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      Gennady Golovkin’s coach notifies Vegas ‘robbery division’ to ‘prevent a third theft by the judges’ in Canelo trilogy

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      GENNADY GOLOVKIN’S coach has “notified the Las Vegas Police Department’s robbery division” to “prevent a third theft by the judges”.The tongue-in-cheek remark, made by Johnathon Banks, comes ahead of GGG’s trilogy bout with Canelo Alvarez over the weekend.
      Gennady Golovkin gestures to fans with his coach Johnathon Banks behindCredit: AP:Associated Press
      Canelo was deemed fortunate to walk away with a draw against the Kazakh puncher in 2017, despite winning their epic rematch a year later.
      So perhaps fearing the judges could again favour the Mexican superstar, 32, Banks wants to avoid feeling hard done by.
      He said: “I have notified the Las Vegas Police Department’s robbery division to be on-site at T-Mobile Arena.
      “Hopefully they can prevent a third theft by the judges.”
      Banks replaced Abel Sanchez after Golovkin’s majority decision loss to Canelo four years ago.
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      And they have won four fights since linking up and building towards a third and likely final bout with Canelo.
      Golovkin said: “It’s an amazing achievement to have a trilogy, being 40 and having the biggest fight in boxing, currently. Trilogies are amazing.
      “We see how they bring to light the best we have in boxing, that’s why boxing is so exciting and why fights like this go into history.
      “People remember it for a very, very long time.”
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      Golovkin is stepping out of the 160lb middleweight division to jump up to 168lb and challenge for Canelo’s undisputed crown.
      And despite Alvarez’s vow to retire his great rival, GGG warned there is still plenty of fight left in him.
      He said: “I would love to have a fight in my home country of Kazakhstan. You’ll see me in the ring (again), most likely I’ll continue.”
      Gennady Golovkin speaks during a news conference in Las VegasCredit: Getty Images – Getty
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      Errol Spence Jr vs Terence Crawford Tale of the Tape: How the two welterweight fighters compare ahead of November bout

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      ERROL SPENCE JR and Terence Crawford have moved a step closer to confirming their undisputed super-fight. The pair of welterweight rivals have circled each other ever since Crawford jumped to the 147lb division in 2018 and won the WBO belt.

      Promotional and TV network alliances kept the unbeaten Americans apart, much to the anger of boxing fans.
      But after Crawford left Top Rank and ESPN as a free agent, it allowed him to begin negotiating with Spence’s Premier Boxing Champions stable.
      Following months of speculation, the pound-for-pound stars have agreed in principle to fight, according to ESPN.
      Although the deal, eyed for November 19 in Las Vegas, is not yet signed as their lawyers clean up some loose ends.
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      The bout is nearly half a decade in the making and will finally settle who is the No1 in the division.
      Crawford, 34, is a three-division champ having won belts from lightweight to welterweight.
      And he has long competed with Canelo Alvarez, 32, Oleksandr Usyk, 35, and Vasiliy Lomachenko, 34, for boxing’s top spot.
      Meanwhile Spence, 32, is the current unified boss, with the WBC, WBA and IBF belts to his name.
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      He first won the IBF version in 2017, travelling to Sheffield and dethroning Kell Brook, 35, in 11 rounds.
      Spence then took the WBC crown from Shawn Porter, 34, in a 2019 thriller but a car crash a month later left him lucky to survive.
      The Texan returned in December 2020, beating Danny Garcia, 34, and then won the WBA belt from Yordenis Ugas, 36, in April.
      Crawford has been out the ring since November, when he sent Porter into retirement in the tenth round of their scheduled 12.
      And is now sets the scene for an almighty undisputed title decider with Spence, after the pair managed to retain all four belts.
      Crawford, having began his career at lightweight, is the smaller of the two but much more versatile.
      Arguably the best switch-hitter in the sport, he can box in both stance, offering all styles.
      But Spence knows he holds the physical advantage and despite having 22 knockouts to Crawford’s 29, he will feel the bigger puncher.
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      And the 2012 Olympian will also be confident in having shared the ring with the higher calibre opponents, especially at welterweight.
      The duo are a similar height and not far off in reach, meaning the best technician will come out on top.
      All that is left now is an official announcement, which would provide a rare undisputed title bout between two P4P stars in their prime.
      Errol Spence Jr beat Yordenis Ugas in April 16Credit: Getty
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      Boxing stumbling towards two biggest fights in heavyweight history with Fury vs Joshua and Usyk vs Wilder on the horizon

