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      Fans hail Adam Smith as ‘voice of boxing’ as Sky Sports legend does live TV interview on DAZN after cancer fight

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      VIEWERS were as thrilled as Adam Scott as the “voice of boxing” returned to live TV after winning a “brutal” fight with cancer.The Sky Sports legend told DAZN it was “fantastic” to be back ringside for Katie Taylor’s revenge bid against Chantelle Cameron in Dublin – after being in hospital for the first fight.

      Katie Taylor, left, and Chantelle Cameron had a gruelling Dublin re-matchCredit: PA
      And armchair sports fans were overjoyed to see Scott behind a microphone after he departed from Sky after 29 years earlier this month.
      Viewers said, “When he spoke it just felt so right” and “It’s so nice to see him back”.
      And featherweight hopeful Ellie Sctoney posted: “Adam Smith is just the voice of boxing isn’t he.”
      A fourth observer wrote: “Can’t tell you how pleased this made me. Actually… I can. I was f***ing delighted to see him back!”
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      Scott himself was also enthralled to be so close to the action again.
      He said: “It’s great to be here, it’s great to be alive. It’s fantastic, I’m cancer free, back at ringside.”
      He added: “I’m here for Katie Taylor, an old friend of ours.
      “My wife’s over there. My kids will be watching at home. We’ve gone through the whole Katie Taylor story.
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      “She’s been the queen for Ireland, the gem here. The atmosphere is phenomenal.
      “I couldn’t make it to the first fight with Chantelle Cameron. I was still in hospital and I wanted to be here for the rematch.”
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      Ring girls for Katie Taylor fight leave fans drooling and Conor McGregor will be a big fan of their outfits

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      CONOR MCGREGOR would be proud of the ring girls’ outfits for the Katie Taylor fight tonight.Ring girl duo Tayla Graney and Evanne Reape stunned as they sported outfits plastered in Forged Irish Stout branding.
      The ring girls for the Katie Taylor fight are sporting outfits covered in Forged Irish Stout brandingCredit: INSTAGRAM @taylagraney
      Tayla Graney showed off the shorts and crop top combination that the ring girls are wearing for the boutCredit: INSTAGRAM @taylagraney
      Conor McGregor owns Forged Irish StoutCredit: Getty
      The nitro stout company is owned by McGregor who alongside the ring girls can always be seen promoting his alcohol brand.
      Evanne and Tayla posed for the camera on Instagram as they showed off their black and white style.
      And the eye-catching outfits were leaving fans in awe of the girls who were wearing them.
      The outfits consisted of a small crop-top and a matching pair of shorts with the girls ready for the big fight.
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      Irish boxing star Taylor is looking for revenge as she takes on Chantelle Cameron in their second bout.
      The 37-year-old tasted defeat for the first time ever when she took on Cameron last time out in May.
      But the “Bray Bomber” is ready to make the most of her second chance to snatch Cameron’s undisputed light-welterweight belts.
      And the highly anticipated fight has attracted some huge names to the event in Dublin.
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      Global superstar Ed Sheeran was spotted sitting next to Eddie Hearn who is the promoter for the fight.
      While Conor McGregor wasn’t seen at the fight despite his company sponsoring the ring girl’s outfits.
      The ring girls were glammed up and ready for the fightCredit: Instagram – @taylagraney
      They shared videos of their outfits onlineCredit: Tiktok – @evannereape1
      Ed Sheeran was in Dublin for the fightCredit: Getty
      Katie Taylor, right, is hoping for revenge in her rematch against Chantelle CameronCredit: Sportsfile More

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      Boxing ring girl Apollonia Llewellyn almost spills out of tiny bikini while holidaying in Los Angeles

