Boxing

TOMMY FURY passed the first serious test of his boxing career with a win over one Scotsman and 600 Stokies.The Love Island hunk and little brother of WBC heavyweight king Tyson, who had been slammed for his previous five push-over opponents, went to Telford to take on 2-0 fellow prospect Jordan Grant.
Tommy Fury overcame the toughest test of his short career in Jordan Grant to move to 6-0Credit: PA
Molly-Mae Hague was the subject of chants from a hostile crowdCredit: PA
Fury was booed during his ring walk and after he was announced as the winnerCredit: Getty
But his biggest battle came on his walk to the ring when the giant crowd in town to watch Potteries hero Nathan Heaney turned on the handsome ace.
The sun and beer soaked crowd made up tunes about Tommy’s interest in fighting American YouTuber Jake Paul and his beautiful girlfriend Molly Mae Hague.
The kindest ones we can publish were ‘You’re scared of Jake Paul’ and the cutting ‘Your bird’s too fit for you’.
After surviving that grim stroll to the canvas Grant made a daring start, hurling a right hand that Fury evaded smoothly.
And the reality TV hunk cleverly walked him onto an uppercut later in the round when he bounced well off the ropes.
But the ruthless crowd cheered when Fury was hit for the first time in his career, getting his head jolted back by the underdog.
Fury’s jab and head movement at the start of the second were impressive and flame-haired Grant seemed to be burning out of the four-rounder.
The Scottish warrior kept marching forward, though, and he caught the celebrity sibling with a whipped left hook.
Scot Grant landed some good shots as he pushed Fury in all four roundsCredit: PA
TNT won via a unanimous decision with the referee scoring it 40-36Credit: PA

And Fury was fuming right on the third bell when Grant grazed him with an uppercut that came clearly after the ding.
At the start of the third, Fury tried to land that lead uppercut again but got a straight-right hand in the dish for his trouble.
But the mahogany-tanned ace scored with a string of shots later on when Grant recklessly barrelled at him and was punished.
In the fourth and final round, Fury kept the fight at distance and safely secured his sixth victory with the referee scoring it 40-36.
But a hard-to-please section of the 1,000 ringside fans chose to boo and get the chorus going again.
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FLOYD MAYWEATHER expects to make up to £70million from his exhibition bout with Logan Paul on Sunday night.And the American has revealed that he has already pocketed £21m for facing the YouTuber.
Floyd Mayweather is set to earn another handsome purseCredit: Alamy
Mayweather faces Logan Paul in Miami tonightCredit: Alamy
Mayweather, 44, retired from professional boxing in 2017, after his victory over Conor McGregor took him to 50-0.
He donned the gloves again for an exhibition in 2018 against kickboxer Tenshin Nasukawa in Japan, and makes his latest lucrative comeback against The Maverick in Miami.
Speaking to TMZ ahead of Sunday’s fight he said: “For the build-up so far, I’ve made something upwards of 30million (US Dollars).”
And asked if he would make more come fight night, he replied with a smile: “Of course, of course.
“(I’ll make) Between 50 and 100 (million US Dollars). Not bad for the Mayweather zone.”
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NO-WIN SITUATION
In what could be mind games, Floyd then revealed that he believes he’s in a ‘no-win zone’.
He added: “To me, it’s a win-win but I’m in a no-win because if I knock him out fast in the first round, they’re gonna be like ‘Aw man this wasn’t worth it.’
“If I let it go a few rounds and drag it out, they’re gonna be like ‘Aw man, he let a YouTuber hang in it for a few rounds’.
“But, it is what it is. We’re gonna have some fun Sunday.”

As for after the fight, Mayweather admitted that his next opponent is ‘probably Jake’.
There’s no love lost between the pair, after Floyd threatened ‘to kill’ the younger Paul brother after having his hat stolen by The Problem Child.
He continued: “After Logan, probably Jake. We don’t know. We will see.”
Jake is set to face Tyron Woodley on August 28.