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      BOXING is the only sport that could stumble accidentally into the two biggest possible events when they make almost no sense.Tyson Fury – the 34-year-old WBC champion – should clearly be boxing newly crowned WBA, IBF and WBO king Oleksandr Usyk, 35
      Anthony Joshua was twice beaten by Oleksandr UsykCredit: Getty
      Tyson Fury has turned his attention to Anthony Joshua with Oleksandr Usyk eyeing Deontay WilderCredit: Rex
      These two have won their group stages and knockout matches and reached the final of the heavyweight World Cup.
      But in the ludicrous way this sport operates, the Gypsy King has put the undisputed decider with Usyk on ice and thrown Anthony Joshua a voluntary shot at his crown – despite him suffering two consecutive defeats.
      You have to go back to 1951 and underrated legend Jersey Joe Walcott for the last time a heavyweight got a crack at the title off of back-to-back defeats.
      But the WBC have parachuted AJ into their rankings at 6 to lubricate the greasy game even more, so their champ can do the business.
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      But it’s not exactly great business either.
      Just 18 months ago – after AJ had regained the three belts from Andy Ruiz in a Riyadh rematch and battered Kubrat Pulev – Saudi Arabia were ready to help make the Fury vs Joshua showdown a £200m scorcher.
      And the Wembley rematch would have broken all British records, taking their potential earnings for a double-header close to £500m.
      Now AJ has twice been dominated by Usyk, it’s pencilled in for Cardiff on a damp December night where they might make £5m on the gate and nick £60m in PPV buys – as long as they smash the UK record.
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      The truth is both warring teams think the other side is bluffing.
      AJ Boxing reckon Fury is cunningly trying to use their man to rush Usyk back into a four-belt decider when he has not yet recovered from outpointing Joshua on August 20 or seeing his beloved nation suffer Russia’s invasion. 
      Team Fury fancy AJ’s broadcast backers and big-money sponsors will eventually baulk at the idea of their man suffering a hat-trick of humbling losses on the bounce.
      It’s a high stakes game of chicken and even deadly serious Usyk is now having a crack at it.

      Instead of believing in or sulking about AJ and Fury’s potential clash, Usyk has casually upped the ante and revealed he’s targeting a fight with former WBC ruler Deontay Wilder.
      The same man Fury outsmarted once and pummelled twice in a brilliant but one-sided trilogy.
      Wilder will at least have a comeback win on his record to end his painful baron run when he pummells Robert Helenius on October 15.

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      So in a couple of months we could have two heavyweight world challengers with a combined recent record of 1 win and 4 losses.
      Boxing fans – paying Sky Sports, BT Sport and DAZN monthly subscriptions as well increasingly regular PPVs – deserve to see an undisputed champion in the blue riband division.
      We should get AJ vs Wilder as a semi-final shootout to decide who faces the winner.
      Finally throw Errol Spence vs Terence Crawford on to shut us all up for once, too.
      But this is cruel and self-sabotaging modern boxing, where our heroes fight as many times in a year as KSI does in a night, Floyd Mayweather vs Manny Pacquiao happens almost a decade too late and Lennox Lewis vs Riddick Bowe doesn’t happen at all.
      So let’s put away our calculators and up-to-date rankings and sanctioning body guidelines.
      And blindly hope that the most backwards sport on the curriculum bluffs its way arse-about-face into a couple of unexpected, unlikely and unbelievable bouts.
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      Anthony Joshua accepts Tyson Fury fight because he ‘feels this is the only chance he’ll get’ to face Brit rival

