Boxing

AMIR KHAN has splashed out on a second home in Dubai – but has ruled out quitting the UK for good.
He’s also thinking of spending £264,000 on another Rolls Royce to add to his super-car collection.

Parked on the drive is this Lamborghini Aventador – starting price £271,000Credit: Amir Khan Instagram

Khan showed off his Rolls Royce Phantom – worth about £233k

Amir Khan has ruled out leaving the UKCredit: Getty Images – Getty

The 33-year-old already owns a £271,000 Lamborghini Aventador, a £233,000 Rolls Royce Phantom and a £65,000 Range Rover.
In a Q&A with fans on Instagram, the dad-of-three, who is married to Faryal Makhdoom, revealed he’d just splashed the cash on a pad in the Gulf state.
He said: “I would never leave UK but I have just bought a lovely holiday home for my family in Dubai.”

This is the car Khan fancies adding to his collection – a Rolls Royce new CullinanCredit: Alamy
The millionaire told one fan he was ‘thinking of getting’ the new Rolls Royce Cullinan – the firm’s 6.7litre SUV.

On top of that, the Bolton-born boxer has revealed he’s called in the lawyers to probe the alleged mismanagement of a wedding venue he’s building in his home town.
And he also said a new team was on board to finish his stalled wedding venue and lawyers were investigating the ‘mess-up’.
The former unified light-welterweight world champion wrote on his Twitter account last month: “Current cost £11.4m.
“Hurtful. I’ve been f***** over somewhere. My money is blood money and to be treated like this is very hurtful.”

Khan has a love of LamborghinisCredit: Instagram

Khan’s go-to motor is the Land Rover Range Rover 5.0 V8 Autobiography – costing around £65kCredit: Fame Flynet

The Olympic silver medallist has instructed his legal team to investigate what his money has been spent on.
Khan, 33, had planned to spend £5m on the multiplex marriage venue.
It was to contain 18 bridal shops, three halls for receptions, a number of restaurants and a rooftop shisha bar.
The complex, which includes a 200-vehicle car park, was expected to create 200 jobs.
But the sportsman, who hasn’t boxed since July last year, said costs had soared and last year the partially constructed building was hit by fire.

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EDDIE HEARN has been branded ‘f****** gross’ after wading into boxing’s gender pay-gap debate.
Former featherweight world champ Heather Hardy slammed the Matchroom promoter for his ‘abusive’ comments in the build-up to Katie Taylor’s latest title fight.

Heather Hardy hit out at Eddie Hearn over his comments on equal pay in boxing

Promoter Hearn spoke about giving women’s title fights more ‘commercial value and credibility’Credit: Sportsfile – Subscription

The unbeaten Irish star defends her lightweight crowns against Miriam Gutierrez on Saturday in a triple-bill of female title fights promoted by Hearn.
But Hardy was left fuming when he suggested female fighters cannot expect equal pay until they can draw the commercial income of their male counterparts.
She tweeted: “This is so abusive – he’s literally saying ‘girls, this is on you’.
“How F****** dare he. How many of his men did he give this speech to?

“Sorry. Won’t let this go. F****** gross Eddie Hearn do BETTER.”
She added: “He’s literally paying the girls garbage making them feel ‘thankful’ for the opportunity. That’s hardly carrying anything if worth on his ‘back’.”
Hearn, 41, has overseen the career of lightweight queen Taylor since she turned professional in 2016.
Taylor, 34, is thought to be the highest-paid female boxer in the world with a reported purse of £1million for her August defeat of Delfine Persoon.

That compares to approximately £66m earned by Anthony Joshua for his rematch win over Andy Ruiz Jr in December.
Last week, Hearn stated: “Ramla Ali put out a great tweet today that said, ‘We cannot expect equal pay if the commercial value of the fight isn’t the same’.
“So please all support this show on November 14, tune in, subscribe and really get involved.
“It’s history making, it’s a women’s world championship triple-header with three male fights underneath.
“And no one’s doing more for women’s boxing than Matchroom, we just have to keep pushing and pushing.
“But ultimately we have to change world championship fights from the commercial equivalent of a British or European men’s fight, to the same commercial value and credibility as a [world championship] men’s fight.

