THUNDER BAY – When the cameras turn on, Hamza Hatoum has all the confidence in the world,
Brash and cocky, the former Big Brother Canada star is going to need both his brains and his brawn for his next venture, a celebrity boxing match against American Big Brother star Jozea Flores in an Aug. 6 pay-per-view event.
Nine Canadians will go up against nine Americans at the event, being staged in Arlington, Texas.
“I can’t wait to knock your head off,” Hatoum chirped at Flores on Twitter, continuing an age-old smack-talk tradition between prizefighters that would make even the Marquis de Queensbury proud.
The Thunder Bay native, who was eliminated five weeks in during Big Brother Canada 6, said he’s never stepped into the ring before, but doesn’t see any way he’ll lose to Flores, a make-up artist and a reality show regular from New Jersey who has also appeared on MTV’s The Challenge: Champs vs. Stars.
“I’m excited to go down. The King of Chaos is going to go down there and kick some (butt),” he said. “I’ve never been to Texas. I hear it’s pretty hot. I’ve been training pretty hard.”
Despite his lack of experience in the square circle, Hatoum said Flores is in for a rude awakening if he thinks he’s going to come out on top.
“It’s not going to happen,” Hatoum said.
“Jozea’s got no chance against me. He doesn’t know who he’s standing up against. They call me the King of Chaos for a reason. I’m going down there and it’s going to last one round, maybe 20 seconds. It’s going to be quick and easy.
“Jozea talks a lot. He calls himself the Messiah, but come on.”
It’s time to put up or shut up, Hatoum added.
It’s one thing to talk smack behind someone’s back in the Big Brother house, but this is an individual sport with one opponent.
“If I’m going to talk the talk, then I’ve got to walk the walk, he said.
Others taking part on the card, put together by Celebrity Net Fights, include Veronica Doherty, Jon Pardy, Adam Pike, Micheal Stubley, Madeline Di Nunzio, Dallas Cormier, Godfrey Mangwiza and Tom Plant, who will challenge the USA’s Kaycee Clark, Faysal Shafaat, Josh Martinez, Caleb Reynolds, Angie Lantry, Nicholas Maccarone, Enzo Palumbo and Jeremy McGuire respectively.
For more information, visit www.celebritynetfights.com.
