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      Mike Tyson claims his ‘ego is f***ing with him’ and opens up on internal struggle ahead of Roy Jones Jr fight

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      MIKE TYSON claimed his ‘ego is f***ing with him’ as he prepares to step back into the ring.
      Iron Mike, 54, was initially due to fight Roy Jones Jr on September 12 but the pair’s exhibition bout will now take place on November 28 in California.

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      Mike Tyson is having problems with his ego ahead of his comeback fightCredit: EPA

      Tyson first confirmed his comeback against Jones Jr in July after 15 years in retirement and the veteran pair will do battle despite having a combined age of 105.
      The pay-per-view bout will cost boxing fans a staggering £39 on Triller.
      Tyson is taking part in a number of shows on the social media app and discussed the problems with his self-confidence.
      In one episode, he said: “My ego’s f***ing with me and I’m saying, ‘N***a, you think you fly? You ain’t s***.

      “An amateur can get in here and kick your ass, you better get on top of your game.
      “You want to get embarrassed in front of these f***ing people?’
      “Then the other ego says, ‘F*** you n***a, watch what I’m gonna do.'”
      Tyson laughed and pointed to his head before joking: “You don’t know what goes on up here.”

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      His opponent Jones Jr previously sparked a war of words between the two by describing Tyson as a ‘pitbull puppy’.
      As reported by Mundo Deportivo, he said: “I know how to have fun in the ring, trying to do my best, but at the same time I know Mike.
      “Mike is like a pitbull puppy.
      “He gets lost in his mind and the only thing he knows is ‘I’m going for the fight’, that’s the only thing he knows, going for the fight.”
      Jones Jr, a four-weight world champ, is certainly not taking Tyson lightly ahead of their eight-round exhibition.

      He told ESPN: “Mike is still just as dangerous as ever.
      “He’s still good, he has his speed, he still has his power, he’s still highly explosive, so he’s still a dangerous guy.
      “It’s going to be dangerous for all eight rounds. You’ve got to be ready to protect yourself because that’s Mike Tyson.”
      Both the fight and Tyson’s comeback itself have split opinion due to the age of those involved.
      And British heavyweight champ Anthony Joshua warned Tyson he does not need to ‘compete with the young lions’ of the division.
      He told Sky Sports: “They haven’t got to compete with the young lions of the division. We’re bigger, stronger, science has improved so we have more technology.”

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      Tyson Fury warns Johnny Nelson not to ‘kiss my arse anymore’ after backing Anthony Joshua to win blockbuster fight

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      TYSON FURY warned Johnny Nelson not to ‘kiss my arse anymore’ after he backed Anthony Joshua to beat him.
      Fury announced in June that a two-fight deal was in place for a blockbuster British heavyweight clash with AJ in 2021.

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      Tyson Fury clenched his fist when firing a warning shot at Johnny Nelson while speaking to Behind The Gloves

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      Pundit and ex-pro Johnny Nelson backed AJ over FuryCredit: Rex Features

      Sky Sports pundit and former WBO cruiserweight champ Nelson reckons Joshua is the better all-round fighter and believes he would win a super fight between them.
      Talking to Behind The Gloves, Fury had his say on Nelson’s view: “I respect Johnny Nelson’s opinion too.
      “Don’t think I haven’t seen that Johnny.
      “Don’t come kissing my arse when you see me anymore, because you’ll get that (raises his fist).

      “Yeah, listen. You’ve picked your guy and that’s it.”
      Nelson had previous told talkSPORT: “I’ve gone public in saying I think Anthony Joshua is the all-round better fighter.
      “I think Tyson Fury is better tactically and the more technically equipped, but AJ is the all-rounder.
      “He can fight, he can box, he’s an athlete. Tyson Fury is a boxer.

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      “I think both men are now at a stage where they’ve done so much and learned so much in their careers that they’re so neck and neck.
      “But, I’d go with Anthony Joshua because he’s shown me a lot more variety in his arsenal.”
      The Gypsy King has called on his rival to ‘step up to the plate’ and be prepared to relinquish certain belts to avoid mandatory defences delaying their match-up.
      Joshua’s promoter Eddie Hearn revealed he is ready to distribute a formal contract for a battle of the Brits.
      But Joshua, 30, must face IBF mandatory Kubrat Pulev and Fury, 32, is contracted to a trilogy fight with Deontay Wilder before they can get in the ring together.

