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      Dillian Whyte claims old foe Derek Chisora was ‘robbed’ as judges hand Joseph Parker split decision

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      DILLIAN WHYTE claims bitter rival Derek Chisora was “robbed” by the judges after losing Saturday’s controversial heavyweight clash with Joseph Parker.Kiwi Parker, 29, won on a split decision after recovering from a knockdown just SEVEN seconds into the Manchester fight.
      Derek Chisora suffered a split-decision loss to Joseph Parker on Saturday nightCredit: Matchroom Boxing
      But War’s old rival Dillian Whyte reckons he got the better of former WBO king ParkerCredit: Matchroom Boxing
      Londoner Chisora, 37, believed he had beaten the ex-world champ and fumed: “This is the treatment I get from boxing.
      “It’s unbelievable. Most people thought I won.”
      And Whyte, who beat Del Boy on a similarly razor-thin split in 2016 and KO’d him sensationally in 2018, felt compassion for his old nemesis.
      Whyte said: “Boxing is mad. Derek Chisora got robbed.
      “Chisora is not my favourite person.
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      “There is not a lot of love between us but he fought his heart out and I felt he won the fight by at least two rounds.
      “I think he got robbed and it is very unfair because he left it all on the line.
      “He knocked Parker down in the first round, for a 10-8 round, and I think he won five or six more rounds after that. Boxing is f* up”.
      Former WBO king Parker and his new trainer Andy Lee admitted they did not think they did enough to win the fight on foreign soil, though the Kiwi believes he is now back on track for another world title challenge.
      Derek Chisora has dismissed suggestions of him retiring after his second consecutive lossCredit: Matchroom Boxing

      But Chisora, who treated staff and fighters backstage at the Manchester arena to a Five Guys burger despite the loss, warned him not to look too far ahead after promising him a shot at revenge.
      The fans’ favourite nicknamed War said: “I am upset, I did what I thought would win the fight but I didn’t get it.
      “If he gives me a rematch then I will blow him out of the water and leave nothing to chance.
      “I will go and rest and recover with my family but then I want the rematch straight away.”
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      Eddie Hearn hopes to officially announce Anthony Joshua vs Tyson Fury on Saturday during Billy Joe Saunders vs Canelo

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      EDDIE HEARN wants to officially announce the £200million Anthony Joshua-Tyson Fury clash in Texas next Saturday.Matchroom boss Hearn will be in the state promoting Billy Joe Saunders’ world super-middleweight clash with Canelo Alvarez.
      Eddie Hearn hopes to announce Anthony Joshua’s mega-fight with Tyson Fury next weekCredit: Rex
      The Gypsy King is due at ringside for Billy Joe Saunders’ clash with Canelo AlvarezCredit: Rex
      Fury is due at ringside and AJ’s promoter Hearn said: “Next week could be massive.
      “Hopefully we can announce the big one out there as Fury will be there.
      “It would be amazing to announce that before or after the fight as it’s a massive show.”
      It is understood both camps have the full contract for the world heavyweight unification fight, now scheduled for August 7 in Saudi Arabia.
      Hopefully we can announce the big one out there as Fury will be thereEddie Hearn
      Fury’s US promoter Bob Arum had thrown the mega-fight into doubt after claiming the Saudi venue was “a mirage” and the bout was “dead in the water”.
      But AJ’s promoter Hearn insists the details of the contract are being agreed by both fighters’ lawyers and the Saudi government.
      Hearn added: “We are all systems go. The fight is on, this fight is happening.
      “All sides are reviewing the contract. I believe we will get an answer next week. I saw Bob Arum’s comments about the fight being dead but we know what we are doing.”

