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      Anthony Joshua’s dark room retreat brutally mocked by Ngannou as ex-UFC champ vows to make him wake up in a ‘white room’

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      FRANCIS NGANNOU has seemingly mocked Anthony Joshua’s recent darkness retreat in his chilling prediction for their Saudi showdown.AJ stunned boxing fans last October by revealing he went on a retreat so he could be alone with his thoughts in complete darkness.
      Anthony Joshua recently spent £2,000 on a darkness retreatCredit: ANTHONY JOSHUA
      Upcoming foe Francis Ngannou has seemingly mocked the retreat by claiming AJ could wake up in a ‘white room’ if he underestimates himCredit: GETTY
      The former two-time unified heavyweight champion forked out £2,000 for a four-day stay at the Sky Cave Dark Retreat in Southern Oregon.
      That retreat came weeks before his desruction of Otto Wallin, which paved the way for an unlikely clash with former UFC champ Ngannou.
      And Ngannou appeared to make reference to it in a chilling warning ahead of their Riyadh rumble in March.
      The Predator said: “If I catch him, then he’s going to sleep.
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      “Remember, this is the heavyweight division and everyone is quite strong. You should keep your chin away.
      “Don’t go there and sleep [on your opponent] and say: ‘Oh, he’s not the hardest puncher.’
      “If you put your chin in the right position and get hit, even by the lightest fighters, then you might wake up in the white room.”
      The MMA man-mountain added: “So, you better keep your chin away and fight smart.
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      “It is not chin-testing, it is a combat sport.
      “I’m the hardest puncher, but I was in a 10-round fight and couldn’t knock out Tyson Fury, I couldn’t connect. [But] you can knock someone out if you can touch them.”
      Joshua, 34, knows full well the power Ngannou possesses in both hands after watching him shock the world and drop Fury last October.
      And he’s refusing to underestimate the size of the task on his hands in what many believe is a “lose-lose fight”.
      He said: “If Tyson underestimated Ngannou, I sure won’t. Francis has lost the element of surprise with me.
      “We knew Francis had a reputation as the biggest puncher in the world but the surprise was how well he boxed.
      “He was exceptional on the inside and made life very complicated for Tyson.
      “So much so that I do belong to the opinion that he beat Fury.”
      AJ insists he’ll mind his Ps and Qs with Ngannou after seeing him drop furyCredit: GETTY More

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      Elle Brooke to link up with nine porn stars as she reveals next career move after win over Love Islander AJ Bunker

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      ELLE BROOKE will link up with nine porn stars after her knockout win over AJ Bunker.Elle, who had already beaten Love Island contestant AJ on points in 2022, flattened her rival in the third round of their rematch on Saturday.
      Elle Brooke is set to link up with nine porn stars after beating AJ BunkerCredit: Instagram / @thedumbledong
      Elle will link up with Savannah BondCredit: Instagram @thesavannahbond
      Elle and Lena The Plug will put together a new podcastCredit: instagram/@freelenatheplug/
      Alina Lopez will also be part of PlugTalkCredit: Instagram @itsalinalopezofficial
      Connie Perignon will team up with ElleCredit: Instagram @notconnieperignon
      Dainty Wilder has also been recruited for the podcastCredit: Instagram @daintymilder
      Tru Kait has been announced alongside ElleCredit: Instagram @tru.kait
      The DanDangler has made the line-upCredit: Instagram @thedandangler
      And Lil Ded Jannet will be joining herCredit: Instagram @lildedjanet__
      Violet Myers is the final memberCredit: Instagram @violetmyersofficial__
      And the OnlyFans star is now planning a new career move as she will join nine other fellow adult performers in a new podcast called PlugTalk.
      The 26-year-old will be part of the new initiative alongside The DanDangler, Lena The Plug, Savannah Bond, Lil Ded Jannet, Violet Myers, Tru Kait, Dainty Wilder, Alina Lopez and Connie Perignon.
      This comes after Elle celebrated her amateur boxing win on Sunday with three steamy topless pics.
      They showed the Brit on a bed wearing just her pink underwear as she held up her matching Misfits strap.
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      The social media model had a dig at rival Astrid Wett after the fight and claimed the move from 14oz gloves down to 10oz makes her a more formidable force.
      Elle said: “Listen, these 10oz gloves are very dangerous.
      “I had the 14oz in her first fight and now I’ve come down weight I’m a lot stronger.
      “Why is there nobody in the ring offering me out? Mams [Taylor, KSI’s manager], where is the next person?
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      “Am I now the queen of Misfits now that Astrid has left?”
      Elle admitted she would have hung up her gloves had she lost to AJ at the weekend.
      But given she won the contest, the adult content creator immediately committed her future to Misfits Boxing.
      Inside Elle’s glamorous life as a boxer and OnlyFans star…
      Elle traded in OnlyFans for boxingCredit: PA
      Elle Brooke boasts 843k followersCredit: Instagram @thedumbledong
      She also showed fans a red outfitCredit: Instagram @thedumbledong
      Elle always embraces the season’s traditionsCredit: Instagram @thedumbledong

      Last week she posed in laceCredit: Instagram @thedumbledong
      Elle recently visited the USCredit: Instagram @thedumbledong
      Including a trip to TexasCredit: https://www.instagram.com/thedumbledong/
      The influencer has posed for several photoshootsCredit: instagram More

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      Cruiserweight monster LEAVES Tyson Fury training camp after just five rounds of sparring and fans think they know why

