Categories: Football

Dirk Kuyt switches to boxing

Dirk Kuyt (22-7-1980, the Netherlands) hung up his boots in 2018 after a fruitful career in the Eredevisie, the Premier and the Turkish league. Runner-up in the Champions League in 2007 and in the world with the Netherlands team in the remembered 2010 World Cup in South Africa, he is now a television collaborator.

At 41 years old, he has set himself another challenge in his life. In October he will step into a boxing ring for the first time. as reported Algemmen Dagblad (AD), The Dutchman has accepted the proposal to fight at the ‘Hit It’ event, to be held in Rotterdam promoted by Kick Boxer Rico Verhoeven. The champion will return to the fights in an evening in October and the Kuyt fight will be one of the previous attractions. The former Liverpool player still has no confirmed rival.

“As a former football player, I know what it’s like to be in a stadium. It’s been about four years since I stopped playing football. And of course I miss that tension and that struggle to win a match. I have practiced many other sports, such as tennis, paddle tennis and fitness. But getting into a ring is new to me. So I would love to get into that battle against another celebrity. From now on I will train hard.”Kuyt explained on the Humberto talk show.

There are many footballers who regularly put on their gloves in their individual training sessions, as they show on their social networks: Cristiano RonaldoPogba BenzemaFernando Torres (who was Kuyt’s locker room partner in Liverpool times).

Gabby Barker

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