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MOLLY-MAE HAGUE has revealed she has barely seen boyfriend Tommy Fury as he prepares for his fight with Jake Paul.Fury’s training camp is based in Morecambe – a 90 minute drive from the couple’s home in Manchester.
Molly-Mae Hague made Tommy Fury a surprise visit as she has missed him over the last few weeks
Tommy Fury has been in training with world champion brother TysonCredit: Instagram
Molly-Mae posted a YouTube video on Thursday describing how much she misses her partner.
She said she has been feeling stressed and sad without him, adding that it has been “crap” living alone.
And due to the distance between the pair they have not slept in the same bed for a month.
Unable to bear the discomfort of not seeing Fury, Molly-Mae took a trip up the motorway.
She wanted to surprise him by stopping for a fly-by visit.
And though the couple were delighted to see one another when Molly-Mae arrived, Fury revealed it was not the surprise she was aiming for.

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He said he had been expecting her visit before telling Molly-Mae that he loves her.
The Love Island star also revealed how proud she was of her boyfriend for his hard work over the last few weeks.
Fury has been aided in his preparation by brother Tyson, who warned Tommy that he would lose his right to the family name if he lost to Paul on December 18.
Paul reacted to Tyson’s involvement by mocking his opponent, before revealing he would have internet star Hasbullah in his corner for the bout.
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TYSON Fury’s wife Paris has spoken about how her husband “died three times” after being born seven weeks premature.Mum-of-six Paris revealed that the boxing champ was named after Mike Tyson for his fighting spirit while in hospital as a newborn.
Paris Fury has claimed that her husband Tyson ‘died three times’ after being born seven weeks prematureCredit: Getty Images – Getty
The sports star was named after Mike Tyson for his fighting spirit as a newbornCredit: Getty Images – Getty
Speaking on the Parenting Hell podcast, the 31-year-old shared: “He was born seven weeks premature.
“He was really premature. He died three times in the incubators. His mum had a real bad time when she had him.
“They said to him… he’s a fighter. That’s how he got the name Tyson. His brothers all got old fashioned traditional names but he was named after Mike Tyson.
“It’s an amazing story. A lot of people think that Tyson’s name isn’t his real namebut his name all his life was Tyson Luke Fury.”
During the same podcast, Paris revealed the reason she and Tyson named all their boys Prince – and their adorable nickname for baby Tyson.
The pair are parents to Venezuela, 12, Prince John James, nine, Prince Tyson II, four, Valencia, three, and Athena, who was born in August.

Recalling the birth of Prince Tyson II and discussing her naming process, Paris said: “I was high on the gas and air! [I said] We’ve got to call him Prince. So we’ve got Prince, Tyson and Adonis, but they are all Prince.” 
But, admitting that it felt “surreal” to call little Tyson by his name, Paris added: “For a long while he got [called] Tutti. Now we’ve got to stop that. Eventually he is going to turn into a big guy and Tutti isn’t right.” 
Boxer Tyson, 33, who’s known as The Gypsy King, previously opened up about the names – but he had a much simpler reason behind them. He said: “I’m a king and they’re princes until they earn their rightful name.”
Earlier this year, just a day after he and Paris welcomed Athena, Tyson revealed she’d been taken into intensive care.
He wrote on Instagram: “Massive thanks for all the messages and support.
“The baby is in a stable position and doing well – hopefully she comes out of ICU today. Please keep baby Athena in your prayers. Paris is doing great. God bless.”
Paris later told how Athena was born with a fast heartbeat of 300 beats a minute as well as lots of other complications.
She told OK! magazine: “They put her on tablets to slow her heart down and when they took her off the tube, they thought it was going to be normal. But I think the accumulation of sedatives, painkillers, beta blockers for her heart and everything was just too much.
“She was in my arms and she stopped breathing and became completely unresponsive. Her heart rate was fading away – she was dying in my arms.
“They took her off me, put her on the table and resuscitated her. Tyson came running in. It was horrific. They managed to get her heart going and everything stabilised.”
Paris revealed the reason all her boys share the same name
They welcomed baby Athena earlier this year
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TYSON FURY wants to return as early as February and will decide his next opponent when Oleksandr Usyk’s future is determined. Fury’s promoter Bob Arum has admitted fighting Usyk for the undisputed title is their preferred option.
Frank Warren, Tyson Fury and Bob ArumCredit: Reuters
Anthony Joshua after defeat to Oleksandr UsykCredit: Richard Pelham / The Sun
But after Anthony Joshua’s defeat to the Ukrainian, the Brit chose to invoke his right to an immediate rematch.
Arum is still hopeful AJ can be convinced to step aside and allow Fury to face Usyk, but will look Dillian Whyte’s way in the likely case that is not possible.
The promoter told reporters in Las Vegas: ”Here’s the story, the ball now is in Joshua’s court.
“Joshua can step aside and let Usyk fight Fury. Joshua can say no, I’ve gotta fight Usyk, and I’ve got a contract.
“So once Joshua decides, if he decides he’s going to fight Usyk, then Fury looks around for an opponent.
“I talked to him today, and if Whyte is reasonable, as far as his money, happy to fight him. If not, we’ll fight Joe Joyce.”

