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      Gennady Golovkin’s fight against Ryota Murata in Japan rescheduled to April 9 with Canelo Alvarez trilogy set to follow

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      GENNADY GOLOVKIN will fight Ryota Murata in Japan on April 9 – with a trilogy against Canelo Alvarez to follow. The Kazakh was set to face Murata in a middleweight unification in December but it was scrapped amid coronavirus restrictions.
      Gennady Golovkin will fight Ryota Murata in Japan on April 9Credit: @gggboxing
      Ryota Murata will fight Gennady Golovkin in a middleweight unificationCredit: Getty
      Now the pair will fight next month back in Saitama where the IBF and WBA titles will be unified.
      Golovkin, 39, said: “I am glad that the date has finally been set.
      “I would like to express my gratitude to the organizers from Japan for their hard work and full support of the upcoming unification fight. ”
      “Ryota Murata is an outstanding champion. I believe that boxing fans from this beautiful country and around the world will see an exciting event.
      “I look forward to getting back in the ring and bringing the Big Drama Show to Japan.”
      Murata, 36, has held the WBA title since 2019 but welcoming GGG to the Far East will be the biggest fight of his career.
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      He said: “It is an honour to share the ring with the great champion Gennadiy Golovkin.
      “I am extremely pleased to be part of this historic middleweight title unification fight here in Japan.  
      “On April 9th, victory will be mine and Japan will have a unified world middleweight champion.”
      Canelo, 31, who drew with GGG in 2017 but won the rematch a year later, has recently signed a two-fight deal with DAZN.
      He returns on May 7 to challenge Dmitry Bivol, 31, for the WBA light-heavyweight title.    
      But a trilogy bout with Golovkin is set to follow in September, if the pair win their interim fights.
      Canelo Alvarez and Gennady Golovkin are set for a trilogy bout this yearCredit: Getty Images – Getty More

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      ‘Boxing is run by dinosaurs’ – Jack Catterall slams ‘sickening’ BBBofC comments after controversial Josh Taylor fight

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      JACK CATTERALL believes ‘boxing is run by dinosaurs’ as he stated there is ‘corruption’ in the sport following his controversial defeat to Josh Taylor.The super-lightweight star, 28, was denied becoming the undisputed world champion on Saturday after he was robbed of a points decision in Glasgow.
      Jack Catterall (left) outclassed Josh Taylor on Saturday, but failed to get the decisionCredit: Kenny Ramsay
      Fans instantly took to social media to express their anger at the scoring, as they labelled it as ‘one of boxing’s worst ever decisions’.
      And WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury has demanded NO British judges to score his bout against Dillian Whyte next month.
      The shocking result led to the British Boxing Board of Control to investigate the outcome, with the ringside judges to be asked to explain their cards.
      However, BBBofC chief Robert Smith has declared that the decision cannot be overturned.
      That is despite him admitting he thought Catterall had won the fight, but only by a small margin.
      His comments infuriated Catterall, who told talkSPORT: “After listening to Robert Smith, it’s sickening.
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      “I’ve got a lot of respect for Rob and the British Boxing Board, but I’m losing confidence in them now.
      “Robert Smith saying the fight was close – there’s not one other person, promoter, journalist, broadcaster, fight fan who even had it remotely close.
      “For him to say the fight was close, it just sickens me.
      “I don’t know what fight he was watching, we all saw the reaction ringside from the promoters, from Sky, from the commentators. It’s just sickening.”
      He added: “You heard Robert Smith then say the decision isn’t going to be overturned.
      “That was something I’ve worked for for 18 years – for my family, for my legacy.
      “It was life-changing what would’ve come off the back of that – huge PPV fights. It’s all just been dragged from underneath me now.
      “I find myself now back down the pecking order, back in square one, where I was two/three years ago, not knowing what the future holds.”
      Catterall, who dropped super-lightweight world champion Taylor, lost on a split decisionCredit: Getty
      Catterall continued: “I think there’s a lot of incompetence in boxing and how it’s regulated. And I also do believe there’s some kind of corruption.
      “I’m not quite sure where it’s coming from right now. I’ve got a lawyer working with us and hopefully we’ll get some kind of justice.
      “It’s never gonna bring back Saturday night, but something needs to be done, somebody needs to find out where the corruption is coming from and how we can get rid of it from the sport.
      “Boxing is run by dinosaurs, nothing’s changed over the last 50/100 years.
      “We’ve seen it in fights before that we’ve all watched and said, ‘The wrong man got the decision.’
      “They said, ‘Oh, we’ll have an investigation.’ Nothing has ever come from it and it can’t keep happening.” More

