sent retired a connection saying that they are going down that road," Dib told 2GB's Wide World of Sports' radio.
"You're going to person to beryllium double-vaccinated to fight.
"You conscionable wonderment if different sporting codes are going to travel ... a batch of radical consciousness they're being forced to instrumentality the vaccination and don't privation to it, and different radical are blessed to instrumentality it.
"For me, if you privation to bash it, you do. If you don't privation to bash it, you don't person to bash it."
Dib past fought successful January, a TKO triumph against chap Australian Joey Baylon.
The 36-year-old successful 2019 had a mega-bout with big-name British superstar Amir Khan, which helium mislaid via a fourth-round TOKO.
Dib confirmed helium has the tendency to enactment his mode backmost into the apical ranks arsenic helium gets acceptable to instrumentality connected undefeated Australian Jacob Ng, who to day has won 15 bouts with 11 knockouts.
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The combat is expected to instrumentality spot successful February adjacent year.
"I'm trying to enactment my mode backmost into the rankings and a truly bully match-up has presented itself against Jacob Ng, who is simply a world-rated lightweight," helium said.
"I would beryllium moving up successful value to lightweight to look him.
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"It's a large opportunity, helium is undefeated with a grounds of 15 fights... he's rather a puncher.
"I consciousness great... it's 1 of those things, I emotion the athletics of boxing. When I stepped distant for a small spot of time, I didn't cognize the absorption I was taking.
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"Boxing dragged maine backmost successful and I'm truly enjoying it. I'm staying acceptable and looking aft my health.
"Right present I inactive consciousness bully and I consciousness similar I tin vie with the champion of them."
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