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Joshua, 32, is expected to rematch Usyk, 34, by April with talks to officially finalise it due to begin.
Meanwhile Fury, 33, has been linked with Whyte, also 33, who is the WBC ‘interim’ champion and in turn the mandatory challenger.
But his existing legal case against the WBC, aimed to force his overdue title shot, actually prevented him from being ordered to challenge for the belt.
Arum has stated that even without being mandated by the WBC, Whyte could still fight Fury, instead on a voluntary basis.
And the legendary promoter revealed the unbeaten Gypsy King wants to return in no later than four months’ time.
He said: “I spoke to Tyson Fury – he wants to fight again by the end of February, no later than the first week or so in March. That will happen.”
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TERENCE CRAWFORD said his friendship with Shawn Porter went on hold the moment they signed to fight – and he’s now ‘trying to knock his head off’. The 34-year-old welterweight pair meet in Las Vegas over the weekend, with Crawford defending his WBO title and unbeaten record.
Terence Crawford ahead of his fight with Shawn PorterCredit: Getty Images – Getty
It is no secret the pair enjoyed mutual respect for each other and are even friends, who go back a long way.
But that has all been put to one side, as Crawford told Sky Sports: “It was gone when we signed the contract.
“I don’t have to disrespect him or talk bad about him. But we both know.
“There are no friends in the ring. The guy across from you is trying to knock your head off. I’m trying to knock his head off.”
In the build-up, former two-time champion Porter claimed previous chances to make the fight had been rebuffed.
But Crawford responded: “No, that’s not true. The truth of the matter is that when they asked me for the fight it was just talk, there was no offer.
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“Then when Top Rank offered them the fight, they turned it down because they wanted more money.
“Then me and Shawn talked on the phone and he asked me what I thought about a potential fight with him.
“I told him that if I couldn’t get the Manny Pacquiao fight then we would revisit it. I didn’t get the Pacquiao fight – we’re here.”
Crawford, who has won titles in three divisions, has beaten the likes of Amir Khan, 34, and Kell Brook, 35, in recent years.
But he admitted only time will tell if Porter, who has never been stopped with only three career defeats, will be his fiercest rival.
Crawford said: “We’ll have to see if this is the toughest fight of my career.
There are no friends in the ring. The guy across from you is trying to knock your head off. I’m trying to knock his head off.Terence Crawford on Shawn Porter
“I’ve been faced with a lot of people who thought the past couple of fights would be the toughest. But we don’t know until we step in the ring.
“I don’t tend to listen but I do take heed because it means I won’t overlook anything.
“I believe, deep down in my heart, that there are a lot of things I haven’t shown yet because I didn’t have to show it at that point.
“There are skills I haven’t had to display. Maybe Porter can bring those out. There is more to come. I am getting better.
“I expect Shawn to be Shawn – I can’t stress enough how talented he is. He likes to box, he likes to bang, he likes to brawl.
“We will be ready for everything.”
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EDDIE HEARN has claimed Tyson Fury’s promotional team want an ‘outrageous’ 80 per cent split of the purse to fight Dillian Whyte. Whyte is currently the WBC ‘interim’ champion which in turn makes him the mandatory challenger.
Eddie Hearn claimed Tyson Fury want an 80 per cent split of the purse to fight Dillian WhyteCredit: Mark Robinson Matchroom Boxing
Tyson Fury is the current WBC heavyweight championCredit: Getty
But his existing legal case against the governing body, to speed up his long overdue shot at the title, has actually prevented him from being mandated.
If he was to be ordered to fight Fury, and a deal between opposing promoters cannot be agreed, it would go to purse bids.
The highest bidder would win the right to the fight, and Hearn believes the WBC would determine the fairest split.
He told iFL TV: “The purses are almost secondary to the fight being ordered. The interim champion can receive up to 45 percent of a purse split.
“And I believe that the purse should be at those kinds of levels. We have seen Top Rank talking about 20 percent to Whyte which is outrageous.
“But I think something that should be left to the WBC, the problem is time. We need to move forward but we are confident that it will be a ruling that is fair to Whyte.
“I think it is closing in and we would like to make that fight in the early part of next year.”

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Whyte, 33, is technically a free agent but boxes under Hearn’s Matchroom banner on a fight-by-fight basis.
Whereas Fury, 33, is promoted by Frank Warren and Bob Arum’s American Top Rank company.
Whyte would likely be represented by Hearn in talks, which could need the opposing teams and TV networks to work together.
But the promoter has also admitted he would be happy to let the heavyweight contender fight on Fury’s terms.
That would be on a Warren and Arum card, with BT Box Office favourites to televise it, opposed to with Hearn on sports streaming service DAZN.

But the Matchroom boss reckons both fighters will go where the money is, opening up a bidding war.
Hearn said: “I don’t think Tyson Fury is going to care who promotes the fight.
“That is why I believe a purse bid is probably the most likely scenario here, I don’t think Fury is going to care if Bob Arum promotes it.
“He will just be thinking whoever puts up the most money, and if I am fighter in this scenario I would just be looking to see who puts the most money up for the fight.
“But I have no problem with Dillian fighting on another promoter’s show at all, and we will be with him promoting him and behind him but he wants to do it on a Matchroom show.”
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