Astrid Wett and Alexia Grace come to blows ahead of grudge boxing fight

28 July 2023 , 09:41

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Astrid Wett shoved Alexia Grace at their press conference (Image: Mirror Fighting)

Astrid Wett and Alexia Grace had to be separated after coming to blows on multiple occasions ahead of their grudge fight on Saturday.

The influencer rivals have a feud dating back to Misfits Boxing 007 in May, where Grace blindsided Wett by throwing water on her at a press conference, before the pair threw punches at each other. Wett vented her frustration at being unable to book a fight against Grace following the incident, so she took matters into her own hands by starting up her own promotion to settle the beef.

Wett and Grace first came face-to-face at their open workouts earlier this week but tempers boiled over on Thursday as Wett pushed her rival to the ground twice. Grace made a scene upon arrival by walking onto a table and throwing a fish at Wett, with the OnlyFans boxer getting her own back by soaking Grace with a water gun later on.

"I think she's actually crazy wanting to get in the ring with someone who's had two fights before," Wett said of the fight. "I'm not a good boxer, I've been doing this for a year but she's not even had one fight.

"On paper I should easily win, but I feel I'm more determined than she is and I'm here to prove a point. She's just here because she wants a bit of clout.

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"I won't lose, there's not a doubt in my mind that I will lose. I know she's been saying that she trains with the best coach in the UK, everyone says that. It's not about the name, you could get Mike Tyson as your trainer but if you haven't got it, you haven't got it. Her hands are like tiny little baby hands, she's not going to come anywhere near me. She will feel a one-two from me and run away."

"I was a bit nervous yesterday but after being in front of the cameras, I'm used to it now and that's why I made a grand entrance. My gym is full of female amateurs and I've been sparring every single day. My gym wouldn't put me in for a fight if they didn't think I was ready, they wouldn't ruin their name by doing that," Grace said.

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The pair shook hands on a pre-fight bet that will see them rematch in Misfits for Wett's women's flyweight title. "I've said you can have your belt back regardless, win or lose this fight you can have this back, you have my word. If I win, we go on Misfits and we fight for this. I'll shake on that," Grace said.

"Well, you're not going to win the fight so it doesn't matter. Yeah fine, agreed," Wett replied. The pair then stared off at the end of the press conference and had to be separated yet again, with Wett sending Grace to the ground by shoving her as she turned to the side.

Harry Davies