Dave Portnoy
Mahomes Vs. Rocker Lifeless For Good
… Fam Killed It
Revealed June 15, 2025 12:50 AM PDT
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Sorry, Tough N’ Rowdy followers — Dave Portnoy says there isn’t any likelihood Pat Mahomes Sr. vs. John Rocker ever will get resurrected … telling TMZ Sports activities the combat getting killed the primary time round was a everlasting factor.
TMZ Sports activities caught up with El Presidente this week … and requested if he’d ever attempt reserving the scrapped April bout between former MLBers-turned-enemies once more for his Barstool Sports activities newbie boxing promotion.
2/21/25
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Lengthy story quick … it could be a waste of time.
“That combat ain’t gonna occur,” Portnoy stated. “The Mahomeses shut that down. I believe Patrick, the quarterback, was like, ‘Why the hell is my dad combating John Rocker in Tough N’ Rowdy?'”
“So, he bought in the midst of it. They bought in the midst of it and did not enable it to occur.”
In fact, Portnoy and Rocker each had related takes earlier this 12 months … pointing the finger on the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs celebrity and his spouse for torpedoing the entire thing.
Primarily based on what the Barstool founder stated this week … protected to say he is not making an attempt to offer CPR on the matchup.
However Portnoy the promoter is not shedding religion — he nonetheless desires to search out two individuals who hate one another’s guts … and weighs in on what might have been if Elon Musk and President Donald Trump hadn’t buried the hatchet.