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      Devastated Tyson Fury calls for knife criminals to be CASTRATED in passionate outburst after cousin stabbed to death

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      TYSON Fury has today called for knife criminals to be castrated after his cousin Rico Burton was stabbed to death.The 31-year-old was knifed to death in a 3am “bloodbath” in Altrincham, Greater Manchester, over the weekend.
      The “Gypsy King” slammed cowards who carried knives and urged the government to do moreCredit: PA
      His cousin Rico Burton was knifed to death over the weekend in ManchesterCredit: Instagram
      Earlier today, Liam O’Prey appeared in court charged with murdering Fury’s cousin in the fatal attack.
      Speaking to talkSport, the heavyweight boxing champion called out the government to take stricter action on the knife crime pandemic before slamming the “cowardly” acts.
      A devastated Fury said: “I just had a cousin murdered last week with knife crime. The most cowardly s***house thing anyone can do to somebody.
      “The government, the UK, we’re supposed to be one of the safest countries in the world.
      “We can’t go down the street with a watch on or anything or we’ll get stabbed.”
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      The Gypsy King suggested that the government “needs to make it tougher on these cowards who carry knives and weapons”.
      Fury then incredibly claimed that anyone caught with a knife for stabbing someone “needs castrating”.
      And the star boxer also called for a sentence of “5-7 years” in jail for even carrying a knife.
      He added: “It costs the government too much money to house them in a prison.
      “It costs them £60/70,000 a year to put these scumbags in jail. Castrate the little b*stards.
      “What little cowardly scumbag needs to carry a knife with them in our country?”
      Ex-youth boxing star Rico had been watching the Anthony Joshua and Oleksandr Usyk fight with pals on Saturday before they moved to a different pub in leafy Altrincham.
      Emergency crews were scrambled to the Goose Green area in the early hours of Sunday morning after a fight allegedly broke out.
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      Rico was rushed to hospital but sadly couldn’t be saved and was declared dead shortly after.
      His death comes amid a wave of knife and gun violence across the UK, much of it focused in London.
      Heavyweight champion Tyson Fury spoke over the phone to talkSPORTCredit: twitter More

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      Watch Andy Ruiz show off blistering hand speed as Anthony Joshua conqueror prepares for clash with Luis Ortiz

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      ANDY RUIZ JR has shown off his breathtaking hand speed as he prepares for a heavyweight showdown with Luis Ortiz.The Mexican-American, 32, will take on the experienced Cuban, 43, in Los Angeles on September 3.
      Andy Ruiz Jr showed off his rapid hand speed during trainingCredit: @premierboxing
      The Mexican is looking to put himself back in contention for a world title shotCredit: @premierboxing
      And he seems to be in good shape ahead of the contest with less than two weeks to go until fight night.
      Ruiz’ Jr’s promoters PBC showcased a clip of him training in the gym as he rattled off some furiously quick punches on the pads.
      He is looking to position himself for a huge fight or world championship bout – with opponent Ortiz’s only defeats coming at the hands of Deontay Wilder.
      Ruiz Jr has lost to Joseph Parker and Anthony Joshua, but did make history for Mexico in 2019 when he became the country’s first ever heavyweight champion.
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      He stunned AJ by dropping him four times on the way to a KO victory in New York – one of the biggest ever shocks in boxing’s blue-riband division.
      However, over the six months that followed Ruiz piled on the pounds and failed to train properly.
      He subsequently lost the belts in Saudi Arabia at the end of 2019 as Joshua outboxed him over 12 rounds.
      Ruiz then spent nearly 18 months out of the ring as he recovered from the devastating loss to AJ.
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      But he returned to action in May 2021, securing a unanimous decision victory over Chris Arreola.
      However, he was dropped in the second round of that contest, so there remains question marks over his sharpness.
      If Ruiz comes through the tough challenge of Ortiz, he has been linked with a showdown against Wilder next year.
      Both Ruiz and Wilder are promoted by PBC – making a clash between the two a logical fight to make.
      Wilder is set to return to action for the first time since his second loss to Tyson Fury when he faces Robert Helenius on October 15.
      Ruiz stopped Joshua in 2019 but then lost his world title belts in the rematchCredit: Marc Aspland – The Times More

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      Liam O’Prey in court charged with murdering Tyson Fury’s cousin Rico Burton in stabbing outside bar