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      Anthony Joshua and Tyson Fury called out by UFC star Greg Hardy who wants to ‘SLAP’ boxing superstars in crossover bouts

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      UFC star Greg Hardy is eyeing lucrative boxing bouts with Anthony Joshua and Tyson Fury.The former NFL star is currently cutting his teeth in the heavyweight division of mixed martial arts’ premier promotion.
      Ex-NFL star Greg Hardy is currently competing in the UFCCredit: Getty Images – Getty
      Hardy wants to test himself against former unified heavyweight champ Anthony JoshuaCredit: THE SUN
      Hardy also has his sights set on a future showdown with WBC heavyweight champ Tyson FuryCredit: GETTY
      But the super athlete has ambitions of crossing over into boxing and facing the likes of Joshua, Fury and former WBC heavyweight champ Deontay Wilder.
      When asked about a potential code switch at the UFC 272 media day, former defensive end Hardy said: “It’s happening, bro.
      “After this fight, I’m definitely [going to] try to pursue some boxing.
      “But still doing MMA because that gold is in my mind and in my heart.
      “I’m not ready for Tyson Fury yet, but Anthony Joshua – I would love to get in there and slap them boys up.”
      Hardy is also down to throw hands with disgraced drugs cheat Jarrell Miller.
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      He roared: “Even big Baby Miller, man!”
      The hard-hitting Hardy first revealed his eagerness to box in December 2020, saying: “After I get done shutting this down, handling my MMA business, I want to venture into the boxing realm.
      “I’m trying to holler at Dana [White].
      “Hopefully, we can get some fights in the Zuffa Boxing world, Top Rank, Al Haymon.
      Greg Hardy has to return to the win column before he can think about boxingCredit: USA TODAY Sports
      “Somebody come holler at this dude because I definitely want to go over there and knock out ‘The Gypsy King,’ make light work of that English cat Joshua, or whatever it is.
      “Cry-baby Bomber.’ We’ll knock all those guys out, man.
      “Of course, you know I’m going to work for it.
      “It’s an aspiration I think will come true real fast, and I can’t wait for it.”
      Before Hardy can think about setting foot inside the boxing ring, he must return to the win column this weekend at UFC 272 – where he’ll lock horns with Sergey Spivak. More

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      Tyson Fury vs Dillian Whyte tickets sell out in just 90 minutes as Brits scramble to watch huge world title fight

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      TYSON FURY’S big night at the Home of Football sold out in 90 minutes.But the Gypsy King reckons he did not need to deliver a big sales pitch to shift Wembley tickets — even though heavyweight rival Dillian Whyte is staying silent.
      Tyson Fury will defend his WBC belt against Dillian Whyte on April 23 at WembleyCredit: Getty
      Whyte failed to turn up to Tuesday’s Wembley press conference but fans weren’t put off, with tickets selling out in 90 minutesCredit: Getty
      Fury’s mandatory challenger for the WBC belt failed to show for Tuesday’s press conference — but there was not a single seat left in the 90,000-seat arena after frantic buying on Wednesday.
      The April 23 clash will be Fury’s first in England since 2018 and the 6ft 9in star reckons they could have packed out the national stadium without any of his pre-fight theatrics.
      Manchester’s world champ, 33, said: “I don’t think this fight needed selling.
      “Whyte has been very vocal in the past about how he hates me and I am a coward.
      “He said I would never fight him and the rest of the division has been running scared from him for years.
      “So now he has his chance to stand up and show if he is a real contender — and not just a pretender.

