‘That’s a matter of time’ – Man Utd legend Wayne Rooney still lined up for stunning boxing fight after shock talks

WAYNE ROONEY is inactive being tipped for a sensational debut combat successful boxing - and it is lone "a substance of time" earlier helium enters the ring.

The Manchester United fable - who boxed increasing up connected Merseyside - was linked with a daze boxing power this year.

He held talks with Misfits Boxing, the location of celebrity-style crossover bouts headed up by KSI and his manager Mams Taylor.

Rooney admitted the talks were ongoing but alternatively decided to absorption connected shot absorption - soon aft taking the Plymouth job.

But euphony mogul and Misfits caput honcho Taylor believes Rooney stepping into the ringing is simply a lawsuit of "when" not "if".

He told SunSport: "We cognize that there's been conversations with Wayne Rooney.

"He's expressed interest. I deliberation that's a substance of clip and it's connected his timeline, not connected mine.

"When he's acceptable to bash it, past then we'll get there. There's besides been a mates of others who I'd truly like."

Rooney was erstwhile knocked retired successful a celebrated drunken sparring league by Phil Bardsley.

And their ex-United team-mate Danny Simpson became the first footballer to transverse implicit to the Misfits ring.

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Simpson - who won the Premier League rubric with Leicester successful 2016 - drew implicit 4 rounds with YouTuber Danny Simpson.

And present the retired defender has inspired others to lace up the gloves with Taylor expecting much Prem players to fight.

He said: "I'm not going to springiness you immoderate names due to the fact that I'll ruin the surprise. 

"But decidedly there's immoderate truly large names and immoderate precise credible footballers, ex-footballers who person expressed interest.

"So I deliberation that's gonna unfold successful its ain time."

Not lone are footballers speaking with Taylor to marque the determination to boxing but respective different celebrated sports stars.

He said: "I'm not excessively pushy. I cognize however it goes with first-timers boxing. If you propulsion excessively much, you scare them away, you know?

"So you privation to marque definite that they're mentally successful the close spot and really instrumentality that accidental of getting successful the ring.

"And if you haven't been brought up arsenic a fighter, it's a precise antithetic acquisition and everyone who does it, though, aft they bash it similar Danny Simpson says, 'That was the champion acquisition I've ever had successful my life.'

"There's thing similar it. So I expect much athletes from crossed the committee for adjacent year."