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      Fury was speaking to Michelle Joy Phelps alongside Sugar Hill Steward

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      Fury didn’t hold back as he discussed a future fight with AJ
      If AJ beats Pulev, he could then be asked to defend his WBO belt against former cruiserweight king Oleksandr Usyk – a fight Fury thinks he may lose.
      Which would mean yet another delay to the heavyweight fight all boxing fans want to see.
      Fury told Behind The Gloves: “Rather than fight all these mandatories he’s got, I’d say just vacate those belts and fight the fight everyone wants to see.
      “I ain’t running from you, I don’t care about you. I’ll go through you like a knife through butter. Come and fight the big boy, step up to the plate and get knocked out. Then fight all those easy guys.”

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      Canelo Alvarez shows off ripped abs and looks in incredible shape as he prepares for Avni Yildirim world title fight

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      CANELO ALVAREZ is staying is looking ripped despite the uncertainty surrounding his future.
      The four-weight boxing champ was set to fight Avni Yildirim for the WBC super-middleweight world title.

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      Canelo Alvarez is looking powerful as he trains for his next fightCredit: Instagram / @canelo

      But those purse bids have been pushed back to October 6. Yildirim was KO’d by Chris Eubank Jr back in 2017.
      And the Mexican has plenty going on outside the ring – he is is suing promoter Oscar De La Hoya’s Golden Boy and streaming service Dazn.
      The 30-year-old signed an 11-fight £280million contract in 2018 – lauded as the richest in sport – but is alleging a breach just three fights in.
      Despite the distractions, Canelo showed he is still keeping in shape ahead of his next fight.

      He uploaded a shot of him in a boxing ring displaying his impressive abs, captioning it “just keep going”.
      Canelo, 30, has not fought since moving up to light-heavyweight in November, where he knocked out Sergey Kovalev to take home the WBO belt.
      The Athletic have obtained a copy of the civil complaint from Canelo filed in LA at the US district court for the central district of California.

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      Canelo has not fought since he battered Sergey Kovalev to become a light-heavyweight world champ in November 2019Credit: AP:Associated Press

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      The dispute centres around the payment of the £27m he is guaranteed per fight.

      And in a statement given to The Athletic, Alvarez said: “I’m the pound-for-pound No1 in the world.
      “I’m not scared of any opponent in the ring, and I’m not going to let failures of my broadcaster or promoters keep me out of the ring.
      “I filed the lawsuit so I can get back to boxing and give my fans the show they deserve.”
      The four-weight world champ’s lawsuit claims Golden Boy Promotions and Dazn have caused a minimum of £216m of damages.
      In the 24-page document, Alvarez is suing for breach of contract, intentional and negligent interference with a contract, fraud and breach of fiduciary duty.

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      Meet Aiden ‘LikkleMan’ Henry: The 3ft future PPV star who went from prison to prizefighter training with Conor Benn

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      AT just 3ft tall Aiden ‘LikkleMan’ Henry is the most unlikely pay-per-view boxing star imaginable but his story is every inch as impressive as the fight game’s giant heroes.
      Born with dwarfism in Coventry 26 years ago, Henry suffered such heartbreaking rejection from the people who should have loved and protected him most.

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      Aiden ‘LikkleMan’ Henry boxes this Saturday night on PPVCredit: Instagram / @likklemangram

      It was only in local gangs that he was able to find any protection from the bullies who wanted to take liberties with him.
      A life of crime and prison sentence for burglary followed but while caged he posted a string of madcap videos that earned support from champion boxers and music stars.
      Since his release in March 2019, Henry has turned his life around, apologised for his crimes and trained with stars like Conor Benn and Anthony Yarde for his fight with fellow dwarf Salim Chiboub on Saturday.
      And his huge social media following – which includes almost 500,000 Instagram fans – means his £4.99 showdown could be the success of the summer while the likes of Anthony Joshua, Tyson Fury and Canelo have been forced to sit out.

