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      Anthony Joshua insists he’s ‘waiting’ for Tyson Fury and Deontay Wilder as he looks to cement heavyweight legacy

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      ANTHONY JOSHUA is pleased Tyson Fury gatecrashed the heavyweight championship party — but now wants to hunt him down.
      The Gypsy King spent almost 1,000 days out of the ring after unifying the division by dethroning Wladimir Klitschko in 2015.

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      Anthony Joshua is ready and waiting for Tyson Fury and Deontay WilderCredit: Getty – Contributor

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      Fellow British heavyweight Fury is WBC heavyweight champCredit: Richard Pelham
      Fury’s thrilling return and February demolition of Deontay Wilder should strike fear into potential opponents — but Joshua has his fellow Brit top of his guest list.
      Watford’s WBA, IBF and WBO king told Apple Music: “I’m happy Fury won — it changed the whole dimension of the heavyweight division.
      “We’re fighting for legacy. I need Wilder. I need Fury. I’m ready for them. I’m waiting for them.”
      As well as enjoying the depth of quality in the division, AJ remembers being impressed with a different type of talent at the London 2012 Olympics, where he won gold.

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      Tyson Fury beat Deontay Wilder in FebruaryCredit: Getty Images – Getty
      The 30-year-old said: “A good memory for me was just all the different countries being in one place.
      “I wanted to throw a party with those Jamaican girls, Swedish girls, all those different countries! I was like ‘Wow, this is amazing’.
      “The annoying thing about being in the athletes’ village was that I boxed on the last day of the whole two weeks.
      “So I knew people who had won a gold medal on the third day and were then walking around loving life while I was still doing running and physio.”

      AJ could have had a very different view of the 2012 Games after he was arrested in the build-up with 8oz of cannabis, while dressed in a Team GB tracksuit.
      He said: “I was boxing for Team GB a year before the Olympics and at that stage I was on about £500 a month, so it could not keep me away from opportunities that came my way.
      “I was on a notorious estate in north-west London. I was a young boxer in my Team GB tracksuit. I was driving a Mercedes,  cruising through the estate and three undercover police stopped and said that my car smelt a bit.

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      “I told them my uncle was a Rasta, they smoke weed and I had just dropped him off at the station. I told them I hated it because I was just trying to focus on the Olympics.
      “They said they understood and told me to stay focused but then one of them picked my big bag and asked ‘What is this?’.
      “I got charged and I got community service. I also got banned from the Olympic team for a while. That was a tough time.”

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      Mike Tyson ‘didn’t want anything to do with boxing’ in 2003 when Roy Jones Jr tried to set up £33m heavyweight fight

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      ROY JONES JR revealed Mike Tyson “didn’t want anything to do with boxing” when he tried fight him in 2003.
      Jones, a former middleweight champion, made the unprecedented step up to heavyweight 17 years ago to win the WBA title against John Ruiz.

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      Roy Jones Jr won the heavyweight title in 2003Credit: EPA

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      Jones tired to set up a fight with Mike Tyson in 2003 Credit: Reuters
      Afterwards he insisted only facing Iron Mike would keep him in the blue ribbon division.
      But he claims Tyson’s lack of passion for boxing led to the super-fight collapsing.
      Jones told Luke Thomas: “I tried right then but he said he didn’t want anything to do with boxing.
      “Because he said he was through with boxing – I don’t want to fight a guy who’s not got boxing in his heart.

      “If I beat him back then, after he said he was through with boxing, I’m not beating the best Mike Tyson.”

      Jones would make the ill-fated decision to move back down to light-heavyweight, where he beat rival Antonio Tarver.
      Andre Ward, who had the same manager as the four-division champ, said Jones turned down £33m to face Tyson, believing he could come back to the heavyweight headliner after Tarver.
      But the American great would be knocked out in the rematch and then lose the trilogy, never looking the same legendary fighter after leaving heavyweight.

