Category: Boxing

With the sports world halted by the coronavirus pandemic, sports stars have taken to social media to contribute to the same message, stay safe, through isolation.

With the number of cases going up every day across the world the number of confirmed cases is approaching 500,000.

Countries including Spain, Italy and most recently Great Britain have now imposed rules locking down the country, so people stay indoors unless they need to collect food or medicine.

In the UK it has been well reported that despite the recent lockdown and financial support people continue to ignore advice regarding social distancing and risk spreading the disease with footage from the tube emerging this week in London of public transport still packed.

With the current situation celebrities, public figures and sports stars are taking to social media to promote the message to stay indoors.

Joseph Parker posted on multiple social media platforms a video where he dances around the house to the song Jump by The Pointer Sisters. The clip is in reference to a similar scene from the film Love actually.

Eddie Hearn, Parker’s promoter responded to the light-hearted video on Instagram and retweeted it on Twitter. In his Instagram post he said:

“Great work @Joeboxerparker, made me smile this morning”

Trending on Twitter now is #clapforourcarers and #clapforNHS, as Britain starts to go deeper into the crisis the country braces for the impact on the country’s health services.

Man United defender Harry Maguire used the hashtag four days ago to promote an applause for the healthcare workers who find themselves facing such a big task.

Maguire has been spreading the message of stay home and stay safe, having uploaded a video training in his garden in the past week like so many sports stars.

But as the pandemic affects the UK, the positive messages continue to be spread across the country and Britain will pull together at 8pm in a show of appreciation for doctors and nurses in awareness of the testing times ahead.