      It will mark a Rocky-like comeback story.
      Henry told SunSport: “I was born fighting, when you are born half the size of a normal man you have to fight twice as hard to get anywhere in life.
      “I was born into a life of gangs, drugs and crime, like a lot of people are in certain areas. But on top of that I am this size.
      “I didn’t go to school, I can’t read or write, I didn’t have parents.

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      LikkleMan found fame after celebrities started liking his pics and vidsCredit: Instagram / @likklemangram

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      The 26-year-old has became a social media sensation thanks fun photos and videosCredit: Instagram / @likklemangram

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      Since leaving prison in March 2019, Henry has dedicated himself to boxing, including a session at the Adam Booth gymCredit: Instagram / @likklemangram

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      British welterweight ace Conor Benn also welcomed Henry into the Matchroom gymCredit: Instagram / @likklemangram
      “I have matured a lot now but my brain is definitely wired differently to everyone else.
      “I’ve had 25 bad years behind me, I have had to apologise for a lot of things I am sorry for, but now I have this chance to turn my life around and I am going to take it.”
      Henry comes close to getting deep on his early struggles but pulls himself back, his hard-man outlook ingrained long before he ever picked up a pair of gloves.
      The reformed bad-boy will not offer up sob stories but he is proud he has made his area proud and wants to use his platform to apologise to anyone he wronged.
      He said: “Anyone who knows my story will hopefully respect me more now because they will know what I went through.
      “I was a little f***er, I have to admit I was a little b******. And I am sorry to all the people I hurt in the past but I had to do certain things to feed myself and survive.
      “I committed burglaries because I had no other way to live, I couldn’t do just one £1m robbery because it would be too easy to spot the 3ft black man in the police line-up.
      “But that is my past, I am thankful for how it made me but that’s behind me and this golden ticket is helping me change my life.”

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      Henry has been welcomed into gyms all over the country and put the work inCredit: Instagram / @likklemangram

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      Henry knows it is not about the size of the dig in the fight, it is about the size of the fight in the dog.Credit: Instagram / @likklemangram

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      LikkleMan faces French fighter Salim Chiboub on Saturday night in the UKCredit: Instagram / @likklemangram
      LikkleMan insists he is not a circus act being exploited, his social media power means he is in control of his second career and he has big dreams once crowds are allowed in events.
      Coventry City fans have to travel to Birmingham to watch their football team but Henry reckons his particular charms could give them a great showdown closer to home.
      He said: “I could sell out the Ricoh Arena, definitely.
      “Because I am small but confident with it, people have never seen that combination and are intrigued.
      “Girls are fascinated about whether things are in proportion, it’s just my everyday life.
      “From a very young age I have been aggressive because of how I have been treated.
      “Now I can hopefully make that work for me and better my life, because that is all I have wanted the chance to do.”

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      Dillian Whyte breaks down how he will beat Alexander Povetkin in blockbuster rematch fight after brutal KO loss

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      DILLIAN WHYTE says he knows ‘exactly what to do’ to beat Alexander Povetkin in the November rematch.
      The Brixton boxer was shocked to the core as he was knocked out cold by the Russian veteran on August 22.

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      Dillian Whyte gets his chance of revenge against Alexander Povetkin on November 21

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      Dillian Whyte says he knows ‘exactly’ how to beat Alexander Povetkin in the rematch after he was KO’d in their first fightCredit: Mark Robinson Ltd

      Whyte had earlier floored Povetkin twice and was comfortably ahead on the scorecards.
      But the former WBA heavyweight champ delivered a brutal fifth-round uppercut that flattened Whyte to end the contest.
      That saw Povetkin, 41, become only the second boxer to beat Whyte after Anthony Joshua stopped his big rival back in 2015.
      The rematch will take place on November 21, and Whyte is in bullish mood as he plots his revenge.

