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The alleged bite wound. Credit: Portable | Instagram<\/p>\nStreet-pop singer, Habeeb Okikiola, popularly known as Portable, has explained why he walked out of the ring during his celebrity boxing rematch against Nollywood actor Charles Okocha.\n<\/p>\n
The \u201cZazoo Zeh\u201d singer insisted he was attacked unfairly during the bout and alleged that Okocha resorted to wrestling instead of boxing.\n<\/p>\n
He spoke in a video posted on his Instagram page on Saturday, hours after he was disqualified in the much-publicised contest held at the Balmoral Convention Centre, Federal Palace Hotel, Victoria Island, Lagos.\n<\/p>\n
In the video, Portable displayed a wound on his back and body, claiming he was bitten during the fight and alleging that multiple people attacked him.<\/p>\n
While showing the marks on his body, Portable said, \u201cThey said he eats Molly. He didn\u2019t see Molly anymore. So he ate my back.\u201d\n<\/p>\n
He also claimed Okocha bit him during the contest.\n<\/p>\n
\u201cMan, he bit me. I landed a heavy hit on him,\u201d Portable said.<\/p>\n
The singer maintained that he had dominated the fight before the incident, repeatedly insisting he landed more punches on his opponent.\n<\/p>\n
\u201cNormally, I beat him up. Man to man, one man is tougher than another. I dealt him a huge blow,\u201d he said.\n<\/p>\n
Explaining his decision to leave the ring, Portable suggested he no longer wished to participate in such fights, saying his career was worth more than the prize money.\n<\/p>\n
\u201cHe bit me, number one. He choked my neck. Camera it. That\u2019s why I say I don\u2019t fight again. I\u2019m big! I\u2019m bigger than the money! I\u2019m a star!\u201d he said. <\/p>\n
The alleged bite wound. Credit: Portable | Instagram<\/p>\n
He added that he had promised to deliver 10 blows and fulfilled that promise.\n<\/p>\n
Turning to his followers, he said, \u201cI wore one-round cloth to the bout. I wanted to beat him in one round.\u201d\n<\/p>\n
PUNCH Online reports that Portable lost the celebrity boxing rematch against Okocha by disqualification on Friday after walking out of the ring before the end of the opening round.<\/p>\n
The bout, tagged \u201cUnfinished Business,\u201d was organised as a rematch of their controversial first encounter, which Okocha had claimed was unfairly awarded in Portable\u2019s favour.\n<\/p>\n
Portable appeared to have the upper hand before the contest descended into a wrestling-like scuffle, with the referee struggling to separate both fighters.\n<\/p>\n
The bell eventually rang to end the round, while security personnel and bodyguards intervened to restore order.\n<\/p>\n
Speaking in the video, the singer said he would not have clinched with Okocha if the actor had not bitten him.\n<\/p>\n
Although Portable later returned to the ring, officials disqualified him, handing victory to Okocha.\n<\/p>\n
Before the fight, Portable had told reporters, \u201cI am not happy, but I want God to make me happy and my family.\u201d\n<\/p>\n
The defeat marked a reversal of fortunes for the singer, who won their first meeting and had boasted during the final weigh-in that he remained the better fighter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Street-pop singer, Habeeb Okikiola, popularly known as Portable, has explained why he walked out of the ring during…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1123952,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[4108],"tags":[1935,133982,49273,260790,3785,239041,269,72680,13705,260792,305866,305867,305868,79,16,15],"class_list":["post-1123951","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-boxing","tag-boxing-match","tag-celebrity-boxing","tag-charles-okocha","tag-entertainment-news","tag-lagos-events","tag-music","tag-nigerian-celebrities","tag-nollywood","tag-portable","tag-portable-boxing-match","tag-portable-music","tag-punch-newspaper","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/117019859210483291","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1123951","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1123951"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1123951\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1123952"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1123951"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1123951"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1123951"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}