‘I’d eat you for lunch,’ Micah says to Keane on TV as AJ picks the winner in the fight
MICAH RICHARDS told Roy Keane he would “eat him for lunch” after Anthony Joshua picked who would win a boxing fight between the pair.
The much-loved football pundit duo were together this afternoon for Sky Sports’ coverage of the Manchester Derby.
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After Man City’s 3-1 win over United at the Etihad, the conversation quickly turned to boxing.
Two-time world heavyweight champion Joshua prepares to face Francis Ngannou in Saudi Arabia on Friday.
But the 34-year-old British star, who came face to face with WBC titleholder Tyson Fury’s father John this week, took time out to make a special brief appearance on the show.
And he was asked directly who would come out on top in a boxing fight between ex-United captain Keane, 52, and former City defender Richards, 35.
“That’s a great question,” Joshua replied. Let’s look at the story of the tape.
“You’ve got Micah Richards, a big guy who looks like a natural heavyweight, solid.
‘But then you’re talking about Roy Keane, the one and only.
“The man when you talk about that smoke and life, I think he had a little bit of amateur experience…”
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Joshua then concluded: “If I was to flip a coin I’d probably say it would probably land on Micah, but you know, if a coin bounces and flips a few times, it’s going to land back on Roy Keane.
“I think Roy Keane will do the job.”
The footage then cut back to the studio, where Keane and Richards sat next to each other, chuckling.
The pair shook hands before Irishman Keane said: ‘I wish I could believe what he said. I think Micah would take me very, very easily.
Richards then asked his friend what he weighed, revealing he had tipped the scales at 16.5.
Keane said he weighed 12.5st, to which Richards said: “I’d eat you for lunch!”
The ex-midfielder then acknowledged that the former full-back “would be favourite” before the pair amicably agreed that they would both happily accept a draw.
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