      Speaking to Sky Sports, the 32-year-old said: “It’s not a fight that I got a sustained beating for five rounds, or I was down on the scorecards or I was getting beat up or outclassed.
      “It was one of those where I got caught with a punch, he set it up, used his experience and I got caught.
      “Moving forward, it’s just correcting little technical things really. I had seven amateur fights and 29 pro fights, I am still learning and figuring things out, still adjusting to things.
      “One of my strengths is I adjust to things in the fights as they go on, but this time I never had the chance to adjust. I got caught, and never had the chance to make the adjustment.

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      “Now we watch it back, re-evaluate, and I see the little adjustments I need to make. And to be honest, now I know exactly what I need to do.”
      Sky Sports pundit and former boxing world champ Johnny Nelson believes the defeat could prove to be ‘a godsend’.
      “I actually think it might be a good thing.
      “Now, after being knocked out, other fighters will think that’s twice now at this level.
      “That’s the same shot that he’s been knocked out with – I’ll have some of that.
      “So that vulnerability makes him more enticing.
      “I think for Dillian Whyte, him losing might actually be a godsend because when he was winning and winning and winning, people thought ‘nah, I don’t want any of that.’”

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      Mike Tyson, 54, is BETTER than he was decades ago and could challenge Anthony Joshua and Tyson Fury, claims trainer

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      MIKE TYSON could still rewind the clocks by becoming a world champion at the age of 54, according to his trainer.
      Iron Mike, who was boxing’s youngest ever heavyweight champ at 18, is stepping back into the ring to fight Roy Jones Jr on November 28 in an exhibition match.

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      Mike Tyson pictured with trainer Rafael CordeiroCredit: Refer to Caption

      Tyson hung up his gloves in 2005 but has been working out six to seven hours a day to get himself back into incredible shape.
      That was evident when he almost KO’d trainer Rafael Cordeiro with a ferocious combo during a recent training session.
      And Cordeiro has been left stunned by Tyson’s ability despite his age and even claims he could beat champions Anthony Joshua and WBC holder Tyson Fury.
      He told TMZ: “I believe Mike can do it. If he put his mind, he wanna fight for the belt one day, why not? Who says it’s impossible to do?

      “He’s fighting every single day in the gym and I believe the best still to come.
      “Why not? If one day he wants to prove, he put his techniques to the test, why not [fight for] for the belt?
      “He is improving every day. He does not look like a 54-year-old fighter.”
      Fury retired with a record of 50 wins from 58 bouts including 44 knockouts.

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      Fury could beat WBO, IBO, IBF and WBA champ Joshua, according to CordeiroCredit: Getty Images – Getty

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      Tyson Fury is the current WBC title belt holderCredit: Reuters

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      But Jones Jr is beginning to fear that he could be victim number 45 after admitting he may have made a mistake taking on the fight.
      He told Sky Sports: “He’s still Mike Tyson, he’s still one of the strongest, most explosive people who ever touched a boxing ring.
      “If anything, I made a mistake going in with him. He’s the bigger guy, he’s the explosive guy.
      “When it comes time to fight, we’re going to fight. If it comes down to bite, we’re going to bite.
      “Whatever has to happen, is going to happen, that’s just what it is.”

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      Mike Tyson given ‘cease and desist order’ by his ex-wife Robin Givens over new biopic movie with Jamie Foxx starring

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      MIKE TYSON’S ex-wife Robin Givens has hired lawyers and claims she is being defamed ahead of the release of a biopic about the Baddest Man on the Planet.
      Actor Jamie Foxx is set to play the controversial boxer in the film about his life.

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      The couple were married in 1988 but their relationship disintegrated amid claims that he beat herCredit: Getty Images – Getty

      But lawyers for Ms Givens have demanded Tyson “cease and desist” from contacting her.

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      Robin Givens and Tyson in happier times during their rocky marriageCredit: AP:Associated Press

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      Tyson and Robin Givens during their marriageCredit: AFP
      The American actress also claims Iron Mike, 54, is defaming her in his podcasts.
      Letters from her legal team “demand that Mr Tyson cease and desist from further defaming Ms. Givens, and to put those producing, writing and/or directing the proposed Tyson biopic, and those producing Mr Tyson’s podcast, on notice that they are to refrain from portraying Ms Givens in a false, negative and defamatory light.”
      The letter further states: “While [she] has attempted to move on, she still finds herself fighting the abusive, demeaning and false accounts of their relationship by Mr Tyson nearly 35 years later.

