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      KSI shows off his incredible eight-month body transformation after cutting HUGE amount of weight for Alex Wassabi fight

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      KSI has undergone a dramatic body transformation ahead of his long-awaited return to the ring.The YouTuber and music star will be back in action on August 27 in a grudge match against fellow social media sensation Alex Wassabi.
      KSI put on the beef in the two years after his clash with Logan Paul
      The YouTuber showed off his weight gain on his social media channels
      But the social media star has undergone a dramatic body transformation
      KSI is looking mean and lean ahead of his clash with Alex Wassabi
      KSI’s clash with the American is his first outing since his controversial split-decision victory over Logan Paul in November 2019.
      KSI let his diet slip after winning the Los Angeles showdown and piled on the pounds – although he’s shifted the blubber in a drastic body transformation.
      The 27-year-old shared a video documenting his eight-month journey back to fighting fitness on his social media channels on Friday morning.
      At the star of the clip, a podgy-looking KSI – real name Olajide Olatunji – stood in front of the camera and turned around to show off his whole body.
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      But seconds later, the video cut to a lean and mean-looking KSI showing off his shredded abs.
      His accompanying caption for the video read: “TikTok age restricted my video because it thought my chest were actual t**s.
      “I’ll just post it here.”
      KSI’s legion of followers were quick to comment, with one saying: “Damn.”
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      Another said: “This is insane.”
      And another said: “This is so mad.”
      One chimed in: “This body transformation is f***ing mad, fair play.”
      KSI is relishing his showdown with Wassabi – who got the better of his brother Deji in March.
      He said: “I can’t wait to repeatedly punch the man I’ve had beef with for years.
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      “The man I’ve laughed at for years, the man that beat my brother, the man that has signed his death wish as soon as we enter the ring.
      “I’m a different animal and you will realise that fact on August 27th.”
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      Deontay Wilder reveals he and Tyson Fury will NEVER be friends after heated epic trilogy of brutal fights

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      DEONTAY WILDER refuses to ever have a friendship with Tyson Fury.The pair have shared a magnificent trilogy – the sort that usually forms a bizarre and beautiful boxing friendship.
      Deontay Wilder has stated he and Tyson Fury will never be friends despite their epic trilogy of fightsCredit: Splash
      American heavyweight Wilder was stopped in his last two meetings with the Gypsy KingCredit: Getty
      But the 36-year-old Alabama power-puncher – who accused Fury of all manner of cheating to secure a draw and two iconic wins over him – says there is no chance of a bromance. 
      Speaking on the latest episode of the Kasich & Klepper Podcast, he said: “No, I don’t have a friendship with him. At all. 
      “Sometimes, as you’re growing up in the boxing world, you don’t really have too many friends that you compete against. 
      “A lot of guys don’t, a lot of guys think that the closer you get to a fighter, the less you’ll perform when you have to fight him, because you have got to understand there’s still competition.”
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      Despite all the trademark trash talk, Fury always fancied staying on good terms with the Bronze Bomber.
      Even after battering him in their third and final barnstormer, he marched across the ring and tried to celebrate their bravery together – only to be snubbed.
      The 33-year-old Gypsy King claims to be retired after the three legendary bouts.
      But Wilder – who has just started training again – has explained the pain of walking away too soon.
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      He said: “With fighters, you know when you know. Because our mentality always feels like we have another round in us.
      “When you love doing something you never want to stop, especially when you’re at a top level and you’re making millions of dollars.
      “But only a smart man knows when they’re able to stop, only a man that has invested his money, has done the right things in his career, can really know and say, ‘I can give it up and don’t have to come back no more’.
      “Most of the time guys 97 -98 per cent of fighters don’t have anything to show for their careers after they’ve retired. They only have things to show for while they’re in it.”
      SunSport expects Wilder to face the winner of stablemates Andy Ruiz Jr vs Luis Ortiz who collide on September 4.
      And then the 6ft 7in KO artist will then to try to muscle back in on the world title scene.
      And he explains how the hurt business works, with great experience.
      He said: “If you have the right mindset, if you have done the right things and had a plan, it’s easy to retire.
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      “This is a young man’s sport so you have to plan ahead. I’m a guy that plans ahead.
      “I tell my children that they’re blessed because not only do I think about their current situation and plan for them now, I plan for their future as well.” More