      Eddie Hearn has insisted the details of the contract are being agreed by both fighters’ lawyersCredit: Getty
      Meanwhile, Britain’s former world heavyweight champion Frank Bruno believes Fury will win.
      Bruno said on the Don’t Tell Me The Score podcast: “My money is on Fury. He’s more experienced than Joshua, who still has a lot to learn.
      “Fury will take him to the cleaners. He’s going to school him!”
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      Logan Paul shows off dramatic body transformation as YouTuber vows ‘five weeks until I beat Floyd Mayweather’

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      LOGAN PAUL showed off the results of his work in the gym as he fired a warning to Floyd Mayweather’. Paul has been in talks to fight the boxing legend for over a year and their exhibition was finally confirmed for June 6.
      Logan Paul ahead of his exhibition fight with Floyd MayweatherCredit: Instagram @loganpaul
      Floyd Mayweather training for his return to the ringCredit: Instagram @floydmayweather
      The internet sensation has trained throughout the long, drawn out talks but recently relocated to Puerto Rico, leaving behind his mansion in Los Angeles.
      And it appears Paul has reaped the rewards as he posed shirtless on Instagram.
      He captioned the post: “5 weeks until I beat @floydmayweather #June6.”
      Paul, 26, will face Mayweather, 44, on a Sunday in Miami over six rounds, as revealed by SunSport.
      According to The Athletic, the social media star will have to weigh no more than 190lb (13st 5lb).
      For his last fight, a split-decision loss to online rival KSI, Paul scaled 199.4lbs (14st 2lb) so will have to trim down.
      Mayweather on the other hand cannot be any heavier 160lb (11st 4lb) which is the middleweight limit.
      The five-division champion has never fought above light-middleweight, his career-heaviest weight coming in 2012 weighing 151lb (10st 7lb).

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      Paul first fought in a white collar bout in 2018, drawing with online rival KSI, 27, in Manchester.
      They turned pro a year later, and the American was beaten by split-decision after a two-point deduction cost him the result.
      Mayweather retired officially in 2017 after beating ex-UFC champion Conor McGregor, 32, in ten rounds.
      But he did return a year later for an exhibition against featherweight kickboxer Tenshin Nasukawa, winning in one round, his last fight.
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      Mike Tyson offered world title fight by ex-promoter Don King and WBA champ Trevor Bryan despite 23-YEAR age gap 

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      MIKE TYSON has been offered a world title fight by his former promoter Don King and WBA ‘Regular’ champion Trevor Bryan. Tyson, who last challenged for a belt in 2002, made his return to the ring in November, 15 years after he retired.
      WBA ‘Regular’ champion Trevor Bryan has offered to fight Mike TysonCredit: Instagram / @bigtrevb
      Mike Tyson and former promoter Don King back in his heydayCredit: AP:Associated Press
      Following his exhibition draw with Roy Jones Jr, 52, the heavyweight legend is looking for his next fight.
      He is currently in talks for a rematch 19 years in the making with Lennox Lewis, 55, and claimed the fight was set for September.
      But Bryan, 31, instead laid out a sensational proposal and called out Tyson, 54, to defend his secondary world title against the icon, who is 23-years his senior.
      Via World Boxing News, he said: “Bring on Anthony Joshua and Tyson Fury. I’ll take their belts and become the undisputed heavyweight champion.
      “I’ll even give Iron Mike Tyson the opportunity to come back and fight me for my title. I’m more than ready, so let’s get it on. We are ready to go.
      “I’ll take on Mike Tyson for a tune-up, and then I’ll fight either Joshua or Fury the same night.”
      Bryan won the belt against in January, beating ex-WBC champion Bermane Stiverne, but is yet to defend it.
      King currently promotes the American and recently met up with old friend Tyson.
      Mike Tyson’s incredible bodyweight workout routine
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      He worked with Iron Mike throughout his career, but the pair had a turbulent relationship.
      Tyson once claimed King fleeced him for £200million and took him to court.
      They have since made up and rekindled and were recently pictured in a restaurant in Florida together.
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      Jake Paul and Logan Paul could ‘get killed’ if they continue boxing careers, warns pound-for-pound king Canelo Alvarez