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      ANTHONY JOSHUA accepted Tyson Fury’s fight offer against the odds in fear he would not get the opportunity again. AJ has conceded to a 60/40 split in favour of Fury in return of a WBC title shot on December 3 at Cardiff’s Principality Stadium.
      Promoter Eddie Hearn pictured with Anthony JoshuaCredit: AFP
      Joshua does so coming off consecutive defeat to Oleksandr Usyk, most recently in Saudi Arabia last month.
      But after Usyk ruled himself out of a unification bout until next year, Fury surprisingly turned his attention to British rival AJ.
      And promoter Eddie Hearn claimed Joshua will take the same deal the Gypsy King snubbed after drawing with Deontay Wilder in 2018.
      Hearn told Sky Sports: “The reason he accepts these terms is he feels this is the only chance he’ll get to fight Tyson Fury.
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      “So therefore, okay, it would have been better to come off a victory but we’re here and [Joshua thinks] I can beat him and I feel good.
      “When he drew to Wilder, we offered Fury the fight against AJ and we offered him 60-40 and he said no and he said I’ll only take 50-50.
      “That’s one of the reasons I wanted to push back on some of the terms.
      “But in the end it was AJ who overruled and said no just accept it. He’s always believed he can beat him.”
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      Usyk, 35, has just returned to his war-torn home in Ukraine after months of training away from his friends and family.
      So Fury, 34, who is determined to return before the end of the year, offered Joshua, 32, an unlikely shot at his title and unbeaten record.
      Hearn has met with George Warren, son to promoter Frank, in a bid to thrash out a deal which previously failed to come together.
      And while a date, venue and financial split appear to be agreed, putting together a shared TV deal remains on the agenda.
      Fury is signed to BT Sport while AJ’s brand new deal with DAZN comes into play with his next fight.
      Although the sports streaming service have just launched a box office platform, making a rare duel pay-per-view possible.

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      Hearn said: “Broadcasters need to have their discussions. Which I don’t think will be a problem. It’s actually not that complicated.
      “If they’re genuine and George tells me they are, then I think the fight will get made.
      “I think George feels his instructions are to make the fight. But you just never know with Tyson Fury.
      “Is this a ploy to speed up the Usyk fight, get more money from a site?
      “It might have been a bluff, or a bit of publicity that actually turns into it happening.
      “Or maybe it was genuine from the start. It could be anything.
      “That’s a sceptical view but right now I’m going along the lines of I believe him because I want to be positive and work together to make it happen.”
      The reason he accepts these terms is he feels this is the only chance he’ll get to fight Tyson Fury. Eddie Hearn on Anthony Joshua
      Joshua had planned to fight in a confidence building comeback in December before Fury’s out-of-the-blue challenge.
      But if the unpredictable Gypsy King pulls another trademark stunt, Hearn has alternate options in case.
      He revealed: “I can’t put AJ’s future in the hands of Tyson Fury.
      “Whilst we’ll be as positive as we can, we’ll be as helpful as we can, I need to have plan B up my sleeve because this might not happen.
      “But it was looking at other options for his next fight that also enthused Joshua about potentially boxing Fury.
      “We’ve been looking at opponents for AJ for December and his list is very different to my list.
      “So I don’t think he’s interested in opponents that he’s just going to get no credit or respect for.
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      “Straightaway when I asked him about this fight, he went, ‘Let’s do it’. He hasn’t got any major injuries or anything like that. They want to do it.
      “I think he’s coming off a decent performance. He just fancies the fight and fancies his chances. He’s willing to roll the dice.”
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      Jake Paul teases Canelo Alvarez will have to fight him NEXT if Mexican superstar loses Gennady Golovkin trilogy

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      JAKE PAUL teased that Canelo Alvarez will have to fight him NEXT if he loses his trilogy bout against Gennady Golovkin. Canelo renews his rivalry with Golovkin over the weekend in Las Vegas but does so having lost to Dmitry Bivol in May.
      Jake Paul joked Canelo Alvarez will have to fight him next if he loses to Gennady GolovkinCredit: Getty Images – Getty
      Canelo Alvarez and Gennady Golovkin ahead of their trilogyCredit: AP
      And despite Paul backing the Mexican to get back to winning ways against his arch rival, he warned of the consequences of another defeat.
      He told FightHype: “I think it’s a great fight and I’m excited.
      “I think that Canelo will win just because of the chip on his shoulder coming off of the loss. Canelo’s not going to lose two in a row.
      “But if he does? F***, I don’t know. Maybe he’ll go straight into the Jake Paul fight after that.
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      “But I think that Golovkin just hasn’t been competing at the same level of opposition and because of that I’m thinking Canelo will win.”
      Canelo, 32, controversially walked away with a draw against Golovkin, 40, in 2017 but won their razor tight rematch a year later.
      And after they complete their trilogy, he wants another crack at Bivol, 31, as the boxing superstar eyes revenge over the Russian.
      For Paul, he returns on October 29 against UFC legend Anderson Silva, 47, who also has a 4-1 boxing record.
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      The YouTuber-turned prizefighter has named Canelo among his dream opponents, despite their vast skill and experience disparity.
      Silva will be Paul’s first opponent with a prior professional boxing record.
      He was made to wait after Tommy Fury, 23, and Hasim Rahman Jr, 31, were withdrawn from prior bouts against the American influencer.
      Jake Paul and Anderson SIlva ahead of their October 29 fightCredit: Getty Images – Getty More