      Tyson fought just once in 2003, beating Clifford Etienne.

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      But he would lose twice consecutively before retiring 2005.
      In the years following Jones, 51, continued to box, only retiring in 2018 aged 49.
      But he and Tyson – who has not fought in 15 years – will come out of retirement to box in an eight-round exhibition on September 12.

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      Anthony Joshua spars local lads in car park after training session as smiling champ winds down

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      ANTHONY JOSHUA was captured having a touch spar with local lads after finishing his own session.
      The WBA, IBF and WBO champion, 30, was filmed having a down to earth moment with some fans outside the Finchley Amateur Boxing club.

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      Anthony Joshua was captured having a touch spar with local lads after finishing his own session

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      Joshua was filmed having a down to earth moment with some fans outside the Finchley Amateur Boxing club

      AJ, who is preparing to face 39-year-old Bulgarian Kubrat Pulev, enjoys some shadow boxing with one supporter.
      He then held his hands up mimicking pads for another, who received a lesson on combination punching from the heavyweight.
      Joshua’s IBF mandatory defence against Pulev was initially set for June but later faced the axe amid the coronavirus pandemic.
      Promoter Eddie Hearn now hopes to reschedule the title fight for November, with a reduced crowd at the O2 Arena.

      AJ has not boxed at the O2 since 2016, instead headlining at Wembley and the Principality Stadium.
      He was on the road twice last year, first losing in a shock upset against Andy Ruiz Jr in New York last June before winning the rematch in Saudi Arabia six months later.
      Joshua looks set to fight just once this year, but has already agreed a double header with WBC champion Tyson Fury, 31, in 2021.

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      The pair bumped into each other in Marbella as they holidayed, and told one another to avoid defeat in their next bouts.

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      Floyd Mayweather boasts he can make £54m from exhibition bouts as Mike Tyson prepares to face Roy Jones Jr

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      FLOYD MAYWEATHER boasted he could bank up to £54milllion boxing in exhibition bouts he describes as “little fun sparring”.
      It comes after the 43-year-old pocketed £7million in 2018 for a just over two minutes of work after he beat featherweight kickboxer Tenshin Nasukawa in Tokyo.

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      Floyd Mayweather pocketed £7m in 2018 after he beat featherweight kickboxer Tenshin NasukawaCredit: Getty Images

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      Mayweather’s boasted he could bank up to £54m boxing in exhibition bouts
      With Mayweather planning on more money-spinning ring cameos in Japan, he explained the decision to continue fighting in unprecedented circumstances.
      He told rapper Fat Joe: “Even like right now, when I do exhibitions, you know, with the exhibitions I do, I get between, I can make between 10 – 70 million.
      “Just doing an exhibition. Not a real fight. Just some little sparring. Some little, legal sparring, that’s it. Little fun sparring.”
      Mayweather even took credit for Mike Tyson’s comeback at the age of 54, which will be against Roy Jones Jr, 51, in an eight-round exhibition.

      The American legend officially retired from professional boxing in 2017, after defeating UFC star Conor McGregor, 32.

      But as SunSport revealed, he is in talks for another exhibition spectacle in Tokyo.
      Reports in Japan have suggested Mayweather is lined up to face former super-featherweight champion Takashi Uchiyama, 40, who retired in 2016. 
      But amid the coronavirus pandemic, the unbeaten legend is unable to travel to Tokyo to make his return to the ring.

      Throughout the crisis, Mayweather has continued to train in his Las Vegas gym.
      And while admitting coming out of retirement is for now out of the questioning, he is still in the business of money-spinning spectacles.

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      Mayweather told Forbes: “We’re working on some things right now for Tokyo, whether 2020 or 2021.
       “For now, I’m happily retired. You never know, but it would have to be worth it.
      “Just like gambling right? Juice worth the squeeze no matter who the opponent is.”

