LOVE Island’s Wil Anderson has sparked a new feud and challenged Curtis Pritchard to a boxing fight.
Wil has mocked Curtis over his Hollyoaks cameo in a cringe takedown and heckled him to meet him in the ring.
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Wil, who is now a professional boxer, has branded Curtis a “fool” after he revealed he was also hoping to train in the sport.
The 2024 Love Island star, 24, has even squared up to Curtis, 29, online and challenged him to a Misfits Boxing fight.
The feud occurred after Curtis told Sunsport that he wants to do “some boxing” now his dancing career has cooled off.
He also told Boxing Buzz Hub he would be keen to fight several stars from Love Island in the ring.
Although he didn’t namecheck him, Wil saw Curtis’ comments and replied with boxing glove emojis, adding: “Get me in there to show this fool exactly how Trish is @misfitsboxing.”
Wil was making reference to Curtis’ ‘cringe’ appearance on the Channel 4 soap Hollyoaks in 2021.
Curtis and his former Strictly Come Dancing star brother AJ played Marco and Jacob in the show – two professional dancers who were determined to take down dance teacher Trish Minniver.
In one of his big moments, Curtis said to his brother: “Finally. I was beginning to think you’d forgotten about me. What did mum say?”
AJ replied: “Probably to stop whinging.”
Curtis then said: “True. How’s Trish?”
The pair’s nine-episode stint was unfortunately met with a backlash, with Hollyoaks fans branding the brothers “wooden”.
Even EastEnders legend Michael Michael Greco called their performances “shocking”, while Gerard McCarthy – who played Kris Fisher in Hollyoaks from 2006 to 2010 – described it as a “car crash”.
This week, Curtis – who is fresh from his Love Island All Stars stint in South Africa – spoke about launching a boxing career.
In 2019, he laced up the gloves with the help of his fellow Love Island star Tommy Fury for a telly series called The Boxer and the Ballroom Dancer.
Tommy, 25, was taught how to dance for a live performance and Curtis was coached for a white collar bout – which he won on points.
Speaking to Sunsport this week, Curtis said: “I’ve always been into fighting and boxing and all of that stuff so it’s something I’ve always wanted to do as a kid.
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“But dancing was my main career at the time and you couldn’t balance when you’re doing it at a very high level.
“I’ve always been into fighting and boxing and all of that stuff so it’s something I’ve always wanted to do as a kid.
“So I feel like now I’m at a different place in my life and I thought, let’s do some boxing. Let’s do something I’ve always wanted to do and get in the ring.”
Curtis, who is in a relationship with Ekin-Su Cülcüloğlu, also told Boxing Buzz Hub he has his eye on a Love Island fight.
When asked who he’d like to meet in the ring, he said: “I’m not going to say everyone but I’ll give you two names.
“Sammy [Root] from my series of Love Island just gone because I know that he boxes and I know he’d perhaps love to do it.
“And then maybe Davide [Sanclimenti], which is Ekin’s ex, because I know he never treated her well. So that would be an interesting one.”
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