Sorry, Tough N’ Rowdy followers — Dave Portnoy says there isn’t any likelihood Pat Mahomes Sr. vs. John Rocker ever will get resurrected … telling TMZ Sports activities the battle getting killed the primary time round was a everlasting factor.

TMZ Sports activities caught up with El Presidente this week … and requested if he’d ever attempt reserving the scrapped April bout between former MLBers-turned-enemies once more for his Barstool Sports activities newbie boxing promotion.

Lengthy story brief … it might be a waste of time.

“That battle ain’t gonna occur,” Portnoy stated. “The Mahomeses shut that down. I feel Patrick, the quarterback, was like, ‘Why the hell is my dad preventing John Rocker in Tough N’ Rowdy?'”

“So, he obtained in the midst of it. They obtained in the midst of it and did not enable it to occur.”

After all, Portnoy and Rocker each had related takes earlier this yr … pointing the finger on the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs famous person and his spouse for torpedoing the entire thing.

Primarily based on what the Barstool founder stated this week … protected to say he is not making an attempt to offer CPR on the matchup.

However Portnoy the promoter is not dropping religion — he nonetheless desires to seek out two individuals who hate one another’s guts … and weighs in on what may have been if Elon Musk and President Donald Trump hadn’t buried the hatchet.