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      UFC supremo Dana White says rapper 50 Cent kick-started negotiations for Conor McGregor to fight Mayweather

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      RAPPER 50 Cent kick-started the negotiations for Floyd Mayweather to fight UFC legend Conor McGregor.The two mavericks met in a blockbuster crossover bout in August 2017, with Money Mayweather winning by 10th round stoppage.
      50 Cent kick-started the negotiations for Floyd Mayweather to fight Conor McGregorCredit: Getty – Contributor
      UFC boss Dana White helped promote the 2017 crossover eventCredit: USA TODAY Sports
      It marked an end to months of build-up and trash-talking between the pair, with the event gripping both fighting codes.
      But UFC president Dana White revealed a chance meeting with 50 Cent – a long-time friend of Mayweather’s – was the catalyst for the super-fight taking place.
      White told ESPN: “When the demand is there. I felt the demand for McGregor vs Mayweather, felt it, I knew it would be big, so we started talking.
      “I bumped into 50 Cent in New York, and he said, ‘Floyd wants to fight your boy.’ I said, ‘My boy who?’
      “He’s like, ‘The Irish kid.’ And I’m like, ‘He’ll kill him,’ because I’m thinking MMA.
      “He said, ‘We’ll box him.’ I said, ‘You guys are crazy.’
      “He said, ‘He’s serious. I’ll call him right now.’

      “And then that’s how it all really got started. And then everywhere I went, it was all anybody asked me about.
      “Then once I started to really feel it, that’s when I started to take it serious, and I made an offer.”
      After Mayweather beat McGregor on the Irishman’s boxing debut he officially retired from the sport.
      He returned at the end of 2018 for an exhibition bout against Japanese kickboxer Tenshin Nasukawa in Tokyo.
      Last year, the 44-year-old announced he is ‘coming out of retirement in 2020’ to work on a ‘spectacular event’ with White.
      UFC boss White revealed: “We both started talking. The easiest way to explain it to you is Floyd and I both feel that we add value to each other, and we’re going to figure something out.
      “Some things have to play out, and then I’m going to start talking to [Mayweather’s advisor Al] Haymon maybe this summer and then I’ll have something for Floyd in the fall.
      “We can do some crossover stuff here or we can do something in boxing.

      “Our last experience, Floyd was actually pretty easy to deal with. Haymon is incredible to deal with.
      “Floyd and I got a handshake deal at the basketball game, and we’ll get the rest figured out.”
      Mayweather recently refused to rule out a second fight against McGregor – but he has stated the bout wouldn’t take place in the Octagon.

      Mayweather claimed he is coming out of retirement to work with WhiteCredit: Splash News
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      Watch Kid Galahad lose world title in first defence as Brit stunned in violent KO loss to Spanish slugger Kiko Martinez

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      KID GALAHAD lost his IBF featherweight title after suffering a ruthless knockout to violent Spanish slugger Kiko Martinez.The veteran – now of 55 fights – had lost on six of his seven previous visits to the UK, against stars like Josh Warrington, Scott Quigg, Carl Frampton and Rendall Munroe.
      Spanish slugger Kiko Martinez is the new IBF featherweight championCredit: PA
      He knocked out Kid Galahad for the belt in SheffieldCredit: PA

      But he made up for the misery by starching the 31-year-old hometown favourite with identical right hooks at the very end of the fifth and start of the fifth.
      Galahad, in just his second defence, was coasting into a wide lead when he was smacked with just 10 seconds of the fifth remaining.
      He recovered after an eight count and got a minute to recuperate but it was all over just six seconds into the sixth when 35-year-old Martinez unleashed an identical shot and was crowned world champion.
      Galahad, real name Barry Awad, won his red world title in August in promoter Eddie Hearn’s Essex garden.
      So Saturday night was supposed to be a proud homecoming for the local lad forged in Sheffield’s legendary Ingle gym.
      Hyper-dedicated Galahad, who is in bed at 7pm every night, looked on the cusp of a very early night against the respected Spaniard.