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      Jake Paul’s fight with Rahman Jr was not cancelled due to poor ticket sales and set to be in top 10 of MSG boxing events

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      JAKE PAUL’S fight with Hasim Rahman Jr was NOT cancelled due to poor ticket sales.The YouTuber turned boxer pulled the plug on the Madison Square Garden melee last weekend over an alleged 11th-hour weight demand from Rahman Jr.
      Jake Paul’s clash with Hasim Rahman Jr was cancelled last weekendCredit: GETTY
      Weight issues for Rahman Jr were reportedly the main reason for the cancellationCredit: GETTY
      MSG insist poor ticket sales weren’t to blame for the cancellation of the boutCredit: GETTY
      UFC president Dana White and boxing promoter Eddie Hearn, however, suggested Team Paul cancelled the fight due to poor ticket sales.
      But an MSG source told SunSport “sales were strong heading into Fight Week” and the short-notice cancellation was “not based on ticket sales.”
      Paul’s clash with Rahman Jr – the son of former heavyweight champ Hasim Sr – was reportedly on course to be one of the “top 10 of highest grossing boxing events” at The Garden in the last 15 years.
      Although the event hadn’t completely sold, MSG were anticipating a deluge of tickets being bought during fight week.
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      Paul’s first clash with a professional boxer was supposedly nixed due to weight issues for Rahman Jr – who reportedly only lost a solitary pound after agreeing to take the 200lbs clash.
      After learning of his weight issues, the New York State Athletic Commission refused to sanction the bout at under 205lbs.
      Rahman Jr is said to have then revealed he would weigh in at 215lbs and would “pull out” of the fight if he was required to be any lighter.
      An irate Paul fumed on social media: “Hasim Rahman Jr has pulled out of the fight.
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      “This is not a joke, I am devastated, I cannot f***ing believe this, we just found out this news.
      “This is another case of a professional boxer, just like Tommy Fury, being scared to fight me.”
      Paul, 25, is now reportedly targeting a showdown with former world champion kickboxer Andrew Tate – although The Problem Child has yet to publicly campaign for the fight.
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      The YouTuber turned boxer hasn’t set foot inside the ring since his brutal demolition of former UFC welterweight champion Tyron Woodley last December.
      Paul flattened The Chosen One with a vicious overhand right to extend his record to a perfect 5-0.
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      WWE star Bobby Lashley approached to have BARE KNUCKLE fight against boxing legend Mike Tyson

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      WWE superstar Bobby Lashley has reportedly been offered a bareknuckle boxing match with Mike Tyson.The former WWE champion is no stranger to combat sports having competed in mixed martial arts for eight years and racking up a 15-2 record.
      Bobby Lashley was recently offered a bare-knuckle boxing matchCredit: WWE
      Lashley is no stranger to the fight game having competed in MMA for eight yearsCredit: GETTY
      The ex-WWE champion was reportedly offered a fight against boxing great Mike TysonCredit: INSTAGRAM@MIKETYSON
      And the 46-year-old recently claimed a representative from a prominent bare-knuckle boxing promotion approached him about facing Iron Mike at Madison Square Garden later this year.
      Lashley told Fightful Select the talks weren’t formal and were more of a “feeling-out process.”
      According to DAZN reporter Steven Muehlhausen, the promotion in question was Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship.
      He tweeted: “Confirmed: The company that has approached Lashley is Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship (BKFC).
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      “Lashley has talked with them in the past as has Tyson, but money was a stumbling block then and isn’t the case now.
      “Tyson is back training in the gym with Rafael Cordeiro.”
      Neither Tyson – who returned to the ring in November 2020 – nor BKFC have commented on the report.
      The prospect of sharing the ring with former undisputed heavyweight champion Tyson intrigues former Bellator star Lashley.
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      But he’s under no illusions of the fight being an easy one, saying: “I’m a fighter.
      “Am I out here saying, ‘Yeah, I could go whoop Mike Tyson?’
      “That’d be stupid for me to say, and that would be disrespectful for me to say, so I’m not saying that.
      “I’m just saying that if I had an opportunity to fight Mike Tyson, I would take it 100 per cent,” he told Inside The Ropes.
      “It would be a huge honour to fight Mike Tyson. Look at the upside; if I were to catch ‘Iron Mike’ with a punch to put him down, I’m the greatest person in the world.
      “I’m in movies, I’m everywhere, I’m the biggest sports star in the entire world if that ever happened.”
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      Tyson, 56, made a spectacular return to the ring in November 2020 for an exhibition bout with fellow great Roy Jones Jr.
      Lashley, meanwhile, last competed in mixed martial arts six years ago – defeating Josh Appelt via second-round submission at Bellator 162.
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      Deontay Wilder’s manager names three icons who could beat Tyson Fury with Brit ranked top five heavyweight of all time

