Jonnie Rice found out he would be fighting Michael Coffie on national television the same way and the same time everyone else did. Rice was enlisted as a standby alternate for the scheduled bout between Coffie and Gerald Alexander, a common practice particularly during pandemic-era boxing. Two weeks prior to the bout, Rice had checked in with Washington to wish him well, and Washington revealed to him that he wasn't feeling well. Rice suggested that maybe he was just overtraining, offered some friendly encouragement and thought nothing more of it.
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