Jack Fincham, who was affected by unprecedented flooding in Dubai this week, will also make his boxing return on Friday's Crypto Fight Night.
Love Island winner Jack Fincham has kicked off a week of fights from hell after unprecedented floods rocked Dubai.
Fincham returns to the ring Friday night when he takes on fighter Ahmed Musa at Crypto Fight Night. The 31-year-old hasn't fought since November 2022, when he lost on points to Anthony Taylor on the undercard of boxing legend Floyd Mayweather's exhibition bout with YouTuber Desi.
Dubai received about 10 inches of rain in a single day earlier this week, double the annual average for the United Arab Emirates. Heavy rains caused chaos in the city, with houses flooded and cars left underwater. Fincham admitted it's a miracle the fight with Musa is still going on.
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“It was an absolute nightmare,” Fincham said. mirror fighting. “My training has been canceled because I am in a different hotel from my trainer. I haven't been training properly, but to be honest, I don't think anything has changed in the five days since my last session. The timing of it all. I went crazy.
“I went to the hospital to get blood drawn, but then I was stuck for four hours and had to wade through knee-deep water for 40 minutes to meet someone to take me to a hotel. Mentally, this was just the right amount of stress for everyone, which only makes the victory feel even better.
Mr Fincham's nightmarish week began the day he checked into his luxury hotel room, waking up in the early hours of the morning to find himself ankle-deep in water. The Love Island winner thought she had left her shower running but quickly realized the situation was much more serious. He added, “I got to the point where I thought, 'What am I doing?'”
“When I took the video of me sitting in knee-deep water, I was texting a friend saying, 'Shit, I want to go home.'” Another buddy of mine, Tony Curtis got stuck and had to swim out of the taxi, it ruined all his boxing equipment, people's houses were destroyed, there were cards in the water everywhere, it was crazy It was a long time ago.”