“And then we can really start moving forward.”
A number of boxing fans replied to Hardy’s tweet insisting Hearn had done a lot for women in the sport.
However, the 38-year-old, who has been a star of the ring for almost a decade and fought a number of times with Bellator in MMA, insisted she is well-versed in the business of boxing.
Hardy tweeted: “Leave it to about 200 angry triggered dudes to jump out and try to ‘school’ me on the business of boxing… as if I haven’t embedded every minute of my life for the last ten years on the business of boxing.
“Y’all don’t want to hear what I have to say unless I’m saying it in a bikini.”

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MIKE TYSON warned ‘if I fail I’m going to die’ ahead of his fight with Roy Jones Jr.
The two veteran boxers – with a combined age of 105 – will go head-to-head in an exhibition bout on November 28.

Mike Tyson has insisted that failure is not an option

Mike Tyson is confident in his ability ahead of his comeback

Tyson retired in 2005, but the former Baddest Man on the Planet looks fighting fit ahead of his comeback.
The latest training footage shows the 54-year-old punishing his punch bag with a series of quick combos.
During the video, the American says that failure is not an option when he returns to the ring.
He said: “Anything I do, I put so much into it.

“If I fail, I’m going to die. How many people do that? That’s what I like to do.
“I go all out. I play for keeps.
“You know, I’m the greatest fighter since the conception of God.
“How could I not take this opportunity up?

“I’m fighting Roy Jones Jr, do not miss it. I’m back.”

Tyson recently revealed he is at his lightest, leanest and meanest since he was 18 years old
His gruelling workout regime includes 2000 decline sit-ups and 500 push-ups PER DAY.
Jones Jr, 51, has shockingly admitted ‘death is a possibility’ when he squares off against Tyson.
Tyson’s trainer Rafael Cordeiro has insisted that Tyson could ‘kill somebody’ – even at the age of 54.

Mike Tyson will fight Roy Jones Jr at the end of the month
And the WBC have had to change the rules of the exhibition bout over safety concerns.
The fighters will now battle it out over eight two-minute rounds.
It has also been revealed that they will NOT be fighting for the WBC Front Line Battle Belt.

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OSCAR DE LA HOYA is aiming to follow fellow boxing legend Mike Tyson and make a sensational return to the sport.
The 47-year-old is reportedly ‘in talks’ for a fight against 37-year-old Marcos Maidana, who also wants to lace back up the gloves.

Boxing Scene reports that ‘representatives of the former champions have discussed the possibility of making a fight’.
De La Hoya last fought in 2008 when he was pulled out by his corner at the end of the eighth round against Manny Pacquiao.
But ‘Golden Boy’, who has been teasing a return for months, will go down in history as one of the sport’s best ever.
De La Hoya is a SIX-WEIGHT world champ, having won belts at super feather, light, light welter, welter, light middle and middleweight.

He lost six times during his illustrious 16-year pro career, twice to Shane Mosley, once to the man regarded by many as the nbest ever Floyd Mayweather, and also to Pacquiao, Bernard Hopkins and Felix Trinidad.
After hanging up his gloves, De La Hoya set up Golden Boy Promotions where he works with some of the sport’s top talents in the US.
In the opposite corner will be former two-weight world champ Maidana.
The Argentine last fought in 2014 when he took Mayweather to a points but lost unanimously.

De La Hoya is one of boxing’s greatest ever fightersCredit: AP:Associated Press

Maidana lost twice to the great Floyd MayweatherCredit: AFP – Getty

That was a rematch after a contentious split decision loss to The Money
He won 35 of his 40 fights, losing five.
One of those was against Brit Amir Khan, with the Bolton boxer winning on points in his third defence of his light welterweight world title.
Both boxers would of course be following in the footsteps of Tyson, who will fight fellow Hall of Famer Roy Jones Jr on November 28.

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