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      “He’s going to try and smash my face, I will try  to smash his face — what’s there for the fans not to  like? This won’t go past six rounds because I am going all out for the people who are turning up or watching on BT Sport.”
      Promoter Frank Warren put up a world-record purse bid of £30million to secure the right to host the fight.
      But he revealed years of being hounded on the streets about Fury’s overdue return to the UK meant he knew he was betting on a sure thing.
      He said: “This is what we — the British fans — wanted.
      “Everywhere I have been going, all I have been getting asked is, ‘When is Tyson fighting back in the UK?’
      “That is the one question I get asked all the time and it has driven me crazy. But now it is here, he is back, the man is back in town.”
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      Dillian Whyte savagely trolls Tyson Fury’s promoters on Instagram after refusing to show up for Wembley press conference

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      DILLIAN WHYTE has trolled Tyson Fury’s promoters on Instagram after refusing to show up to Tuesday’s Wembley press conference.The WBC heavyweight world title challenger instead decided to stay in his training camp in Portugal ahead of their April 23 blockbuster.
      Dillian Whyte did not turn up to Tuesday’s press conferenceCredit: GETTY
      Tyson Fury went face-to-face with Whyte’s faceCredit: GETTY
      The 33-year-old WBC champ says he’s retiring after the April 23 Wembley blockbusterCredit: GETTY
      Promoter Frank Warren slammed Whyte’s decision as ‘disgraceful and unprofessional’ and Fury came up with a new nickname for his opponent.
      But ‘FRILLIAN WHYTE KNICKERS’, as Fury now calls him, has decided to troll promoters Top Rank on Instagram.
      Replying to Top Rank’s promotion of the press conference, Whyte said: “Naaaaaaaaa. Giggidy giggidy. Hahahahahhahahaha.”
      Whyte will pick up a basic purse of £6million just for the fight but could pick up bonuses should he topple the WBC champ Fury.
      And it appears win or lose, April’s Wembley blockbuster will be Fury’s last.
      The 33-year-old announced he would RETIRE after the fight and be happy with ‘£150m in the bank.’
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      He said: “This is the final fight of my career. I am retiring after this.
      “I’ll have £150m in the bank, still be healthy, young and good-looking.
      “I am going to buy a massive yacht abroad to go with the super-cars and properties I have all over the world.
      “I am going to sit back with a hot blonde and a pina colada thinking ‘you know what, I f***ing made it. Boom!’
      “I’ll sling some baby oil on and get a tan, that’s what world champions do.” More

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      ‘Big stack of dough’ – Anthony Joshua reveals how much he demanded to step aside for Usyk to fight Tyson Fury next

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      ANTHONY JOSHUA has revealed it would have taken ‘hundreds of millions’ for him to step aside and allow Tyson Fury to face Oleksandr Usyk next.The two-time heavyweight world champion is preparing for his rematch against the unbeaten Ukrainian after being outpointed in September.
      Anthony Joshua has revealed it would have taken a nine-figure sum for him to have walked away from a rematch against Oleksandr UsykCredit: PA
      Tyson Fury was keen on facing Usyk ahead of Joshua in an undisputed title dust-upCredit: PA
      Joshua, 32, is aiming to fight Usyk in May, with promoter Eddie Hearn revealing he wants the bout to take place in the UK.
      Though The Cat has cast doubt over when the rematch will take place after joining the fight on the frontline for Ukraine and declaring he is ready to KILL Russian invaders.
      Joshua has shown his support for Usyk and Ukraine and hopes the two countries find peace.
      And he has also opened up on the stepaside talks that took place, with Fury desperate for his compatriot to give up a shot at winning back his WBA. WBO and IBF titles so he could fight Usyk in an undisputed dust-up.
      But the Gypsy King and AJ couldn’t reach an agreement, with the latter only interested in walking away if he received a nine-figure sum.
      He told iFL TV: “I asked them for a big stack of dough which I knew they wouldn’t be able to get.
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      “If they did get it I would have considered it but they didn’t get it.
      “I’m focused on the Oleksandr Usyk rematch. If it was hundreds of millions, I’d have been like, ‘yeah, let’s look at it’ but it wasn’t.
      “I want to fight and the money will come if I go out there and win.
      “Money comes with success so I’d rather do what I can do in the ring, get revenge and get the belts back.”
      Joshua has also revealed how he wants his rival Dillian Whyte to beat Fury in their WBC title clash at Wembley on April 23.
      He remarked: “It’s a good opponent [for Fury], it’s a good [title] defence against Dillian Whyte.
      “Dillian Whyte needs to come in, look at what Tyson Fury does and reacts to, and do the complete opposite. Maybe work the body, and be conditioned to go the distance.