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      CANELO ALVAREZ has warned Jake and Logan Paul they could end up being ‘killed’ in the ring if they continue their boxing careers.The Paul brothers have made waves in the boxing world over the last few years with fights against fellow YouTubers, although Jake has graduated to facing professional fighters.
      Jake and Logan Paul have taken the boxing world by stormCredit: Instagram @jakepaul
      But pound-for-pound king Canelo has warned the pair they could get ‘killed’ if they continue fightingCredit: Getty
      Jake, the younger of the pair, brutally knocked out retired MMA fighter Ben Askren last month to stretch his undefeated record to 3-0.
      Logan, meanwhile, is currently gearing up for a June exhibition bout against Floyd Mayweather Jr.
      The trend of social media stars throwing down with professionally-trained fighters has concerned many, including unified super-middleweight champion Canelo.
      During an interview with Graham Bensinger, the Mexican said of the athletic commissions sanctioning the fights: “They give them boxer’s licences when they’re not a boxer.
      “They could get them killed. This is not a soccer game, they could get them killed.”
      Canelo, 30, is baffled by athletic commissions’ sanctioning of the bouts.
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      He continued: “Why do they give licences to people who have never in their life even thrown a punch?
      “If there’s a death, the commission will be responsible. Why? Because they issued the licence for the fight.”
      Canelo, like many others, believes the YouTubers are disrespecting the sport of boxing with their bouts.
      Last December, he said: “Ya know, it’s all about the money.
      “I don’t think we would agree that people that are basketball players, that are YouTubers get licenses. Ya know, I don’t criticise (the Paul brothers).

      “This is a very risky sport, and if you go up there, it’s very risky.”
      He added: “I truly believe that it’s a lack of respect. It’s all based on money. It’s all for money. I’m focused right now on other projects.
      “I have other stuff going on, and I would invite him for a sparring session so that he truly knows what it’s all about.
      “For true fighters, I do believe it is a lack of respect,”
      Canelo is currently gearing up for a super-middleweight title unification bout with Billy Joe Saunders, who he’ll throw down with in Dallas next Sunday.
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      Lennox Lewis CONFIRMS talks with Mike Tyson over rematch 19 years in the making after Iron Mike teased September fight

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      LENNOX LEWIS has CONFIRMED he is in talks with Mike Tyson for a sensational rematch 19 years in the making. Tyson made a remarkable comeback last November as he boxed to a draw in an exhibition with Roy Jones Jr.
      Lennox Lewis has confirmed he is in talks with Mike Tyson
      Mike Tyson claimed he is fighting Lennox Lewis in September
      It sparked the interest of his former opponents Evander Holyfield and Lewis, who both revealed they would be open to another fight with Iron Mike.
      Tyson, 54, started negotiations for a trilogy bout with Holyfield, 58, before a deal collapsed.
      The reformed Baddest Man on The Planet then claimed he would make his return in September against Lewis.
      Lewis, 55, responded while commentating on Andy Ruiz Jr’s return fight on FOX Sports and admitted there is communication with Tyson’s camp.
      He said: “Not yet, but soon — maybe. We’re talking.”
      Tyson was knocked out by the British former undisputed champion in 2002, three years before he announced his retirement.
      Lewis himself retired just one fight and 12 months after beating Iron Mike in eight rounds.
      But this year he opened the door for a comeback, as he told TMZ in March: “If the public wanted it then we would probably talk.

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      “I don’t know. I don’t really have nothing pushing me in the ring right now. People would love to see that fight but I don’t know.”
      Following Holyfield’s failed talks to fight Tyson, he will now instead face Iron Mike’s final ever opponent Kevin McBride on June 5.
      Tyson is still hopeful of a trilogy bout with Holyfield as well as a rematch with Lewis and fight for the ages with Tyson Fury.
      He said on his podcast: “I want Holyfield and Lewis this year.
      “I also want Fury. If I do that, I’ll say, ‘I’m just gonna live life.”
      Lennox Lewis beat Mike Tyson in 2002Credit: Getty
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      Billy Joe Saunders claims he’d ‘never see’ his kids again if it meant he could beat Canelo Alvarez

