Samir Mouneimne Will Not Return on February 25 Card in Hull
By Elliot Foster
Samir Mouneimne will not return next month.
The Hull man has been out of the ring since last March and was set to snap his inactivity as part of a TV card.
But Mouneimne, 16-2-1 (5 KOs), is no longer set for action on the Sky Sports-aired February 25 card at Hull Arena, topped by Gavin McDonnell in a challenge for the vacant WBC super-bantamweight world title against Mexico’s Rey Vargas.
It was announced by the show’s promoter Eddie Hearn that the 29-year-old would feature on the card, alongside David Allen, the Conisbrough heavyweight, and Carl Greaves’ protégée Declan Spelman.
The card also consists of Luke Campbell in a defence of his WBC Silver lightweight title against Jairo Lopez, Tommy Coyle’s clash against Kofi Yates in the super-lightweight division and is headlined by a vacant WBC super-bantamweight world title showdown between Gavin McDonnell and Rey Vargas.
“People [having been] asking me am I on the Hull show… I'll fight when I'm ready and feel like I'm back on my game,” Mouneimne wrote on Facebook. “So save your texts and waffles [because I] couldn't care less about the show.
“I'll tell you how it is, I haven't got [any] love for the mug of the sport. It can suck my d*ck, for all I care!
“I’m back because I can't handle another day [of being like this], plus I look like a fat mess and I need to fix [it] up.”
Stefy Bull, Mouneimne’s promoter, said that “one fighter’s loss is another fighter’s opportunity.”