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FLOYD MAYWEATHER marks his return to the ring in the most extraordinary fashion by facing YouTube sensation Logan Paul. The 50-0 boxing legend, who will be inducted into the Hall of Fame one week after fighting Paul, will lace up the gloves once more on Sunday night.
Floyd Mayweather will fight Logan Paul on June 6Credit: Rex
Floyd Mayweather and Logan Paul at their pre-fight press conferenceCredit: Rex
In a career which boats wins over Manny Pacquiao, Oscar De La Hoya, Canelo Alvarez and several others, he will somehow wind up sharing the ring with a man who spent £1.4MILLION on Pokemon cards.
This time it is not about defending belts, legacy or his unbeaten record, it is purely a means to entertain and ultimately cash in.
Mayweather, 44, and Paul, 26, have both played their part in building the pay-per-view spectacle, which most buyers will shell out for already knowing the result.
But the intrigue is undeniable for some, and the whole reason Fanmio put the wheels in motion for the unthinkable fight in the first place.
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The website, which offers fans the chance to receive personal messages from their heroes, had a pre-existing relationship with Mayweather.
That led to talks about bringing the American great back between the ropes for another exhibition.
Around the same time, Fanmio had started a relationship with Paul, who has boxed only TWICE before.
And before long, Fanmio founder and CEO Solomon Engel put plans in place to present Mayweather with his most daring PPV of all time.

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Engel told SunSport: “Floyd and I were talking about doing something, some sort of exhibition and just having conversations.
“Once I got conversations with Logan, one thing led to another. It was a lot of work for me and my team. 
“It was a long lasting relationship with Floyd, a lot of work to convince Floyd and show him this was a great opportunity. 
“We worked on that for a while and finally after a lot of time and back and forth we were able to make it happen.” 
Mayweather hung the gloves up as a professional after beating ex-UFC champion Conor McGregor, 32, in ten rounds in 2017.
But he made a brief cameo in Japan a year later, wiping out featherweight kickboxing star Tenshin Nasukawa in a similar spectacle to Sunday’s headliner.
Paul meanwhile, is winless having drawn against rival KSI in a white collar bout in 2018 before losing their rematch a year later as they turned pro.
Floyd Mayweather beat Tenshin Nasukawa in a 2018 exhibitionCredit: AFP
KSI beat Logan Paul in their 2019 rematchCredit: Getty Images – Getty
Still, with over 25.5m social media followers and 23m YouTube subscribers, the internet phenomenon remains a hot commodity in the boxing business.
And when two worlds collide in the form of boxing’s most lucrative fighter ever against an online superstar, it leaves promoters predicting only massive success.
Engel said: “We knew that this was a huge opportunity.
“We knew it was the No1 pay-per-view fighter in history going up against one of the biggest YouTubers with a massive audience.
“From the beginning we thought that it would make for a really interesting event from a numbers standpoint.
“Secondly we thought it was interesting as we know Floyd is one of the greatest boxers to ever live but he’s going up against somebody who is much heavier, much younger, much taller than him.
Logan Paul pictured training for his fight with Floyd MayweatherCredit: Instagram @loganpaul
Floyd Mayweather in sparring to fight Logan PaulCredit: Instagram @floydmayweather
“A lot of advantages Logan has. Of course, Floyd has his advantages but I think the mystery of that size difference we thought was really interesting as well.
“We didn’t know what the outcome would be, but from the start we always thought it would be a really entertaining event if we could put it together and we were able to do that.”
With Mayweather prioritising a paycheque rather than reputation, he recently admitted fighting 0-1 Logan was a ‘legalised bank robbery’.
And a huge part to play in the box office numbers will be Paul’s adoring fan base and followers – something Mayweather was initially not familiar with.
Engel revealed: “It wasn’t hard to convince him, it was more he didn’t know much about Logan so it was more having him understand how big Logan’s audience is.
“Once he understood that, and made the money right for him, it started to come together real quick.”
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