      “But I hope Dillian trains hard [and] doesn’t underestimate Tyson. Because it’s his first shot for Dillian, I think he’ll be hungry, do you know what I mean?
      “This ain’t like his tenth time fighting for a title, you can have a little hiccup along the way. This is his first time fighting for the title.
      “I’m rooting for Dillian, even though I hate him, and I want to smash him one of these days. Go on Dillian, I’m with you all the way.” More

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      ‘I’d eat him in a beef sandwich’ – Tyson Fury clears up feud with UFC star Conor McGregor after Twitter spat

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      TYSON FURY says he would ‘eat Conor McGregor in a beef sandwich’, just weeks after their Twitter spat.Former two-weight UFC champ McGregor and the current WBC heavyweight boxing king Fury randomly had it out on social media.
      Tyson Fury says he would ‘eat Conor McGregor ins a beef sandwich’Credit: Getty
      Conor McGregor accused Fury of not sticking up for his friend Tom SaundersCredit: PA
      Fury now claims the row was just a ‘publicity stunt’ explaining that he and McGregor could never fall out for real.
      Speaking at a press conference announcing his next fight against Dillian Whyte, the Gypsy King said: “Beef? Man’s 10 stone [I’m] 20 stone behave yourselves, only beef we would have is me eating him in a beef sandwich.
      “[It was a] bit of a publicity stunt. Super Bowl weekend, all eyes on us.”
      The ‘beef’ started when Fury shared a picture of McGregor’s rival Khabib Nurmagomedov and praised the retired Russian fighter.
      Fury posted: “This man did it right. Got in and won and got out on top. Big respect.”
      McGregor, who lost his grudge match with Khabib in 2018, responded by slamming Fury for not stepping in when Billy Joe Saunders’ dad was shoved by security after his son’s scrap with Canelo last year.
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      McGregor said: “Yup the Joyces. Big Joe! U bottled it with Billy joe Da, what were you doing there?”.
      The 33-year-old has since deleted the tweet.
      Fury then responded saying: “Come back when u win a fight mush, & the difference in me & you is I don’t get myself in trouble & people actually like me, your just a bully who hit old man.”
      McGregor then replied: “Oh no people don’t like me what will I ever do hahahahaaha idiot. You are just a little r** licker bro. That’s all. You stood there while your friends father was being attacked and done nothing.”
      Fury stopped short of continuing this argument on.
      But recently he commented on an old video clip of him praising the Notorious and saying: “It’s all good, we forget it.
      McGregor responded: “Fair play Tyson. God bless ya mate.”
      The pair appear to have patched up their differences More

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      ‘We’re ready to die’ – Heavyweight boxing legend and Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko issues rally cry to Ukraine soldiers

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      VITALI KLITSCHKO – heavyweight boxing legend turned Kyiv Mayor and front-line soldier – is willing to die fighting Ukraine’s battle against the Russian invasion.The 50-year-old has taken up arms alongside younger brother and fellow ex-world champ Wladimir and will only leave his capital city victorious or dead.
      The Klitschko brothers are prepared to die to defend their countryCredit: AP
      Vitali Klitschko has already taken up arms to defend his city KyivCredit: Not known, clear with picture desk
      Heavyweight world champion Oleksandr Usyk (centre,right) will also fight to defend UkraineCredit: Instagram @andrii_nebytov
      “I am very proud to see how patriotic people are,” he told CNN . “We’re not interested in how strong the Russian army is, we’re ready to fight.
      “And we’re ready to die for our home country and for our families, because it’s our home.
      “It’s our future and somebody wants to come to our home and steal our future from us.”
      When asked how long he thinks his makeshift army can hold off Vladimir Putin’s marauding brutes, he admitted his own mortality is part of the equation.
      “I’m not ready to give you a clear answer,” he said. “So long, such a long time – if we’re still alive”.
      Klitschko’s compatriot and current WBA, IBF and WBO heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk has also taken up arms and revealed he is ready to kill invaders who threaten his people.
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      The incredible resilience and commitment is something Klitschko is fiercely proud of.
      “We stayed in front of one of the strongest armies in the world,” he added.
      “The will to be independent is the main priority for us. And we’re defending our families, our city, our country and our future.”
      And the powerhouse who lost to Lennox Lewis in 2003 – nicknamed Dr Ironfirst – revealed it is not just millionaire sportstmen who are valiantly standing their ground.
      “There is a huge patriotic movement right now,” he said.
      “Old people, can you imagine? doctors, actors, actors from the theatre, many professions that never had no expectation to fight, to keep weapons.
      “But right now they are coming to us, they’re ready to fight. It’s amazing.” More