CHAMPIONS LEAGUE winner Wes Brown and ex-Chelsea star Wayne Bridge are among the ex-footballers interested in turning to boxing.
Former Leicester defender Danny Simpson – who won the Premier League in 2016 – became the first football star on Misfits Boxing.
Misfits was co-founded by YouTuber-turned-boxer KSI and his manager Mams Taylor – and is home to celebrity-style crossover bouts.
And Simpson, 38, drew over four rounds with social media influencer Danny Aarons, 22, last August.
Now, more retired footballers are expressing an interest in making the same switch.
Brown has trained with Simpson to keep fit after retirement and SunSport understands he is also keen to have a fight.
The centre-back – who won the Champions League in 2008 and SEVEN Prem titles at United – will be ringside for Misfits 20 in Manchester.
And he has already told Misfits head honcho Taylor he is on board to follow in former team-mate Simpson’s steps.
Meanwhile Bridge – a Prem winner with Chelsea – is a fight fan and has even had an England Boxing licensed amateur bout.
He beat Made in Chelsea’s Spencer Matthews in 2018 for Sport Relief.
The Daily Mail reported how Bridge, 44, was even being lined up to fight KSI, 31.
And music mogul Taylor warned how other footballers are considering the same switch after seeing Simpson’s debut.
[bc_video account_id=”5067014667001″ application_id=”” aspect_ratio=”16:9″ autoplay=”” caption=”Ex-Man Utd stars Wayne Rooney and Zlatan Ibrahimovic both teases for stunning boxing bouts ” embed=”in-page” experience_id=”” height=”100%” language_detection=”” max_height=”360px” max_width=”640px” min_width=”0px” mute=”” padding_top=”56%” picture_in_picture=”” player_id=”default” playlist_id=”” playsinline=”” sizing=”responsive” video_id=”6363416186112″ video_ids=”” width=”640px”]He told SunSport in October: “I’m not going to give you any names because I’ll ruin the surprise.
“But definitely there’s some really big names and some very credible footballers, ex-footballers who have expressed interest.
“So I think that’s gonna unfold in its own time.”