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      Mayweather has continued to train in his Las Vegas gymCredit: @themoneyteam

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      Floyd Mayweather takes credit for Mike Tyson comeback at 54 and claims he is the ‘pioneer’ of exhibition fights

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      FLOYD MAYWEATHER took credit for Mike Tyson’s comeback against Roy Jones Jr – insisting he is the “pioneer” of exhibition bouts.
      Tyson, 54, will fight for the first time in 15 years after signing to box former four-division champion Jones, 51, over eight rounds on September 12.

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      Floyd Mayweather took credit for Mike Tyson comeback by claiming he is the ‘pioneer’ of exhibition fights

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      Mayweather beat Tenshin Nasukawa in Japan in 2018
      But the pay-per-view spectacle comes two years after Mayweather, 43, made £7million for taking out featherweight kickboxer Tenshin Nasukawa in an exhibition in Tokyo.
      Asked by rapper Fat Joe his opinion on Tyson’s sensational ring return, ‘Money’ responded only by making the occasion a testament to him.
      He said: “I think that we seem to forget about who’s the pioneer about making exhibition bouts huge.”
      Mayweather further distanced himself from the fight by sitting on the fence as he failed to predict a winner.

      He explained: “I mean, I think it’s going to be very interesting, you know?
      “I’m not here to say Tyson’s going to win, I’m not here to say Roy’s going to win,’ he said.
      “And I’m pretty sure it’s going to be entertaining. I’m pretty sure I’m going to watch it, absolutely.
      “I don’t think I can go because I don’t think there’s going to be an audience at that particular time, but may the best man win.”

      As well as watching the box office bonanza, Mayweather himself is due to get back into the business of money-spinning exhibitions.

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      SunSport revealed the multimillionaire has held talks with MMA promotion RIZIN to once again fight on one of their events.
      Reports in Japan have suggested Mayweather is lined up to face former super-featherweight champion Takashi Uchiyama, 40, who retired in 2016.
      But amid the coronavirus pandemic, the unbeaten legend is unable to travel to Tokyo to make his return to the ring.

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      Tyson will fight for the first time in 15 years after signing to box former four-division champion Jones

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      Tyson Fury and dad John warn Wilder and Anthony Joshua he will ‘annihilate’ and ‘terminate’ them in chilling video

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      TYSON FURY and dad John warned Deontay Wilder and Anthony Joshua he will “annihilate” them and “terminate” the heavyweight division.
      Fury, who faces Wilder in a trilogy bout next ahead of a proposed double header against AJ in 2021, made the prediction alongside his dad during a car ride.

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      Tyson Fury warned Wilder and Anthony Joshua he will ‘annihilate’ and ‘terminate’ them

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      Fury made the prediction alongside his dad John
      John, 56, said: “Listen, he’s a machine this man. The best is yet in him, he’s getting better every year.”
      Fury, 31, replied: “Getting better with age like a fine wine.”
      John continued: “That’s right, all them heavyweights, look out.
      “Look out, this man is here, he’s coming fast. Hard and fast.”

      Tyson added: “I’m coming for Wilder first, then I’m gonna come for Joshua.
      “Then I’m gonna come for whoever else wants the smoke. You’re all getting annihilated, every single one of you.
      “Ain’t no stopping us now. Anyone who does will get smashed to bits, terminated, plowed over like a stone in the road.”

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      Fury regained the heavyweight title in February after dominating Wilder, 34, with the pair signed for a third bout targeted for December.

      Should the Gypsy King emerge victorious, he has verbally agreed a two-fight deal with unified champ Joshua, 30, afterwards.
      AJ still has to face 39-year-old Kubrat Pulev in his next fight before moving on to what he hopes will be an undisputed title decider.