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      APOLLONIA LLEWELLYN took social media by storm once more with a series of raunchy snaps.This time, boxing ring girl Apollonia posed in a tiny bronze bikini by a swimming pool.
      Boxing ring girl Apollonia Llewellyn took social media by storm once moreCredit: INSTAGRAM @apolloniallewellyn
      Apollonia posed in a tiny bronze bikini during her US holidayCredit: INSTAGRAM @apolloniallewellyn
      The social media model has been enjoying a winter holiday in the US and took the snaps in Los Angeles.
      Apollonia posted the following caption on Instagram: “That winter sun.”
      The Brit’s 572,000 followers were left in absolute awe once more as they stormed the comments’ section.
      One fan posted: “So Beautiful and Gorgeous.”
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      Another commented: “Look beautiful.”
      A third wrote: “That gorgeous look!!!”
      This fan said: “So gorgeous.”
      And that one gushed: “Woow soooo hot.”
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      Apollonia recently spoke to SunSport and revealed she had been offered £100,000 for a topless photoshoot.
      But the boxing ring girl said she turned down the chance to do that shoot.
      The model opted against it out of respect for her family.
      Apollonia’s most-liked Instagram snaps…
      Apollonia burst out of this tiny silver bikini as she drank her ‘morning juice’Credit: INSTAGRAM
      Conor McGregor was among 8,000 fans who enjoyed this see-through lacy outfitCredit: INSTAGRAM
      Thousands of Apollonia’s fans enjoyed the view on the ring girl’s holiday to New YorkCredit: INSTAGRAM
      Apollonia really enjoyed this bowl of pasta on her summer holiday to SantoriniCredit: INSTAGRAM
      Apollonia invited fans to ‘sit and stare’ at this picture, and thousands took her up on the invitationCredit: INSTAGRAM
      Fans were worried Apollonia’s top had shrunk in the wash as she enjoyed this hearty breakfastCredit: INSTAGRAM
      Apollonia’s followers were in awe of the stunner’s new hairdo as she wowed in a tiny yellow bikiniCredit: INSTAGRAM
      Apollonia sent a cheeky message to her fans as she posed in this glamorous see-through numberCredit: INSTAGRAM
      Apollonia told fans ‘no caption needed’ as she squeezed into this skin-tight see-through playsuitCredit: INSTAGRAM
      Apollonia revealed he ‘idea of happiness’ is being ‘wind swept on the beach’ with this busty snapCredit: INSTAGRAM
      Apollonia left very little to the imagination as she ‘brightened fans’ Mondays’ in a skimpy wet T-shirtCredit: INSTAGRAM More

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      Eddie Hearn says Tyson Fury is in ‘DECLINE’ as he makes major U-turn on Oleksandr Usyk fight prediction

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      EDDIE HEARN reckons Tyson Fury’s best days are behind him after his lacklustre display against Francis Ngannou.The Gypsy King eked out a narrow points victory over the boxing novice in their Saudi showdown last month, which he won via split decision.
      Tyson Fury locked horns with Francis Ngannou last monthCredit: AFP
      The Gypsy King was knocked down by the former UFC heavyweight championCredit: GETTY
      Eddie Hearn reckons Tyson Fury’s best days are behind himCredit: SPORTSFILE
      Fury, 35, was dropped by the former UFC heavyweight champion in the third round of their Riyadh Rumble, in which he looked devoid of ideas.
      The Morecambe warrior will look to become the undisputed king of the heavyweights against Oleksandr Usyk in February following his horror show against Ngannou.
      And Hearn reckons Fury will enter the unification fight somewhat of a shell of the fighter he was when he was his peak.
      He told Boxing Social: “I think Tyson Fury, Look, there are a lot of signs that he might be in decline after the Ngannou fight.
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      That being said, Hearn believes Fury will be too much for former undisputed cruiserweight king Usyk too handle if he takes the fight seriously.
      He continued: “But if he is back to his best, if he is firing on all cylinders, I do expect him to win that fight.”
      Hearn’s latest prediction for the fight is in stark contrast to initial assessment of the dust-up.
      He said: “Usyk is a special breed, we’ve [Anthony Joshua] had two cracks at him.
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      “Usyk-Fury is a mismatch, no one wants to see it.”
      Hearn’s concerns about Fury’s recent displays are also shared by the WBC heavyweight king’s dad John.
      He said: “The 17th February is the date they have got to work towards.
      “But in my opinion, Tyson needs a bit more time to get his conditioning right and his weight right.
      “For me, it looked like he had lost 20lbs of muscle last time. Something was wrong.
      “For my money, his last three fights, I have seen a bit of decline. Not a decline in ability but a decline in strength, power and physical condition.
      “I don’t know what they are doing up there, you have to address it. He didn’t look himself out in Saudi.
      “He didn’t look right, everything had changed about him, his demeanour, his body. I was puzzled.
      “He said he had been training but there is training and there is training.
      “If you’re going at your own pace no one is going to tell you otherwise, no one is going to offend you or kick you up the backside.
      “No one can teach Tyson how to box, or teach him more than he knows. All they can do is put some muscle on there and make his body rock solid.
      “For my money he looked fat-thin, he should have been better, a bit heavier with a lot more muscle.
      “Tyson is a mammoth fella. He needs to power up in the body department and the only way you do that is a proper course and they take time and we don’t have the time.”
      John Fury admits he’s seen in a ‘decline’ in son Tyson’s physical outputCredit: TNT SPORTS More