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      TYSON FURY is ranked as a top five heavyweight of all time by Deontay Wilder’s co-manager. Fury contentiously drew with Wilder in 2018 but brilliantly won a one-sided rematch.
      Tyson Fury knocking Deontay Wilder down in their trilogyCredit: Getty
      But the rivals saved the best till last with their epic trilogy bout in Las Vegas going down as an instant classic.
      Fury scored three knockdowns, getting up twice from the canvas in the fourth, to close the show with a knockout in round 11.
      It cemented the Gypsy King as the best heavyweight in the world, but Wilder’s co-manager Shelly Finkel rates him as one of the greatest ever.
      Asked where Fury’s ranks amongst the greats, Finkel told SunSport last year: “Probably in the top five. 
      “You have to give Fury credit, he got up twice, also in the first fight, and he is calm in the ring.
      “He knows what he’s got to do and he does it very well. Time will tell where he places in history.” 
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      Finkel, who began his boxing management career in 1980, has worked with some of the best heavyweights in history.
      That includes Mike Tyson, Evander Holyfield and Wladimir Klitschko as well as Wilder more recently.
      The Bronze Bomber, who made ten WBC title defences from 2015-2020, weighed in a career-heaviest 17 stone for his trilogy with Fury.
      For much of his championship reign, Wilder, 35, scaled anywhere from 15-16 stone, often giving away size but making up for it in brutal power.
      Champions of the past such as Tyson, 56, Holyfield, 59, and Muhammad Ali, who died in 2016, all cut a similar frame.
      He knows what he’s got to do and he does it very well. Time will tell where he places in history.” Deontay Wilder’s co-manager Shelly Finkel on Tyson Fury
      But Fury, 33, is an example of the modern-day heavyweight, piling on the pounds to 19-and-a-half stone against Wilder the third time around.
      For that reason, Finkel warned it would have been hard for any great heavyweight of the past to overcome him, except a certain three.
      He said: “The smaller guys couldn’t beat him because of his size. Maybe, a George Foreman, at Foreman’s peak. 
      “Ali was specially gifted in movement, but smaller than that would’ve been hard. 
      “Mike Tyson may have been able, even though he was only 215 or so.”
      Former heavyweight champion George ForemanCredit: Getty – Contributor
      Boxing icon and former heavyweight champion Muhammad AliCredit: Bettmann Archive
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      ‘We’re getting back in the ring’ – Logan Paul announces he will RETURN to boxing in December after starring in WWE

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      LOGAN PAUL has announced his return to the boxing ring – and he’s eyeing a December dust-up.The YouTube superstar hasn’t set foot inside the ring since his eight-rounder with boxing legend Floyd Mayweather last June.
      Logan Paul hasn’t set foot inside the ring since his exhibition with Floyd MayweatherCredit: GETTY
      But the Maverick has announced he’ll be back in action in DecemberCredit: GETTY
      Paul was recently in action at WWE SummerSlamCredit: SPLASH
      But the 27-year-old is back in the gym and hoping to throw down before the end of the year.
      During an appearance on The Pat McAfee Show, Paul said: “I’m a boxer again. We’re getting back in the ring.
      “We’re going to go from professional sport to professional sport. I want to get a fight in December.”
      An opponent for Paul’s comeback fight hasn’t been finalised, although he does have a couple of names in mind for his next opponent.
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      He said: “I have some people in mind, but I can’t say. You know you only get one first impression.
      “That’s part of my ability to make moments. I like making first impressions big, so I want to wait until we’re ready.”
      Paul has taken to the ring three times but has yet to have his hand raised.
      The American fought fellow YouTuber KSI to a draw in a London grudge match four years ago.
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      The pair renewed their rivalry in Los Angeles in November 2019, although Paul found himself on the wrong end of a controversial split decision verdict.
      Paul then took a huge jump in class last June by facing Mayweather in a Miami melee.
      The YouTuber turned WWE star shocked the world by going the distance with the former five-weight world champion.
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      Paul has hit out at Mayweather numerous times since their fight, accusing the Hall-of-Famer of not fully paying his purse.
      Paul was most recently in action at WWE Summerslam, where he defeated The Miz after landing a sensational frogsplash.
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      ‘World wants to see it’ – Controversial kickboxer Andrew Tate reacts after Jake Paul calls him out for fight THIS year