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      After switching stace a couple of times in the first round, a precise shot or two clipped Martinez’s skull and he seemed to stiffen and stagger but managed to recover quickly.
      The Alicante brawler tried to make it a dog fight as early as the second but ice-cool Galahad kept the fight at range and picked him off at distance.
      When Martinez and his goatee beard lunged in with hooks, the Brit pivoted out of danger and countered crisply.
      Martinez, giving away height and reach advantages, was trying to barrel his way through Galahad’s guard but the champ was too quick and clever to be breached.
      Galahad needed to strip off to make weight on Friday but only showed off his naked ambition to unify the 9st division with his third round display.
      Martinez could not handle the befuddling switch hitting ambidextrous Galahad has mastered after years of practice in the Wincobank gym Brendan Ingle created.
      By the start of the fourth, Martinez’s right eye was pink and grazed as Galahad played matador over the bullish yet bamboozled visitor.
      Growing in confidence, Galahad landed a couple of adventurous uppercuts but Martinez continued dipping forwards and slashing away unsuccessfully.
      And the knowledgeable Sheffield arena crowd roared when the local lad produced some dazzling defensive footwork to evade an attack when it seemed he was backed into a corner.
      Then it all went wrong in sensational fashion.
      With Galahad coasting, Martinez landed a brilliant right hook that collapsed the heavy favourite into the floor.
      The Qatar-born ace needed eight to recover and then the bell went to end the session.
      Trainer Dominic Ingle had 60 seconds to help his man recover and cling on to his title.
      But as soon as he walked back out he was demolished with a magnificent punch that shattered him into the floor.
      The referee waved the bout off without even thinking about a count and the medical staff dived in instantly to make Galahad could get oxygen.
      Thankfully he rose to his feet and walked back to his corner for emergency care while Martinez was able to celebrate a wonderful win for the old warhorse.
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      Watch Terri Harper take sickening right hand as her world title reign is ended by Alycia Baumgardner

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      TERRI HARPER’S world title reign was ended by a sickening right hand from Alycia Baumgardner.The 25-year-old Yorkshire lass lost her WBC super-featherweight title inside four Sheffield rounds when the American stunned her with a peach of a shot.
      Alycia Baumgardner is the new world champion after beating Terri HarperCredit: PA

      The Denaby heroine returned after a year out with injury but was blown out by the 27-year-old Ohio ace.
      Baumgardner arrived ready to play the villain, starting off with a low lead hand and insulting the fans’ favourite.
      The American challenger was clearly seen from ringside calling the 25-year-old a “b****” inside the ropes but, once Harper settled back into the hurt business, she punished her for her rudeness with a couple of rapid combinations.
      But the second turned the fight quickly as Harper was rocked by a handful of big shots and buzzed by Baumgardner bombs.
      The Brit even hit the deck at the end of the worst barrage but the referee did not rule it a knockdown as she appeared to be bundled down illegally.
      Harper recovered in time for the third and enjoyed a more even round but Baumgardner’s brilliant jab, always whipped up from her glittering sequin shorts, regularly found Harper’s nose.

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      And the fight was over almost as soon as the fourth started, as Harper’s whole body stiffened following a sickening thud.
      One brutal right hand robbed Harper of all of her senses and referee Mark Lyson did a brilliant job diving in to save her.
      The crowd was stunned into silence and then boos as Harper struggled to recover and Baumgardner rightfully tried to celebrate in front of a hostile crowd.
      Baumgardner’s elated team almost caused a riot inside the arena by goading Harper’s gutted and concerned crowd.
      But the locals relaxed when they saw Harper had recovered from the devastating blow and are already looking forward to her bouncing back in the rematch she is entitled to.
      When asked how it sounded to be announced as the world’s newest champion, Baumgardner said: “It sounds good! 
      “I dreamed of this moment, I put it in my head, looked in the mirror every day and told myself I could be world champion. 
      “My confidence was at 100 per cent and I didn’t see that in her.”
      Eddie Hearn says Canelo’s next fight could be at light-heavyweight vs Dmitry Bivol or an epic Gennady Golovkin trilogy More

