Ohara Davies is known for his sharp mouth and good boxing but recently the Londoner created massive controversy with his tweet about The Sun and the tragic Hillsborough incident that occurred in 1989 when 96 Liverpool fans lost their lives.
Davies was schedulled to fight Tommy Coyle on February 3rd in London. Coyle is known for being a vocal critic of The Sun because of their controversial reporting of the Hillsborough incident.
The tweet by Davies eventually got him removed from the card by promoter Eddie Hearn.
“The Sun is my favourite newspaper … I will wear their logo on my shorts and they will work with Eddie Hearn to promote my fight one day. After I knock you out my first interview will be with the Sun,” wrote Davies.
The boxer also added a hashtag “buythesun.”
Davies has since apologised for his post. However, he has also received an incredible amount of racial abuse online due to the tweet.
I will prove my innocence and get myself out of the hole which I have been placed in, I am determined seek forgiveness from those I've offended and also go expose the people who are seeking my downfall just because they don't like me and not because I have done wrong. https://t.co/HGXjwva30P
— Ohara Davies (@OharaDavies) January 1, 2018
In an interview with Sky Sports, Davies went into detail about his mental state and talked about how he created an alter-ego and lost his real self.
“I feel like I have lost the real me. Since the build-up to the Josh Taylor fight it hasn’t been in me, and I have felt like I needed to act in a certain way.
“The Derry Mathews fight humbled me. Since then, it has all been an act. It has been forced. I meant everything I said in the build-up to fight Mathews but, since then, I have become an act. I haven’t meant anything,” said Davies in the exclusive interview with Sky Sports.
The media likes to publicise negativity when it comes out of my mouth – let's see the media publisices this…or should I share the other 120 messages like this which I receive on a daily basis pic.twitter.com/7WlXQQDNQb
— Ohara Davies (@OharaDavies) January 1, 2018
Last year Davies fought three times with a record of 2-1. He started the year with a win over Mathews in March but got his first taste of defeat against Josh Taylor in July.
The Londoner then bounced back with a good win over Tom Farrell in September and also won the vacant WBA International super lightweight title.
Davies felt he had to keep up with his image of being a foul-mouthed trash talker even though he wanted to stop doing it.
“The last time I enjoyed [the act] was before the Mathews fight. Before the Josh Taylor fight I didn’t feel like acting arrogant, and people noticed how I didn’t say much. I felt like it wasn’t me anymore. That was a phase that I wanted to leave behind but I felt like I had to keep up my image. Then I didn’t want to say the things that I said to Tom Farrell, I wanted to be humble. When I won I didn’t say anything.
Here is the last I will speak on the subject to which I sincerly apologise again to those i offended in my ignorance. pic.twitter.com/Vyppm7ZV6y
— Ohara Davies (@OharaDavies) December 30, 2017
Davies insists that he is not a bad person and everything was done out of character.
“People think they know me, but they don’t. People think I’m more arrogant than I actually am. I’ve never had issues with other fighters in my gym – if I’m the way you perceive me to be, how could I have lasted so long?
“People have tried to paint me as a bad guy but I’m not,” said Davies.
— Eddie Hearn (@EddieHearn) December 30, 2017
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