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      A MAN has today appeared in court charged with murdering Tyson Fury’s cousin in a knife attack outside a bar.Rico Burton, 31, was stabbed to death in a 3am “bloodbath” in Altrincham, Greater Manchester, over the weekend.
      Rico Burton was stabbed to death outside a pub
      Liam O’Prey has been charged with murderCredit: Facebook/Liam O’pray
      A 17-year-old man, believed to be a relative, suffered significant life-changing injuries and remains in hospital.
      Liam O’Prey, 21, appeared at Manchester and Salford Magistrates’ Court today charged with murder.
      He is also accused of assault and causing wounding with intent in relation to the teen and faces further charges of possession of a bladed article and possession of cocaine.
      O’Prey was flanked by extra security as he spoke to confirm his name, date of birth and address during the short hearing.
      He was remanded in custody to next appear at Manchester Crown Court on Friday.
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      Ex-youth boxing star Rico had been watching the Anthony Joshua and Oleksandr Usyk fight with pals on Saturday before they moved to a different pub in leafy Altrincham.
      Emergency crews were scrambled to the Goose Green area in the early hours of Sunday morning after a fight allegedly broke out.
      Rico was rushed to hospital but sadly couldn’t be saved and was declared dead shortly after.
      Officers arrested O’Prey and a 20-year-old man on suspicion of murder following the horror.
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      The second suspect has been released on bail pending enquiries.
      In a social media post on Sunday, Fury called on the government to “bring higher sentencing for knife crime” after his cousin was “stabbed in the neck”.
      The heavyweight boxing champion wrote on Instagram: “My cousin was murdered last night, stabbed in the neck.
      “This is becoming ridiculous… idiots carry knives. This needs to stop.”
      He added: “ASAP, UK government needs to bring higher sentencing for knife crime.
      “It’s a pandemic and you don’t know how bad it is until one of your own.
      “Life is very precious and it can be taken away very quick. Enjoy every moment.”
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      Steve Egan, 60, chief coach at Jimmy Egan’s Boxing Academy where Rico trained, described him as a “lovely lad” and a “fantastic boxer”.
      He added: “We are all devastated.”
      O’Prey appeared in court todayCredit: Facebook/Liam O’pray
      Tyson Fury has called for an end to knife crime
      Emergency crews raced to the Green Goose area of AltrinchamCredit: PA More

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      Tyson Fury sets deadline to make £500million Oleksandr Usyk fight and promises to retire again if it is not met

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      TYSON FURY will fight Oleksandr Usyk if a deal can be agreed within the next week.If not, the Gypsy King is set to stay retired after officially hanging up his gloves following his victory over Dillian Whyte in March.
      Tyson Fury called on the “suits” to arrange a deal with Oleksandr Usyk
      Usyk called out Fury for an undisputed clash after his win over Anthony JoshuaCredit: Getty
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      Usyk called out Fury for a fight after he retained his world title belts to beat Anthony Joshua on Saturday.
      The Ukrainian says he will fight nobody else if he cannot land a showdown with Fury – and the Brit feels the same way.
      Fury sent a message to his promoter Frank Warren on Instagram, as well as US promoters Top Rank and also ESPN and the WBC.
      In the video he said: “To all these suitors out there who want to make the fight, I’m going to give youse all seven days, till the 1st of September to come up with the money.
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      “If not, thank you very much it’s been a blast. I’m retired.
      “All them offers submitted must be to my lawyer Robert Davis in writing with proof of funds. Let the games begin.”
      The WBC – whose heavyweight belt is held by Fury – are willing to sanction the mouthwatering dust-up.
      But Fury won’t fight the unbeaten champion for anything less than half a BILLION pounds.
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      Fury also claimed he would have fought for the title of undisputed heavyweight champion for free had Joshua won The Rage on the Red Sea.
      He said: “Everyone keeps asking about this fight with this Ukrainian guy. Are you going to come back? Are you going to do this? Are you going to do that?
      “Let’s face it, it’s not Anthony Joshua – which I would’ve done for free in England.
      “It’s some foreigner who nobody really cares about. To fight this unknown quantity and give him an opportunity of legendary status? They have to pay for that.
      “They have a week. It’s August 24. They have a week to submit their offers.
      “I want it in writing with proof of funds.
      “It’s the biggest fight in the world so it needs to be the biggest pay day in the world. [Floyd] Mayweather got £400million to fight [Manny] Pacquiao, I want £500m!
      “I know they [Saudi Arabia] have got the money. They’ve offered Tiger Woods $1billion!
      “I have no real interest in Usyk. Some man that nobody can really say his name? A pumped-up middleweight?
      “It’s not my fault he’s gone and battered AJ, some bodybuilder! It’s not my fault that happened twice in a row.”
      Usyk came out on top instead and the 35-year-old called out Fury after his win.
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      He said: “I’m sure that Tyson Fury is not retired yet. I’m sure, I’m convinced he wants to fight me.
      “I want to fight him and if I’m not fighting Tyson Fury, I’m not fighting at all.” More

