LOVE Island’s Wil Anderson has sparked a new feud and challenged Curtis Pritchard to a boxing fight.
Wil has mocked Curtis over his Hollyoaks cameo in a cringe takedown and heckled him to meet him in the ring.
Curtis Pritchard has become embroiled in a new feud[/caption]
Ex islander Wil Anderson has challenged him to a boxing fight[/caption]
Wil mocked Curtis’ Hollyoaks cameo while goading him for a bout[/caption]
Wil, who is now a professional boxer, has branded Curtis a “fool” after he revealed he was also hoping to train in the sport.
The 2024 Love Island star, 24, has even squared up to Curtis, 29, online and challenged him to a Misfits Boxing fight.
The feud occurred after Curtis told Sunsport that he wants to do “some boxing” now his dancing career has cooled off.
He also told Boxing Buzz Hub he would be keen to fight several stars from Love Island in the ring.
Although he didn’t namecheck him, Wil saw Curtis’ comments and replied with boxing glove emojis, adding: “Get me in there to show this fool exactly how Trish is @misfitsboxing.”
Wil was making reference to Curtis’ ‘cringe’ appearance on the Channel 4 soap Hollyoaks in 2021.
Curtis and his former Strictly Come Dancing star brother AJ played Marco and Jacob in the show – two professional dancers who were determined to take down dance teacher Trish Minniver.
In one of his big moments, Curtis said to his brother: “Finally. I was beginning to think you’d forgotten about me. What did mum say?”
AJ replied: “Probably to stop whinging.”
Curtis then said: “True. How’s Trish?”
The pair’s nine-episode stint was unfortunately met with a backlash, with Hollyoaks fans branding the brothers “wooden”.
Even EastEnders legend Michael Michael Greco called their performances “shocking”, while Gerard McCarthy – who played Kris Fisher in Hollyoaks from 2006 to 2010 – described it as a “car crash”.
This week, Curtis – who is fresh from his Love Island All Stars stint in South Africa – spoke about launching a boxing career.
In 2019, he laced up the gloves with the help of his fellow Love Island star Tommy Fury for a telly series called The Boxer and the Ballroom Dancer.
Tommy, 25, was taught how to dance for a live performance and Curtis was coached for a white collar bout – which he won on points.
Speaking to Sunsport this week, Curtis said: “I’ve always been into fighting and boxing and all of that stuff so it’s something I’ve always wanted to do as a kid.
Love Island winners – where they are now
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Here we take you through all of the Love Island winners so far and what their relationship statuses are now:
2025 – The second series of All Stars saw Gabby Allen and Case O’Gorman scoop the crown. STATUS: Still together.
2024 – The summer Love Island saw Mimii Ngulube and Josh Oyinsan were crowned the winners. STATUS: Broken up.
2024 – The first ever All stars spin off show was won by Molly Smith and Tom Clare. STATUS: Still together.
2023 – Jess Harding and Sammy Root took home the 50k, and won the summer 2023 Love Island. STATUS: Broken up.
2023 – The first series of 2023 saw Sanam Harrinanan and Kai Fagan crowned Love Island winners in South Africa. STATUS: Still together.
2022 – Davide Sanclimenti and Ekin-Su Cülcüloğlu’s time in the villa was anything but a smooth ride, but they managed to win the public’s hearts – and the ITV2 reality show. STATUS: Broken up.
2021 – Liam Reardon and Millie Court were announced winners of Love Island 2021. STATUS: Still together.
2020 – The first ever winter Love Island saw Paige Turley and Finn Tapp crowned winners after falling in love on the show. STATUS: Broken up.
2019 – Series 5 saw Tommy Fury and Molly-Mae Hague runners up to winners Greg O’Shea and Amber Gill, who met in the last few days of the series. STATUS: Broken up.
2018 – It wasn’t surprising fan favourites Jack Fincham and Dani Dyer won the show, as they were strong throughout. But sadly things didn’t last. STATUS: Broken up.
2017 – Kem Cetinay and Amber Davies had lots of ups and downs in the villa but went on to win. STATUS: Broken up.
2016 – Nathan Massey and Cara De La Hoyde were together from the start of the series, and since they won the show they’ve had two kids and are married. STATUS: Still together.
2015 – Despite poor Jess Hayes being Max Morley’s second choice on the show, they did win – but they didn’t last as a couple. STATUS: Broken up.
“But dancing was my main career at the time and you couldn’t balance when you’re doing it at a very high level.
“I’ve always been into fighting and boxing and all of that stuff so it’s something I’ve always wanted to do as a kid.
“So I feel like now I’m at a different place in my life and I thought, let’s do some boxing. Let’s do something I’ve always wanted to do and get in the ring.”
Curtis, who is in a relationship with Ekin-Su Cülcüloğlu, also told Boxing Buzz Hub he has his eye on a Love Island fight.
When asked who he’d like to meet in the ring, he said: “I’m not going to say everyone but I’ll give you two names.
“Sammy [Root] from my series of Love Island just gone because I know that he boxes and I know he’d perhaps love to do it.
“And then maybe Davide [Sanclimenti], which is Ekin’s ex, because I know he never treated her well. So that would be an interesting one.”
Wil is a professional boxer and has signed with combat sports agencies[/caption]
Curtis has said he’s like to fight Ekin’s ex Davide in the ring[/caption]
