Influencer boxer Alex Stein, a 36-year-old American right-wing YouTube personality, allegedly threw pork meat at his opponent, a Muslim YouTuber MoDeen, during a pre-match presser. This has caused a major controversy and led to Stein’s removal from the Misfits Boxing undercard.
The clash started with Stein telling MoDeen that he has a gift for the Muslim YouTuber. He said, “I brought you a little gift because I know you love hotdogs.”
Right after this, Stein threw a bucket of hotdogs at MoDeen. However, Stein claimed that this was pork meat. He kept a hold of the microphone and was continuously taunting his opponent verbally. He said, “You love pork, right? I think those are halal.” Stein added, “Just have a hotdog, welcome to America, that’s what we eat here.”
This celebrity boxing bout has just been cancelled.
“Alex Stein throws PORK MEAT over Muslim faith fighter Modeen at the Happy Punch Press Conference…” pic.twitter.com/WdvYWOqzNb
— Boxing Kingdom (@BoxingKingdom14) July 21, 2023
This enraged MoDeen who had to be restrained by security. MoDeen was ready to unleash on Stein but was stopped by the guards present. In the faith of Islam, pork meat is considered ‘haram’ (forbidden). It is seen as impure.
Chaos had ensued and the presser had to be canceled. Later, Stein was officially removed from the fight. Misfits Boxing’s statement read: “Following today’s actions at the Happy Punch press conference, Alex Stein has been removed from the card.”
However, Stein made a surprising revelation after he was removed from the card. MoDeen, on the other hand, had his reasons to be upset about Stein’s removal.
Alex Stein claims he threw Turkey meat on MoDeen instead of pork
After his removal from the fight, Stein reacted by tweeting: “My fight got canceled over turkey dogs!!!”
He claimed that the hotdogs were made of turkey meat. Turkey meat, unlike pork, is halal (permitted). Stein even posted a picture of the product he threw on MoDeen. However, he made no attempts to explain himself during the press conference.
My fight got canceled over turkey dogs!!! https://t.co/M2138pOdg9 pic.twitter.com/Mc6OoL2TGr
— Alex Stein #99 (@alexstein99) July 21, 2023
According to TalkSport, MoDeen was upset about Stein’s removal. He was robbed of an opportunity to punish Stein in the ring.
“I feel heartbroken because my fight is getting canceled because of someone else’s actions,” he said.“And I’m not getting the chance to smash this guy’s face in. We found out it was not pork, it was some chicken or whatever, so that’s calm. As long as it wasn’t, then that’s not that deep. They told me the fight’s canceled. I wanna smash his brain, but they’re telling me it’s canceled. That’s not fair.”
MoDeen calls out @MisfitsBoxing , @DAZNBoxing out for canceling his fight! pic.twitter.com/8puChjHIed
— KEEM 🍿 (@KEEMSTAR) July 21, 2023
The event on Saturday, July 22, 2023, will be the fourth Misfits Boxing event in 2023. It will proceed in Nashville, with one fight less on the prelims portion of the undercard as Stein vs MoDeen remains canceled.