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      Eddie Hearn reveals new timeline for Anthony Joshua vs Deontay Wilder ahead of blockbuster Saudi card

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      EDDIE HEARN is hoping a spring showdown between Anthony Joshua and Deontay Wilder will come to fruition in the next few weeks.The long-time rivals were on course for a December dust-up before Saudi boxing chiefs, bizarrely, withdrew their interest in hosting the fight.
      Anthony Joshua is still on a collision course with Deontay WilderCredit: PA
      AJ must first get through Swedish slugger Otto Wallin before they can throw downCredit: GETTY
      Matchroom chief Eddie Hearn hopes Joshua and Wilder will throw down in MarchCredit: PA
      Both men, however, will be in action on a hastily put-together Christmas cracker of a card on December 23, in which they’ll take on Otto Wallin and Joseph Parker respectively.
      Fight fans around the world are hoping both men dispatch Wallin and Parker to preserve their long-overdue showdown, which Hearn hopes to put on in March.
      He told The MacLife: “We had six weeks, really, when we received a phone call from Saudi Arabia to say, ‘Do you want to fight on the card?
      “‘Otto Wallin is the opponent. And at the same time, we got offered fights for [Dmitry] Bivol and [Jai] Opetaia and AJ was up for it.
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      “He wanted to fight three times this year. Wilder is on the card; victory for both and the fight is inevitable.
      “We got from a situation of it being pretty much agreed for January to not being agreed.
      “But now we fight in December and hopefully we make the fight for March.”
      Joshua and Wilder, 34 and 38 respectively, are both of Nigerian descent and proudly discuss that fact.
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      And Hearn believes their grudge match would be the perfect fight to commemorate the 50th anniversary of The Rumble in the Jungle.
      The Matchroom Boxing chief told the BBC: “It’s something that would be iconic for the sport.
      “When we’re visiting these countries, there’s government funding to stage these events.
      “Sometimes that isn’t forthcoming in all areas but there have been discussions and I think it will happen in time.
      “We’ve had a couple of approaches. Obviously, Anthony Joshua – with his Nigerian descent – is always keen to visit and stage a major event there.”
      With that anniversary approaching, we’ve often talked about a big Anthony Joshua fight – even revisiting the famous scenes in Zaire of the Rumble in the Jungle.
      “Visually, it would be incredible and something Anthony would love to tick off the box before the end of his career.”
      Joshua will enter his Saudi showdown with Wallin – who took Tyson Fury the distance back in 2019 – on the back of consecutive wins over Jermaine Franklin and Robert Helenius.
      Wilder, meanwhile, faces former WBO heavyweight champ Parker on the back of a brutal one-punch KO of Helenius last October.
      Anthony Joshua flattened Robert Helenius in his last outingCredit: Reuters More

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      I’m the last man to beat Floyd Mayweather but ended up working at sausage factory and living on £370 state handout

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      SERAFIM TODOROV is the last man to have gotten the better of boxing legend Floyd Mayweather.But unlike multi-millionaire Mayweather, the Sweet Science was far from kind to the Bulgarian.
      Floyd Mayweather lost his Olympic semi-final match-up to Serafim TodorovCredit: GETTY
      That defeat didn’t stop Mayweather from becoming a boxing icon and multi-millionaireCredit: AP
      Todorov ended up falling on hard times and went on the Bulgarian doleCredit: REUTERS
      A fresh-faced Mayweather, 19, locked horns with the veteran in a featherweight showdown in the semi-finals of the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta.
      Mayweather’s dream of winning Olympic gold on home soil was crushed by a then-28-year-old Todorov, who used his experience and strength to score a 10-9 victory and move on to the gold medal fight.
      Todorov – who lost the gold medal match to Thailand’s Somluck Kamsing – quickly fell on hard times after turning down a promotional deal and failing to switch allegiance to Turkey for the World Amateur Boxing Championships the following year.
      He hung up his gloves in 2003 but came out of retirement in 2015 at the grand old age of 46.
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      And not long after returning to the ring, he revealed that he was living off government handouts
      He said: “I live on just a handout from the state, the money I get from the government is not enough, my family have no jobs.
      ‘It’s hard here because it is a small town and there is very little work.
      “I did have a bigger house in my home town, Peshtera, 20km from where I live now but I had to sell because I had no money to get by.”
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      Serafim Todorov retired from boxing in 2003 but made a comeback in 2015 aged 46Credit: SUNSPORT
      Financial woes are something Mayweather couldn’t have contemplated at the time, with the former five-weight world champion becoming a multi-millionaire thanks to multiple championship pay-per-view fights.
      Todorov – who supplemented his dole by working at a sausage factory – isn’t in any way envious of Mayweather and instead reflects fondly on his run to Olympic silver.
      He said: “My experience was much stronger. I beat all the Russians, all the Cubans, some Americans, Germans, Olympic champions.
      “I was making fun of them in the ring. British, French – I beat them all.
      “I was very smart. I was a very beautiful and attractive fighter to watch.
      “You must be an artist in the ring. I was an artist.
      “It was just like any other fight, to be honest – I had beaten much stronger fighters.
      “I wanted to hope that things here could get better. It was stupid. I came back and I found hell.”
      Mayweather – who retired from boxing in 2017 with a perfect 50-0 record – was completely oblivious to his former opponent’s rough run after the Olympics.
      The American said of his former rival: “I wish him nothing but the best.
      “I don’t know why he didn’t become a boxing trainer because at the time when we fought, he was already a lot older than I was.
      “I was fighting at the elite stage at 16. I wanted to turn pro at 14, but it never happened. Five years later, I turned pro at 19.
      “Within a year, I was a champion.”
      Floyd Mayweather retired from boxing in August 2017Credit: Reuters More