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      Floyd Mayweather vs Deji undercard to feature Love Island winner, Nigel Benn’s son and Jake Paul sparring partner

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      FLOYD MAYWEATHER’S rumoured exhibition bout against YouTuber Deji is set to feature a host of stars from the celebrity and fight world. The American legend is in shock talks to face Deji, whose brother KSI is a social media sensation, rapper and crossover boxer.
      Floyd Mayweather is in talks to fight YouTuber DejiCredit: Showtime
      KSI pictured with younger brother DejiCredit: @comedygamer
      Mayweather is in discussions to fight Deji in Dubai on November 13 with a star-studded undercard being put in place.
      According to The Mirror, Love Island winner Jack Fincham has been approached to make his long-anticipated boxing debut.
      Fincham, 31, competed as an amateur and after his stint in the hit ITV series, he was due to lace up the gloves again.
      But his 2020 debut was cancelled following a nose injury and although Fincham continued training, a rescheduled fight date was never announced.
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      Elsewhere, Nigel Benn’s 25-year-old son Harley, who is 9-1, could face Anthony Taylor, 33, commonly known as Jake Paul’s sparring partner.
      It is added that Paul Daley, 39, who announced his MMA retirement in May, has also been contacted.
      Deji, 25, went on a run of three losses in the ring but secured his first win in August, beating online rival Fousey, 32.
      And it has somehow enticed Mayweather, 45, to pick the former gamer as his next exhibition opponent.
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      The 50-0 unbeaten icon officially retired in August 2017 after beating ex-UFC champion Conor McGregor, 34, in ten Las Vegas rounds.
      But he has returned to the ring in three exhibitions since and faces MMA fighter Mikuru Asakura, 29, on September 25 in Japan.
      He first came back to the ring in Tokyo in 2018, beating featherweight kickboxer Tenshin Nasukawa, 24, in one farcical round.
      Then in June 2021 he went the eight-round distance with YouTuber Logan Paul, 27, giving away TWO STONE in doing so.
      And most recently, Mayweather dominated former sparring partner Don Moore in Abu Dhabi.
      It was the first fight under his Global Titans Fight Series with Deji expected to be the second opponent under his new banner.
      Love Island winner Jack Fincham is in talks to make his professional boxing debut
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      Gennady Golovkin’s old trainer names fighters who could beat Canelo Alvarez including champ with 100 percent KO ratio

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      GENNADY GOLOVKIN’S former trainer claimed there are only three fighters who can beat Canelo Alvarez. Sanchez twice cornered GGG against the Mexican superstar, with the first ending in a controversial draw in 2017 that many felt Golovkin deserved to win, before losing the rematch a year later.
      Canelo Alvarez is set for a trilogy bout against Gennady GolovkinCredit: Getty Images – Getty
      Boxing manager Tom Loeffler, trainer Abel Sanchez and Gennady GolovkinCredit: Getty
      Golovkin has since left the esteemed coach but will fight in a trilogy bout with Canelo this September.
      Sanchez still believes the Kazakh, along with David Benavidez and Artur Beterbiev, potentially have the beating of boxing’s pound-for-pound best.
      He told FightHype earlier this year: “The only people who can be a tough fight for Canelo are Beterbiev, Benavidez, and a well-trained Golovkin.
      “Those are the only people who can beat Canelo. The ones who walk him down. These are the only ones who can threaten him.” 
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      Al Haymon’s Premier Boxing Champions offered Canelo the chance to fight Jermall Charlo, 32, and Benavidez, 25.
      But he opted for Eddie Hearn’s two-bout deal against Dmitry Bivol on May 7 and then Golovkin in September.
      Canelo was stunned by Bivol earlier this year, dropping to just his second career defeat.
      Benavidez has campaigned to fight Canelo but instead faced David Lemieux, the Canadian GGG beat in 2015.
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      Light-heavyweight Beterbiev is the sport’s only champ with a 100 per cent knockout ratio, standing at 18-0.
      But Canelo opted to fight Bivol instead, returning to 175lb for the first time since knocking out Sergey Kovalev in 2019.
      Alvarez and Golovkin will collide for a third time on Saturday, September 17 at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.
      The Mexican and Kazakhstan warriors were once friends but are now bitter enemies – although they kept a lid on their bad blood at the pre-fight press conference.
      Canelo Alvarez won his 2018 rematch with Gennady Golovkin after a controversial draw in the first fightCredit: AP:Associated Press More

