Overview
- The on-air back-and-forth began during a mid-July streaming appearance and was widely reported on Thursday, July 16, when Marcelo Tinelli joked he could beat Mario Pergolini in a ring.
- Pergolini answered the challenge on his radio show No preguntes por Rusia by rejecting the idea and saying he would never get into a boxing ring, using humor to close the door on a real fight.
- Tinelli kept the tone light after Pergolini’s response, publicly commenting “JAJAJA te quiero Mario,” which underlined that the exchange was jocular rather than a serious escalation.
- The proposal grew out of a Paren la Mano visit to a streaming program and organizers confirmed they are working on a December Párense de Manos card of about nine to ten fights.
- The episode fits a wider trend of converting long-running media rivalries into paid streaming boxing spectacles and is likely to raise interest in the December event as organizers finalize the fight lineup.