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      BILLY JOE SAUNDERS admits he’d give up his entire life and say ‘goodbye’ to his children forever if it meant he’d beat Canelo Alvarez.The Welwyn Warrior will bid to dethrone the pound-for-pound king in a super-middleweight title unification bout next weekend in Dallas, Texas.
      Billy Joe Saunders admits he’d walk away from his entire family if it meant he beat CaneloCredit: Reuters
      Billy Joe Saunders will face Canelo Alvarez a week on Sunday
      Saunders’ Dallas dust-up with the hard-hitting Mexican is the biggest fight of his 12-year-long career.
      And the WBO 168lb champ would happily walk away from his entire family to be crowned unified super-middleweight champion.
      Saunders, 31, told The Daily Telegraph: “This means everything to me, everything.
      “Absolutely everything. More than money, more than fame, more than anything. I want to win this so bad.
      “If it means I say goodbye to my kids, and I never see them again, I can leave this earth happy knowing I have won.
      “It means that much to me. As us gypsies say, ‘We’re not here to take part, we’re here to take over.'”
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      Saunders is well aware of the size of the task on his hands but is unfazed by the daunting prospect that is Canelo,
      He added: “I don’t give a s**t about Canelo Alvarez, not two s***s.
      “For me in my own brain, I’ve planned this out in my own head and I’ve been dreaming this since I was a little boy fighting in the front room.
      “I’ve visualised this day coming. People say I haven’t lived the life, I ain’t done it right but I’m here.
      “Two-weight world champion, two-time world champion, 30 fights, 30 wins, won every single title on the way. I’m here for a reason, 100 per cent.”
      Saunders is bullish about his underdog status ahead of next weekend’s clash at Cowboys Stadium, which he believes will become the venue for one of boxing’s greatest upsets.
      Billy Joe Saunders is confident of shocking the world and beating Canelo next weekendCredit: Mark Robinson Matchroom Boxing

      He said: “This fight is for all the marbles. This one we go country for country, countrymen for countrymen.
      “I know when I go to Texas I’ll have 70,000 Mexicans screaming. But the Gypsies are coming out in force.
      “The English, the Irish, the Scots – you name it they will be there. I’ll be flying that Gypsy flag very high for every one of them.
      “I’m not just doing this for me and my family, I’m doing it for them as well.
      “Victory will mean one of the biggest upsets in boxing history, I believe. Certainly in the last 20 years.
      “He’s beaten six Brits already. Unlucky number seven for him, lucky number seven for me. I believe this is meant to be.”
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      Watch Derek Chisora keep tradition as he gifts Joseph Parker a burger and heavyweights enjoy backstage post-fight feast

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      DEREK CHISORA kept up tradition as he shared a burger with Joseph Parker in a touching post-fight feast. The heavyweights would have worked up a healthy appetite after they battled for 12 rounds in Manchester on Saturday night.
      Joseph Parker and Derek Chisora enjoy a burger togetherCredit: Dave Thompson Matchroom Boxing
      Joseph Parker and Derek Chisora smile backstageCredit: Dave Thompson Matchroom Boxing

      Parker later prevailed on a split-decision verdict but it did not stop Chisora from gifting the New Zealander a burger.
      The classy gesture was filmed while the two also posed for pictures.
      He similarly enjoyed a bite to eat with Oleksandr Usyk, 34, in October after his defeat.
      The Brit got off to the perfect start against Parker, 29, in Manchester as he dropped the ex-WBO champion inside ten seconds.
      But after a fast start, Chisora was unable to do enough in the eyes of two judges as he was edged out on the cards.
      He immediately called for a rematch while shutting down talks of retirement.
      Chisora told Sky Sports: “I was putting in more power punches, inside work, but I can’t get upset anymore.
      “I won’t let them slow me down. No way. I will not let them slow me down. I will go again.
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      “They want to see me retire, but I’m not retiring yet, forget that.
      “This is horrible. I train hard every day, I give everything in the gym, and when I put it all in there, these are the results I get.
      “But Joe said he wants to give me a rematch. If he wants to give me a rematch, I’ll take the rematch easy, but this is unbelievable.
      “I won the fight, even his coach Andy Lee said I won the fight.”
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