      “It is time for Mr Tyson to let this marriage be the relic of the past that it is.”
      And she has already won a technical KO after producers revealed they would NOT be detailing Tyson’s messy marriage and subsequent divorce in the film.
      Ms Givens was Tyson’s first wife.

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      Jamie Foxx (left) will play Mike Tyson in the forthcoming biopic of the boxer’s controversial lifeCredit: Instagram
      They were married at the height of his fame in 1988 after he became the youngest ever undisputed heavyweight champion of the world.

      But it was allegedly a violent marriage which ended in divorce in 1989.
      Ms Givens, 55, said to have previously dated Hollywood star Eddie Murphy and basketball legend Michael Jordan, started dating Tyson in 1987.
      It was claimed that after her miscarriage in 1988 their marriage fell apart.
      Tyson has previously claimed that he caught her in bed with Hollywood icon Brad Pitt as their divorce was still being finalised.
      Ms Givens was awarded a $10million divorce settlement but claims she did not receive anything.
      She filed a $125m claim for defamation against him before their divorce on Valentine’s Day in 1989.
      Ms Givens has previously admitted to being “disturbed” by Tyson’s book detailing their tempestuous marriage.
      She was left distressed after reading her ex-partner’s biography “Fire and Fear: The Inside Story of Mike Tyson” released the same year they split.

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      His career reached its nadir in 2005 amid depression and cocaine and alcohol binges.
      But he has lost SIX STONE and looks in stunning shape ahead of his ring return against Roy Jones Jr on November 28.

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      Mike Tyson took cocaine and cannabis moments before ring walk as Lou Savarese tells incredible tale 20 years on

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      MIKE TYSON claims he took cocaine and marijuana just moments before his fight against Lou Savarese.
      Iron Mike – is preparing for his comeback fight against Roy Jones Jr aged 54 – said he indulged in drugs moments before his ring walk at Hampden in June 2000.

      Tyson said he used cocaine and marijuana moments before beating Savarese… a bout in which he also knocked down the refCredit: News Group Newspapers Ltd

      Tyson got around drug tests by using a fake penisCredit: Reuters

      Tyson – who used a fake penis to beat drug tests – beat Savarese via technical knockout just 38 seconds into the first round.
      The Baddest Man on the Planet sent Savarese crashing to the canvas after a monster left hook just 12 seconds in.
      And it was while referee John Coyle tried to stop the relentless onslaught that he was also clocked by Tyson.
      The man in the middle went sprawling before eventually getting back up and calling the fight off.

      Tyson – who now has his own cannabis empire – was fined £125,000 for not obeying the ref’s orders and, in the carnage that followed the fight, gave his infamous comment about wanting to eat Lennox Lewis’ children.
      The win over Savarese was the second fastest of Tyson’s career and came in his third comeback fight after a nine-month break.
      Tyson had served a four-month prison sentence for assaulting two motorists in that time.
      But his drug-use had not taken a back seat and, incredibly, he even used them right before fights.

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      Savarese recently told BBC Sport he feels it is “not fair” his opponent that night used drugs before their bout.
      The 54-year-old said: “It is not fair if you are taking drugs before the fight, you want to have a level playing field.”
      Savarese, who retired after his final fight against Evander Holyfield in June 2007, is adamant the ref should have allowed the fight to go on.
      He added: “I didn’t think the fight was over, I just thought he got disqualified or whatever.
      “I thought the referee had stopped the fight because Tyson had hit him when he got in the middle of us. I didn’t know they were stopping the fight because of me getting hurt.
      “It was pandemonium, it was strange because he was still throwing punches while the referee was in there.”

      Tyson sent the ref sprawling to the canvas after he tried to stop the boutCredit: EPA

      Iron Mike won via TKO after just 38 seconds of the first roundCredit: Reuters

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