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      Deontay Wilder’s trainer reveals how Anthony Joshua can beat Tyson Fury with Gypsy King ‘more vulnerable than ever’

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      ANTHONY JOSHUA has been told by Deontay Wilder’s trainer that he CAN beat Tyson Fury, who is “more vulnerable than he’s ever been”. The heavyweight rivals are closing in on a shock deal to fight on December 3 at Cardiff’s 75-000-seat Principality Stadium.
      Malik Scott pictured with Deontay Wilder
      Joshua, 32, is coming off two consecutive points losses to Oleksandr Usyk, 35, most recently in Saudi Arabia last month.
      Meanwhile, Fury, 34, knocked out Dillian Whyte, also 34, in devastating fashion at Wembley in April.
      Although Malik Scott, who coached Wilder for his epic trilogy fight against the Gypsy King, has given hope for Joshua.
      Scott, 41, told Fair Betting Sites: “It’s a tough job for AJ but in my opinion, he has a pedigree, he has a gold medal, he has ability.
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      “AJ can punch, he’s a strong kid. He’s big. It can almost come across, when you think about all those attributes, like, hold up, this is Anthony Joshua.
      “Let’s back up. How could he not win? I think personally the people who are giving him no shot at all are crazy.
      “I think people who are giving AJ no shot at all – that’s blasphemous. I do not agree with that at all. 
      “Very tough fight and when I say tough, I mean very tough to decide who I think will win. And most people will say, well, how is it tough?
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      “Fury’s been on fire. He’s been smoking everybody. Yeah, but he’s also more vulnerable than he’s ever been.
      “Fury also gives you an opportunity to hit him more than he ever did too, and in the heavyweight division, I just can’t have full confidence in someone that gives you an opportunity to hit them, I just can’t do that.
      “He said it himself, he’s very vulnerable. He’s very vulnerable as a fighter. But that’s what makes him exciting as well.”
      Fury was expected to unify all four heavyweight belts – for the first time in history – against Usyk.
      But the Ukrainian has ruled himself out until next year having returned to his war-torn home and family after months training away.
      So Fury turned his attention to AJ, who later conceded to a 60/40 split and is already in training for the short-notice Battle of Britain.
      Scott helped Usyk in the gym for his rematch with over Joshua and cornered Wilder in defeat last October against Fury.
      It followed after 11 classic rounds, in which Wilder, 36, scored two knockdowns but was floored three times himself in the loss.
      Fury’s been on fire. He’s been smoking everybody. Yeah, but he’s also more vulnerable than he’s ever been.Deontay Wilder’s coach Malik Scott
      And Scott insisted Fury is not invincible and pointed to his trips to the canvas as evidence.
      He said: “With Fury giving you opportunities, that’s him taking the opposition for granted.
      “That’s why my prediction was, you know, I thought Wilder would knock him out inside of five rounds.
      “And my prediction almost came true because in the fourth round we had him down.
      “That happened because tell me one time you’ve ever seen Tyson Fury walk to somebody straight with his hands like this and just walk forward with his shoulder squared?
      “It doesn’t happen. But when he thinks he’s in control, he comes out of himself and becomes a little bit more vulnerable.
      “And I believed that if he did that with us, Deontay would be able to strike and keep him down.
      “It almost happened. It didn’t, credit to Fury. He got up and continued on to do what he did.
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      “But I believe you give someone like Anthony Joshua or Deontay Wilder opportunities to hit you over and over and over and over, I think that [unbeaten run] can only last so long.
      “But then again, this is Tyson Fury. He’s made us all wrong so many times. And that’s the exciting part about him as well.
      Tyson Fury is in talks to fight Anthony JoshuaCredit: Jamie McPhilimey
      Anthony Joshua accepted Tyson Fury’s terms to fight on December 3Credit: Getty More