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      Canelo’s next fight could be at light-heavyweight vs Dmitry Bivol or an epic Gennady Golovkin trilogy, says Eddie Hearn

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      EDDIE HEARN revealed Canelo Alvarez could fight light-heavyweight Dmitry Bivol next or Gennady Golovkin in a trilogy bout. Canelo recently knocked out American Caleb Plant to add the IBF title which was missing from his super-middleweight collection.
      Canelo Alvarez beat Gennady Golovkin in their 2018 rematch and the pair could face off againCredit: Getty Images – Getty
      WBA light-heavyweight champion Dmitry BivolCredit: Mark Robinson Matchroom Boxing
      Now as undisputed champion, talk has turned to what could be next for the Mexican superstar, who has won titles in FOUR divisions.
      Canelo, 31, is also a free agent and returned to Showtime pay-per-view to beat Plant, 29, having fought on DAZN for his six prior bouts.
      Three of them were on a short-term deal with Hearn, who will now be one of several offering his services to promote Alvarez’s return next year.
      He told iFL TV: “We’re going to go to him and say, ‘Here are our three or four options.’
      “PBC is going to say, ‘Here are our three or four options,’ and somebody else is probably going to put three or four options out there.
      “He’s going to look at the deal and decide which one he wants to do.

      “I think the GGG fight is going to be such a big fight, and there’s going to be an announcement about him very soon.
      “He’s got a big unification fight coming up. The GGG verses Canelo fight is a massive fight and probably the biggest money fight out there for Canelo.
      “But he’s got enough money. It’s not just about who pays the most money, and it’s got to be a fight that motivates him.”
      Canelo was fortunate to draw with bitter rival Golovkin, 39, in 2017 and won the rematch in contentious fashion a year later.
      He has since moved up in weight, even winning the WBO light-heavyweight title in 2019 against Sergey Kovalev, 39.
      But Canelo has since settled back down at super-middleweight, while GGG stayed at middleweight.
      The Kazakh danger man unifies his IBF title against Ryota Murata’s WBA version in Japan on December 29.
      ‘UNDISPUTED AT 175 ASWELL’
      Canelo has warned Golovkin would need to come up to super-middleweight if they are to complete their trilogy series.
      But Hearn can see the pound-for-pound No1 going back up to light-heavyweight to challenge heavy-hitters Bivol, 30, and Artur Beterbiev, 36.
      He said: “I think he can become undisputed at 175 as well.
      “You’ve got Dimitry Bivol; I think he’d be a favourite in that fight, Joe Smith Jr and Beterbiev is an absolute all-out war.
      “Maybe he decides, but with Canelo, it’s sort of about having a plan for a new challenge, and maybe Golovkin presents that, or maybe it doesn’t, or maybe he wants to crack on to 175.
      “Maybe he wants to fight [David] Benavidez. He’ll decide.”
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      Jake Paul makes outlandish claim about Mike Tyson, Muhammad Ali and Floyd Mayweather ahead of Tommy Fury fight

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      JAKE PAUL says no fighter – not even Muhammad Ali – has ‘tested themselves as much’ in their fourth professional bout as him.The YouTuber, 24, faces boxer-turned-reality TV star Tommy Fury in Florida next month.
      Jake Paul pictured with heavyweight legend Mike TysonCredit: Social Media – Refer
      Jake Paul says even Floyd Mayweather couldn’t match his record after three pro fightsCredit: AFP
      Paul has previously knocked out ex-NBA star Nate Robinson, 37, retired UFC welterweight Ben Askren, also 37, and ex-UFC champion Tyron Woodley, 39, to go 3-0 as a professional.
      He also beat online rival ‘AnEsonGib’ in an amateur bout.
      Now, in Fury, he faces a professional boxer for the first time in their December 18 PPV bout… and claims that makes his early career stands up alongside some of the sweet science’s all-time greats
      He said: “Nobody from Muhammad Ali to Mike Tyson to Floyd Mayweather was testing themselves as much as I was in my fourth fight.
      “I learned a lot about myself and what I’m capable of and performing under pressure.
      “I look forward to bringing that experience to my next fight.”