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      JAKE PAUL is targeting a bout with controversial fighter Andrew Tate later this year.Tate, a former kickboxer who has shot to fame in recent years, has been rumoured to be in talks to fight Paul later this year.
      Andrew Tate is a hot topic on social mediaCredit: Instagram/@cobratate
      Jake Paul is targeting October for his next fight, with Tate among the possible opponentsCredit: Getty
      Paul was due to fight Hasim Rahman Jr this weekend before the bout was called-off at the last minuteCredit: Getty Images – Getty
      However, a spokesperson for Tate denied the claims but declared a fight would be a global event.
      The spokesperson told Mirror Boxing: ““There are currently no productive talks with Jake Paul’s team regarding a fight between him and Andrew.
      “We are aware that due to the rise in Andrew’s popularity it’s a fight the world wants to see.
      “However, at this moment in time, there is nothing to report.”
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      Paul, who has over 20million subscribers on his YouTube channel, was due to fight Hasim Rahman Jr this weekend before the event was called off at the last minute in a disagreement over the weight.
      The 25-year-old declared himself the “most feared man in boxing” and called out Rahman for his “lack off professionalism” in moving the goalposts over the weight range agreed for their fight.
      Rahman himself was a late substitution for former Love Island star Tommy Fury, who has now cancelled two fights with Paul.
      And now with Paul targeting October for his next fight, retired American-British fighter Tate has been earmarked as a contender.
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      Tate himself has appeared on Big Brother, but was removed from the show after a video emerged online of him appearing to strike a woman.
      More recently Tate has grown popular on social media platforms Instagram and TikTok despite not having an official account on the latter, with his often controversial takes driving fierce debate among viewers.
      His net worth is reported to be at least £16.2m.
      Tate’s spokesperson added: “We have also become aware that Jake Paul and his team intend to call Andrew out via a collection of YouTube/ Instagram videos.
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      “However, as stated before, there has been no official talks regarding a fight.”
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      Tyson Fury’s rival Deontay Wilder leaves fans shocked with lean physique and incredible body transformation

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      DEONTAY WILDER has revealed his incredible body transformation since fighting Tyson Fury.The boxer, 36, was at his heaviest weight of 19st 11lbs when he lost to Fury in October 2021.
      Deontay Wilder looks transformed as he prepares for his next fight
      The Bronze Bomber weighed 19st 11lbs when he fought Tyson Fury in October 2021Credit: Getty
      He bulked up to help himself deal with Tyson’s huge size in the ring but he has since shed the pounds and has now shocked fans with how lean he looks.
      Fans commented on his smaller frame with some suggesting Wilder could become a cruiserweight.
      One Twitter user wrote: “Looks a cruiserweight man!! Skinny legs, skinny frame!”
      Another added: “He looks poorly sick I hope he is ok.”
      A third said: “This transformation is unreal.”
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      Wilder hasn’t set foot inside the ring since his brutal 11th-round KO loss to Tyson Fury in their epic trilogy fight last October.
      But the American recently dispelled suggestions of retirement by saying: “I can’t stop right here.
      “I must continue my journey. I have to, I have to.
      “I’m looking to resume my career for sure. I’ve got a lot of other things I’ve got to get out of the way.”
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      The Bronze Bomber has been training in the gym and recently posed alongside Badou Jack after sparring with the fighter, who is set to face Richard Rivera on the undercard of Anthony Joshua’s rematch with Oleksandr Usyk.
      Wilder also met UFC champion Francis Ngannou this week and revealed to the heavyweight that he is looking to “get back into the groove” – hinting at a possible return to the ring. More