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      Fury and Wilder are signed for a third bout targeted for DecemberCredit: Reuters

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      Joshua and Fury have verbally agreed a two-fight deal for 2021 Credit: Getty Images – Getty More

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      Roy Jones Jr brands Mike Tyson ‘giant monster’ and admits fight is ‘very risky’ as duo prepare for comeback in their 50s

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      MIKE TYSON’S opponent Roy Jones Jr has branded him a “giant monster” and admitted their fight is “very risky”.
      Iron Mike, 54, recently announced he is to step back in the ring against 51-year-old fellow veteran Jones Jr.

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      Mike Tyson’s first opponent in 15 years is wary of the threat he posesCredit: Instagram / @miketyson

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      American boxer Roy Jones Jr is to take on Mike Tyson but is relying on God
      The pair have a combined age of 105 but are set to lock horns in California on September 12.
      The bout will be an eight-round exhibition but the age of its competitors has split opinion.
      And even Jones Jr acknowledged the risk of fighting beyond the age of 50, especially against someone with the power of Tyson.

      He told World Boxing News: “His legs are huge and his thighs are huge. His arms are huge and his neck is huge!

      “It’s very risky, yes. But God’s in control of all.
      “[Previously] I was beating everybody in every weight class I was in, so what you gonna do?
      “It’s like David and Goliath. He’s a giant monster, we know.
      “I’m little David and all I’ve got is God on my side, which is all I’m gonna need.”

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      Tyson’s opponent last fought in 2018 and is a former pound for pound champ.
      Tyson is dusting off his gear after 15 years in retirement and has been urged by legend George Foreman to call off his return.
      But the big-hitter looks set to christen a remarkable return to the ring by taking on Jones Jr after thrilling fans by appearing in incredible shape in training clips.

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      Inside Eddie Hearn’s Matchroom Fight Camp with stunning ring marquee and behind-the-scenes access ahead of weekend start

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      EDDIE HEARN has given his Instagram followers an inside look at Matchroom’s Fight Camp ahead of this weekend’s first bill.
      The first main event at Matchroom’s headquarters in Brentwood, Essex, is a domestic dust-up between Sam Eggington and Ted Cheeeseman.

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      Eddie Hearn has shown boxing fans an inside look at Matchroom’s Fight CampCredit: Twitter@EddieHearn

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      Hearn showed the route of how the boxers will make their way down to the ringCredit: Twitter@EddieHearn

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      A changing room for the fighters is almost completed ahead of Saturday nightCredit: Twitter@EddieHearn
      The IBF international super-welterweight title is on the line, and boxing fans cannot wait for the showdown.
      And with just days to go until the event, Hearn has uploaded a video on Instagram to his 936,000 followers showing progress of the construction in the garden of the huge mansion.
      In the clip, Hearn detailed the route on how the fighters will make their way down into the ring, as he showed off the stunning ring marquee.
      He then remarked: “It’s going to be f****** epic to be fair.”

      A changing room for the boxers is also in the closing stages of being completed, with social media loving the look of his Fight Camp.
      One fan messaged on the video: “Amazing work, well done Eddie & team.”
      Another stated: “Eddie’s the best, no comparison at all.”
      A third added: “Great concept, and some solid domestic fights coming up. Just great to see British boxing back.”

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      Eddie Hearn will be hosting events from the garden of Matchroom’s headquarters in Brentwood, EssexCredit: Twitter@EddieHearn

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      Hearn showed how his dad Barry has a perfect view of the ring from his officeCredit: Twitter@EddieHearn

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      Hearn showed fans some of his favourite images during his time as a promoterCredit: Twitter@EddieHearn

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      There will a total of four events that will be held at Fight CampCredit: Twitter@EddieHearn
      Eggington’s clash against Cheeseman is the first of four consecutive weekend events that will be held at Fight Camp.
      The second card will be headlined by WBC world champion Terri Harper vs Natasha Jonas, with Felix Cash vs Jason Welborn to take place on August 14.
      Dillian Whyte’s pay-per-view clash against Alexander Povetkin will conclude the backyard brawls at Hearn’s Matchroom HQ.

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