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      Fury will be Paul’s first opponent with prior professional boxing experience, but Askren and Woodley were both former MMA champions.
      In Mayweather’s fourth fight, he beat Edgar Ayala – who later lost three more times before retiring 0-4.
      Tyson knocked out Ricardo Spain, who was 1-0 at the time, in his fourth fight.
      Fury is more experienced at 7-0, but has fought only journeyman opposition, a regularity for most novice boxers.
      And Paul, entering his third consecutive pay-per-view headliner, believes his opponent’s inexperience on the big stage will be his downfall.
      He said: “Tommy claims to have been doing this his whole life and he’s had this amateur career, and he’s been around it and that is true, but he hasn’t worked as hard as me.

      “I see a green guy who hasn’t sparred enough times and who has only been put in there with opponents that were meant to lose.
      “This is his first real test where his opponent just doesn’t flop over. You’re going to see that.
      “You’re going to see a fighter who is a virgin, in my opinion. He has no idea what he’s getting himself into.
      “This is his first time under the big lights and on the big stage, and he’s going to crack under the pressure.”
      Tommy Fury fights Jake Paul on December 18Credit: Getty More

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      ‘He’s not hearing that eighth bell ring’ – Jake Paul makes Tommy Fury fight prediction and says rival is ‘going to fade’

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      JAKE PAUL predicted Tommy Fury will ‘fade’ in their fight and claimed: ‘He’s not hearing that eighth bell ring’. The celebrity fighting rivals have signed and confirmed their December 18 grudge match in Florida, over eight rounds.
      Jake Paul said Tommy Fury is ‘not hearing that eighth bell ring’Credit: Getty
      Tommy Fury fights Jake Paul on December 18Credit: Getty
      Paul beat ex-UFC champion Tyron Woodley over the same distance in August, the night Fury won against his sparring partner Anthony Taylor in a four-rounder.
      But the 2019 Love Island star has never been past that four round distance in his seven fights.
      Paul said: “I will TKO him in the later rounds. He hasn’t had a fight past four rounds so I think he’ll be gassed.
      “I think this will be the first time he’s getting punched in the face by someone who can actually hit and is the same weight as him.
      “He’s always fought smaller guys with losing records. So I think he’s going to fade. I know he’s going to fade.
      “It’s just what round? Fifth? Sixth? Seventh? Maybe I knock him out in the last ten seconds of the eighth.

      “But he’s not hearing that eighth bell ring. I’ve got $500,000 on the line, and when he loses, he has to change his name to Tommy Fumbles.
      “He accepted it, so we’ll see what happens.”
      Fury, 22, is more experienced at 7-0, but Paul, 24, is entering his third consecutive pay-per-view headliner.
      Before beating Woodley, 39, he knocked out YouTuber ‘AnEsonGib’, ex-NBA player Nate Robinson, 37, and retired UFC welterweight Ben Askren, also 37.
      And despite Fury being scheduled as his first opponent with prior professional boxing experience, Paul takes confidence from his most recent win.

