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Wayne Rooney gets knocked out in friendly kitchen boxing match

Don’t quit your day job, Wayne.

Bill Hanstock
Bill Hanstock is a writer, author and Emmy Award-winning producer. He began writing for SB Nation in 2011.

Thanks to The Sun, we can now see this recently filmed video of a friendly boxing match between Manchester United captain Wayne Rooney and former teammate Phil Bardsley. The fight appears to take place in a kitchen and in full clothes (which in pro wrestling would indicate this was a street fight). And then Rooney appears to get knocked the [expletive] out.

Also, no one really appears to care much about Rooney getting knocked unconscious, as they just leave him like this for a while:

rooney KO

Better luck next time, Wayne.

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