The part that I can’t get past isn’t even what he said afterward. It’s what happened before the fight.
The guy was literally throwing up on himself at weigh-ins. He wasn’t just stumbling around looking tired or hungover. He looked seriously impaired. I’ve never seen anything like it. People are saying he was on a two-day bender, but whatever the reason, he looked like someone who was physically and mentally not okay.
He was trying to hold it together while vomiting on himself during the weigh-in. That’s not normal. That’s not something we should just laugh off or treat as entertainment.
What I don’t understand is why nobody is talking more about that. If someone shows up in that condition, why are we acting like it’s business as usual? We’re talking about a person who appears to have obvious addiction issues, mental health issues, or both. Normal people don’t party until they look like they’re having a seizure walking into a weigh-in and then throw up on themselves on stage.
And if he was in that condition, why was he cleared to fight? Why was he allowed into the arena? Why was he put in front of cameras, allowed access to the President, and put in a position where everyone knew there was a good chance something was going to happen?
I’m not excusing anything he said or did afterward. I’m just amazed that everyone is focused on the controversy after the fight while barely talking about the condition he appeared to be in before the fight ever started.
That shouldn’t be normal, and we shouldn’t normalize it.
Josh Hokit showed up to the weigh-ins "drunk" and threw up on himself 😭
"So what, maybe I was drinking last night. Who wouldn't be. I have a giant black man that wants to knock me out."