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      MMA fans in stitches as Jake Paul puts on gloves to watch fights before calling out Nate Diaz to rematch

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      JAKE PAUL had fans in stitches after putting on a pair of MMA gloves while watching and commentating on fights. The YouTuber-turned boxer featured in the live broadcast of the Professional Fighters League final.
      Jake Paul commentating on Larissa Pacheco’s win over Marina Mokhnatkina
      And he was being interviewed while reigning PFL champion Larissa Pacheco beat Marina Mokhnatkina for the featherweight title.
      But out of nowhere Paul – talking from his £13million Puerto Rico mansion – whacked on a pair of gloves to commentate on the bout.
      It left fans hilariously confused as one said: “Why the f*** is Jake Paul wearing his gloves on stream.”
      Another added: “Jake Paul putting on his PFL gloves whilst watching the fight has big shadow boxing in front of the mirror during the ad breaks energy.”
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      One said: “As much as I don’t like Jake Paul he is really smart for putting on the pfl gloves during his interview.”
      Paul this year signed with the PFL, a rival promotion to the UFC.
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      From there it is win-or-go-home, culminating in a series of finale fights where a title belt and $1million prize cheque is on the line.
      But the PFL are next year launching a “super-fight” series – away from the season – which will play host to Paul’s MMA debut.
      The American is coming off an August win over ex-UFC star Nate Diaz, 38, and he offered to rematch in MMA.
      But Paul, 26, claims Diaz, 38, has turned down a £10million offer to fight in the cage and took another swipe at his rival.
      He said: “He didn’t want all that smoke. He’s making excuses.”
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      Watch Muhammad Ali’s MMA star grandson Biaggio score brutal KO to leave opponent face down

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      MUHAMMAD ALI’S grandson scored a brutal knockout which left his opponent face down. Amateur MMA prospect Biaggio Ali Walsh faced Joel Lopez on the undercard of the Professional Fighters League 2024 final.
      Muhammad Ali’ grandson Biaggio knocked out Joel LopezCredit: Scott Taetsch / PFL

      And in what could be his last bout before turning pro, the American closed out the show in stunning style.
      A big looping right hook in the second round dropped Lopez and sparked a follow up in strikes from Biaggio.
      The referee was rightfully quick to step in and intervene as Biaggio recorded his sixth knockout in as many fights.
      Prior to the bout in Washington, DC, he hinted that it could be his final as an amateur.
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      And after the fight, 25-year-old Biaggio said: “There’s so much going on in my mind right now.
      “I’m still an amateur so I’m still getting used to just everything. To get this kind of experience as an amateur is insane.
      “I’m super blessed and grateful. I don’t know, I’ll sit down with my coach and see what happens.
      “But I’ll definitely announce soon, so everybody will know.”
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      The PFL in which Biaggio is signed to is made up of qualification and knockout stages.
      Stars have two regular season bouts where points are earned per method of victory with the top four in each division progressing.
      From there it is win-or-go-home, culminating in a series of finale fights where a title belt and $1million prize cheque is on the line.
      Biaggio went 6-1 in the 2024 final and it could pave the way for the former football prospect to enter the lightweight season next year.
      Biaggio Ali Walsh celebrating his winCredit: Scott Taetsch / PFL More