Damien Hooper, a fighter for Ricky Hatton’s promotional company, has been remanded in custody on suspicion of rape.

According to Australian media reports, the 32-year-old, who fought at the notable Manny Pacquiao vs Jeff Horn gala in Brisbane, will spend Christmas behind bars. Hooper was previously charged with robbery in 2023 and has a long list of offenses.

Prosecutors filed four counts of trespassing, two counts of illegal utilize of motor vehicles and willful destruction. This includes actual bodily harm, driving without a license, obstructing police, trespassing, intentionally attempting to enter a home and multiple breaches of bail.

In August 2023, Hooper was sentenced to 27 months in prison, but was given immediate parole for time served. The previous incident occurred in July 2022, but the latest allegations are fresh and, if true, Hooper will return to prison.

A psychological report at the time showed that Hooper suffered from mental problems.

“The psychologist gives my opinion and I accept that there is a direct causal link between your mental state at the time of the offense and the current offence,” Judge Deborah Holliday said.

“You were previously diagnosed with schizophrenia, your medication was discontinued and you had lively psychosis at the time of the crime.

“You believed you were being chased by another hospital patient, which explains the crime.”

The 2012 Olympian has been out of the ring since 2018 due to personal issues, but he was once a prodigious talent tipped to be a future world champion. Signing Hatton was the highlight of his career, but Hooper couldn’t avoid trouble.

After suffering his first defeat in 2014, Hooper went on a winning streak that culminated in the Queensland native ending Umar Salamov’s undefeated streak at Suncorp Stadium in July 2017. The victory on the same bill as Horn’s controversial victory over Pacquiao was the highlight of Hooper’s career.

He fought again, defeating Renold Quinlan in April 2018, getting off the canvas twice and achieving a knockout triumph. Hooper’s record is 14-4 because if he is convicted of all charges, he will never step foot in the ring again.

Refreshed and back in the United States after a well-deserved vacation following his fight in Zanzibar, Tevin Farmer has plenty of thoughts and reflections following his powerful performance against William Zepeda in Riyad, Saudi Arabia.

Showing heart, skill and unrelenting determination, the former world champion pushed his undefeated opponent – ​​the No. 1 lightweight contender in all four major sanctioning bodies – to the brink in a razor-thin split decision defeat on the Golden Boy card. Riyad’s Promotional Season: Latin Night, broadcast live on DAZN. With the WBC interim lightweight title on the line, Farmer fell just one point tiny of victory on the scorecard, putting in a hard-fought, impressive effort that cemented his position as one of the elite fighters at 135 pounds.

“I loved fighting in Saudi Arabia. It was my second fight abroad. Everyone treated me well. Yes, I thought I won, but overall it was an amazing experience,” said Farmer, a former IBF junior lightweight world champion who is the great-great-nephew of boxing legend Joe Gans.

“I’m always in the gym, but I spent 10 weeks in training camp for this fight. Zepeda’s team expected me to be a boxer, so I changed that. Zepeda is an aggressive fighter who throws a lot of punches and you can’t let fighters like that put the pressure on you. You have to be the bully, the one who pushes forward and initiates action. I’m an amazing fighter inside, but I’ve never had to show it like this before.”

Farmer scored his lone knockdown in the fourth frame with a perfectly timed straight left, showing off his trademark accuracy and in-ring IQ. Zepeda was visibly shaken but managed to recover.

“This was the fifth fight of my comeback, which started last June. Four of my last five opponents have made it to the ring, and now that includes the No. 1 lightweight contender. I fought a guy who was 31-0, with 27 knockouts, and he got knocked down by a fighter who supposedly had no power,” Farmer continued.

“I saw Zepeda stab lazily. At first I tried to counter it, but Zepeda was watching me. Time is key. In the fourth round I threw a combination, and as soon as he came back with that lethargic jab, I responded with a straight left.

Judges Predrag Aleksic, Jun Bae Lim and Fernando Villarreal scored the fight 95-94, with two points in favor of Zepeda and one for Farmer. All three unanimously awarded Farmers rounds 4, 5, 8 and 10, with Lim’s extra nod in round one making the difference on her card.

“Zepeda was the favorite and the Golden Boy fighter, so I knew I had to finish powerful and dominate the last round. His punches were crazy, but he was standing right in front of me, ready to hit. Watch the fight and you’ll see that I hurt him several times throughout the fight,” Farmer said. “When I heard the decision, I was depressed, but in my heart I knew I had won. Losing such a close decision in such circumstances is an unfortunate part of this sport, but the world saw what I could do.

“Show respect to Tevin Farmer’s name,” Lou DiBella, president of DiBella Entertainment, said on social media after the exhilarating competition. “I thought Tevin covered him, but it was close. Tevin leads the division! He proved it like a true warrior in his last two fights. It was the universal Zepeda No. 1 there; The knockout should have decided it!”

Four months earlier in Las Vegas, Farmer issued a bold challenge against rising 20-0 contender Raymond Muratalla in July. Many observers felt that Farmer probably won this fight. Head-to-head clashes with two of the best lightweights left no doubt about Farmer’s world-class caliber.

“I already knew it mentally, but the fight with Muratalla showed me that physically I still have that ability and I can beat these juvenile boys,” Farmer said.

“Tevin Farmer is a man, an underdog, a champion and a professional,” DiBella said. “Tev will come back and win a massive fight again.”

Boxing prodigy and future world champion Curmel Moton explained why he gained more than 15 pounds more before Saturday night’s doomed fight.

Moton was scheduled to face Bryan Mercado at 133 pounds on a bill promoted by Danny Garcia at ACX1 Studios in Atlantic City, Up-to-date Jersey. But at Friday’s weigh-in, Moton came in at 148.7 pounds, to an audible gasp in the room.

There was no way the Mercado fight would happen after such a weight miss. Moton was therefore removed from the bill and returned at a later date.

After the farce, the 18-year-old apologized to his fans, explaining his huge oversight and telling them that he would return to Ryan Garcia’s exhibition bill in Japan.

“I want to apologize to everyone who was planning to come to Jersey to watch me fight,” Moton said. “I once spoke to the committee about undergoing blood tests and at the moment they lost my blood in their body [which meant the fight was unlikely to be sanctioned].

“I had known this for three days, so there was no point in killing myself [the] Libra. For some reason they still had me weigh in and they decided that was the reason they were canceling the fight.

“Regardless, I will return to Japan on December 30. See you soon,” added fighter Floyd Mayweather.

Regardless, the “Tale of Garcia” event will go ahead, with Anthony Newborn leading the pack against Windry Martinez. The card also includes a group of undefeated candidates promoted by former world champion Garcia.