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      Deontay Wilder vowed to ‘clean out’ heavyweight division while naming three dream opponents

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      DEONTAY WILDER vowed to ‘clean out’ the heavyweight division last year as he gets set for a ring comeback.Wilder, 36, will return to action after a year out when he fights Robert Helenius in New York in October.
      Deontay Wilder vowed to ‘clean out’ the heavyweight divisionCredit: Getty Images – Getty
      The former WBC champion has not fought since his loss to Tyson Fury in their trilogy fight last October.
      It was Wilder’s second loss to the Brit after their first bout ended in a draw.
      WBC king Fury is set to come out of retirement to fight WBA, IBF and WBO champ Oleksandr Usyk.
      The Ukrainian beat Anthony Joshua for a second time in Saudi Arabia at the weekend.
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      Speaking before his trilogy fight against Fury, Wilder told Marcus Watson last year: “I’d love to fight guys I haven’t fought, you know, the ones at the top who I haven’t fought.
      “That’s what I want and I know that’s kinda lame a little bit, to not name a name. But anyone I haven’t faced at the top, that’s you.”
      Asked about Joshua or Ruiz, Wilder responded: “Yeah. Any fighter that’s at the top that people haven’t seen me fight and people strongly want to see me fight, that’s who I want to fight.
      “I can sit here and name names all day, that’s the easy part.
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      “I’m just going to go to the top and once you go to the top and it’s someone I ain’t fought, that’s who I want to fight.
      “I want to clean the division out, period.”
      Joshua and Wilder spent the best part of a year failing to agree terms to fight.
      It led to AJ facing Ruiz in June 2019, where he suffered a shock upset before winning the WBA, IBF and WBO belts back six months later.
      Wilder was asked who his three dream opponents of any era would be and he gave tribute fellow Alabamians Joe Louis, Earnie Shavers and Evander Holyfield.
      He said: “When I’m asked that question, my mind always goes back to Alabama, bro, with the fighters that came before me, that paved the way before me.
      “Most of them had to start their career in other states, but they were born where I was from.
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      “I’d want to go up against a guy that’s from where I’m from, the likes of Joe Louis, the likes of Evander Holyfield, who is one of my favourite fighters.
      “And, the likes of Earnie Shavers. Out of those three guys, there’s a lot more that came from this state, but out of those three guys, if not all of them, I would love to share the ring with them.”
      Former two-weight world champion Evander HolyfieldCredit: AFP – Getty
      Earnie Shavers pictured in his fight with Muhammad AliCredit: Corbis – Getty
      Heavyweight legend Joe LouisCredit: AP:Associated Press
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      Eddie Hearn rejected chance to sign Tyson Fury because Gypsy King was so overweight during talks in Monaco

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      EDDIE HEARN rejected the chance to sign Tyson Fury in 2017 because he was so overweight.The Matchroom promoter held talks with the Gypsy King in Monaco and regrets his decision with hindsight.
      Eddie Hearn rejected the chance to sign Tyson Fury and thought the Gypsy King would never get back in shape after he ballooned to 27st 7lbs
      Fury ballooned to a whopping 27st 7lbs in November 2017, the time he ran into Hearn.
      He managed to shed a staggering 8st for his June 2018 comeback fight with Sefer Seferi and a further 1st 4lbs for his controversial draw against Deontay Wilder in December that year.
      Fury is now WBC heavyweight champion and widely considered the best in the division.
      Asked which fighter he could have signed but didn’t, Hearn revealed the Gypsy King was the one that got away.
      Speaking in 2020, he told ‘Doing the Rounds’: “I mean you could say Tyson Fury.
      “I had a chance to sign him. I was in Monaco, I think I could have signed him.
      “I didn’t want to give him the fights that he wanted to take at the time, because I thought it was just too much money and the fights weren’t good enough – and I probably should have done it, to be honest with you.
      “I looked at him and I thought, ‘You ain’t ever going to come back anyway, look at the size of you,’ but he surprised everybody and how wrong I was.
      Fury completed his historic comeback – demolishing Deontay Wilder in FebruaryCredit: Reuters
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      “Fury is definitely up there, and there’s a few others. A few American guys that I probably had the chance to sign as well.”
      Fury beat Wilder twice to win the WBC heavyweight title.
      He is now set to come out of retirement to face Oleksandr Usyk.
      Usyk holds the WBA, IBF and WBO straps after beating Anthony Joshua for a second time in Saudi Arabia at the weekend. More