      He said: “It was my first real test that I passed. A UFC Champion who dominated the UFC with his big overhand right.
      “He hit me with a shot in the fourth round that was nothing. I ate it very easily and kept moving.
      “I found a way to win and passed my first test in my fourth professional fight.
      “Nobody from Muhammad Ali to Mike Tyson to Floyd Mayweather was testing themselves as much as I was in my fourth fight.
      “I learned a lot about myself and what I’m capable of and performing under pressure.
      “I look forward to bringing that experience to my next fight.”
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      Bare knuckle fighters left covered in blood after shocking footage emerges of brawl in boxing gym

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      TWO men were left covered in blood as shock footage emerged of a bare-knuckle brawl to settle a dispute. Fighters Decca Heggie and Danny Christie, both from Carlisle, fought non-stop for over ten minutes in a boxing gym.
      Decca Heggie, left, and Danny Christie after their fight
      Decca Heggie talking about the fight afterwards on social media
      And after both being left battered and bruised, they posed for a picture and shook hands.
      Former Scottish crime figure Paul Ferris, now an author, praised the two rivals for their brutal clash.
      Ferris tweeted: “Absolute respect to both Decca – Danny & The fair play folk and organizers.
      “Well done and now put it all to bed and move on. Both winners on the night.”
      The two are both former fighters, with Christie a boxer and Heggie an ex-undefeated bare-knuckle champion.
      More recently, Heggie has moved into acting and motivational speaking, even running his own YouTube channel.

      It was there the fight was shared, with over 60,000 combined views at the time of writing.
      Heggie took to social media after the scrap, and said: “Look at the gash, just wanna say big up, respect to Danny Christie.
      “Respect to everybody for watching the fight, I’m happy me and Danny can put our differences top bed now
      “Sorted it out like two fighting men, God bless.”
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      Gennady Golovkin and Ryota Murata confirm middleweight unification in Japan on December 29… in rare WEDNESDAY fight

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      GENNADY GOLOVKIN and Ryota Murata have confirmed their middleweight unification bout in Japan… in a rare WEDNESDAY fight night.Golovkin will put his IBF title on the line against Murata’s WBA version on December 29 in Saitama.
      Gennady Golovkin will fight Ryota Murata on December 29Credit: Getty Images – Getty
      Ryota Murata will welcome Gennady Golovkin to his hometownCredit: Getty
      Japan has a long history of New Year’s Eve events in martial arts, stretching back to the early 2000s.
      But Golovkin’s trip to the Far East will conclude two days shy of the landmark date on the fight calendar.
      He travels to Murata’s hometown for a midweek, Wednesday main-event, a rarity in boxing.
      GGG won the IBF title vacated by former rival Canelo Alvarez, 31, in October 2019 in a razor-thin points victory over Sergiy Derevyanchenko, 36.
      He defended it against Kamil Szeremeta, 32, in his last fight in December 2020, but has not returned since.
      Golovkin, 39, said: “I am really excited to be bringing the Big Drama Show to Japan, a country where boxing is very popular.  

      “Ryota Murata has been an outstanding champion.  It is going to be a special night when we meet in the ring to unify our titles.  
      “We are going to give the fans a great fight.”    
      Murata, 35, has a 16–2 record and has been beaten only by Hassan N’Dam, 37, and Rob Brant, 31, but won both rematches.
      He was the WBA’s ‘Regular’ champion and was later elevated to their full title with Canelo now campaigning at super-middleweight.
      Golovkin was unfortunate not to walk away with a 2017 win against Alvarez, after they drew, and contentiously lost the rematch a year later.
      Murata considers the controversial results a write off, as he set his sights on dethroning Kazakhstan’s middleweight king.
      I am really excited to be bringing the Big Drama Show to Japan. Gennady Golovkin
      He said: “I feel that my entire amateur and professional boxing career has been a preparation for this fight against Gennady Golovkin.  
      “This fight will determine my place in the middleweight division and boxing history.
      “Gennady Golovkin has long been the standard-bearer of the middleweight division. To me, he is still undefeated. I have the highest respect for him.  
      “It has been almost two years since my last fight, because of the pandemic, but I have put that time to good use, working very hard with my trainers on improving my physical conditioning and adding more power to my punches.  
      “I am so proud Japan is hosting this fight.  It is a great honour for me.”
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