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      KSI leaves Devin Haney red-faced for Twitter gaffe ahead of YouTuber’s fights against Swarmz and Luis Pineda

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      KSI has called out boxing world champion Devin Haney for a Twitter gaffe ahead of his fights.The YouTuber is set to take on rapper Swarmz AND pro boxer Luis Alcaraz Pineda at the O2 Arena on Saturday.
      KSI called out Devin Haney for trying to find a free stream for his fightsCredit: Reuters
      Haney claimed he had accidentally followed the accountCredit: Getty
      And ahead of the contest KSI poked fun at lightweight world champ Haney after he ‘followed’ a Twitter boxing page titled ‘KSI vs Swarmz live stream free’.
      KSI shared screenshots showing proof on Twitter and said: “Just wanna make sure you’re gonna pay for the fight bro @Realdevinhaney.”
      A red-faced Haney responded sheepishly – though claimed he had not meant to show support to the page.
      He replied: “That was a accident [sic]…. lol definitely gonna watch tho.”
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      But the 28-0 fighter did not convince fans that he had made a simple mistake.
      Many were quick to mock Haney, casting doubt on his claim that the follow had been accidental.
      One fan wrote: “Of course bro, it was just an accident. aye, im going to make the same accident also.”
      Another added: “We know it wasn’t an accident bro you’re like the rest of us.”
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      And a third said: “Yeah of course you searched up ‘KSI Vs Swarms Live Stream Free’ and followed by ‘accident’.”
      KSI’s younger brother Deji is set to fight on the undercard with fellow YouTuber Yousey his opponent. More

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      Watch boxer KO rival with ‘dirty but legal’ sucker punch leaving fans split on whether move is fair

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      A BOXER was brutally knocked out with a sucker punch after touching gloves, leaving fans split on whether the move was fair. Ruben Torres was taking on Cristian Baez in the lightweight main event in Corona, California, on Saturday night.
      Cristian Baez touched gloves with his opponentCredit: https://twitter.com/thompsonboxing/status/1561795557256880128
      Ruben Torres quickly caught Baez with a left hookCredit: https://twitter.com/thompsonboxing/status/1561795557256880128
      Baez was instantly knocked outCredit: https://twitter.com/thompsonboxing/status/1561795557256880128
      The referee called the contest, and fans are split over whether the punch was fairCredit: https://twitter.com/thompsonboxing/status/1561795557256880128
      The pair slugged it out up until the seventh round when Baez made the mistake of trying to touch gloves.
      As soon as Baez touched gloves with his opponent, a lighting fast left hook followed.
      Baez was instantly knocked out and fell flat on his back with the referee calling the contest.
      The knockout has left fans split on whether the punch was fair.
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      One said on Twitter: “Dirty, but protect yourself at all times.”
      Another tweeted: “It’s dirty for sure but it’s technically legal so there’s that.”
      A viewer said boxers should look at fights as if they’re “at war”.
      However, it was met with a reply: “You’re not at war, you’re in a sporting contest.
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      “If you want to go to war, join the army.”
      Others are saying it reminds them of when Floyd Mayweather took on Victor Ortiz in 2011.
      Ortiz hit Mayweather in the face with an apparently intentional headbutt, busting open a cut on the inside and outside of Mayweather’s mouth.
      The referee, Joe Cortez, immediately called a timeout and penalised Ortiz a point for the foul.
      Ortiz acknowledged his wrongdoing, the pair hugged it out before Mayweather caught his opponent with a fight-ending left then right hook.
      A boxing fan said: “Mayweather did less than that and the whole boxing world was after him…
      “Wow how things are different here.. commentary not calling this guy all kinds of names.”
      Floyd Mayweather knocked out Victor Ortiz when he was least expecting itCredit: AFP More