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      RUMOURS that a monster cruiserweight was sent home from Tyson Fury’s training camp after just five rounds of sparring have been quickly denied.The 35-year-old Gypsy King will attempt to become the first undisputed heavyweight champion in over 25 years next month when he takes on Oleksandr Usyk in Riyadh.
      Tyson Fury is currently in Saudi preparing for next month’s fight with Oleksandr UsykCredit: Getty
      Jai Opetaia sparred five rounds with the Gypsy King before leaving the campCredit: Reuters
      The Brit has provided his supporters with their first glimpse at his secret Saudi training camp for the biggest fight of his career.
      Usually outspoken Fury had essentially gone radio silent ahead of the showdown and has not been regularly taking to social media like usual.
      But he did provide some insight into what he’s been doing as he shared a clip of himself and his team getting a training session in at the gym.
      Now some more news from his camp has emerged after it was revealed that unbeaten 24-0 Aussie cruiserweight star Jai Opetaia had been drafted in for sparring.
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      But after just five rounds of working with the 6ft 9in Fury, he had left and returned Down Under – sparking some wild claims from boxing fans.
      Fox Sports Australia’s Ben Damon started the rumours when he revealed that the two had sparred.
      He wrote on X: “Jai Opetaia did five rounds of sparring with Tyson Fury in Saudi Arabia but with a lack of orthodox sparring in Fury’s camp Opetaia has now returned to Australia to continue his own preparations for the planned Mairis Briedis rematch at #FuryUsyk.”
      That instantly led to widespread speculation on social media as fans believed they knew the reason why the 28-year-old had left the Gypsy King’s camp.
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      “Haha he defo sparked out Fury,” claimed one.
      Another said: “Jai rolled in with the thunder from down under and got sent home.”
      “Dropped in Sparring? Sparred only 5 rounds? Yeah jai cracked him,” claimed a third.
      While another wrote: “Hahahaha what’s he done to Fury?”
      However, one fan asked Damon directly, saying: “Did you hear anything about Jai dropping Fury in their sparring?”
      To which Damon replied: “Yep I heard it didn’t happen.”
      Opetaia will face Briedis in his next fight on the undercard of Fury versus Usyk next month.
      The 6ft 2in star holds the Ring magazine and lineal cruiserweight titles but vacated his IBF one after a disagreement with them last month.
      After seeing the rumours spread like wildfire online, his co-promoters quickly responded to the claims that he had dropped Fury.
      A statement from Tasman Fighters said: “Jai Opetaia has recently returned from Saudi Arabia where he sparred and trained with Tyson Fury.
      “They were fantastic, competitive rounds and an incredible experience for Jai.”
      It continued: “However any talk of either boxer being dropped is not true.
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      “Jai is now back in Australia finalising his preparation to defend his world title and cannot wait to do so in Saudi Arabia.” 
      SunSport understands that nobody in Fury’s camp matches either the orthodox stance or the 6ft 1in size of Briedis, hence Opetaia heading home to spar with someone of a similar ilk.
      Fury gave the briefest of glimpes into his training camp on InstagramCredit: Instagram More

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      Jake Paul faces losing over ONE STONE to secure KSI fight as Brit YouTuber’s manager refuses to budge on contract terms

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      JAKE PAUL faces losing over ONE STONE in weight if he is to meet KSI’s demands for a blockbuster grudge match. The pair of YouTube superstars-turned boxers have rivalled each other throughout their careers but are yet to settle it in the ring.
      Jake Paul will have to drop weight to fight KSICredit: Getty
      The Briton comes in a lot lighterCredit: Reuters
      And the latest sticking point in talks between the two camps is a disagreement in weight.
      Paul has campaigned from 185lb but his last bout – a knockout over boxer Andre August – was at the 200lb limit
      Whereas KSI was last at a 183lb catchweight in defeat to Tommy Fury but he insists his best fighting weight is 175lb at light-heavyweight.
      So it leaves his manager Mams Taylor adamant the pair must meet in the middle and box at a mutually unsatisfying 180lb – over a stone from Paul’s weight.
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      Taylor told SunSport: “The reality is, I think they both have so much to lose it has to be fair and it has to be uncomfortable.
      “KSI is not comfortable at 180, Jake is not comfortable at 180 either. 
      “It’s like the art of negotiating something in meditation, you both walk away not feeling great but not feeling bad about the deal you’ve done. 
      “And if they’re both prepared to do that then I think we’ll have a fight.”  
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      Before KSI’s boxing comeback in the summer of 2022, Paul offered to fight him on short notice at 180lb.
      But the American’s team have also pointed out that KSI in 2019 fought at 196lb the night he beat Paul’s brother Logan on points.
      So Taylor is left to admit the row over size could prevent the mega-fight from happening.
      He said: “With Jake, he’s said numerous times that he’ll fight at 180 and KSI’s most comfortable fight weight thus far is 175. 
      “If KSI was a full-time pro boxer his optimum performance would be at 168lb, because he doesn’t have as big a frame and Jake is a lot bigger and getting a lot bigger. 
      “So I don’t know if that fight ever happens just because of the weight issues.” 
      KSI was forced to concede to Fury’s demands of a 183lb catchweight before he lost a controversial decision in October.
      So Taylor refuses to make the same mistake twice and have his star man fight outside his best weight.

      He said: “I don’t think that’s a good idea and I wasn’t in favour of that for Tommy, to be honest. 
      “KSI just said, ‘Look, I don’t care anymore, I don’t want to wait anymore give him that advantage.’ 
      “He gave him really almost all the advantages and I’m very proud of the way KSI performed.
      “He had a tactic in mind and a tactic he developed with his team to negate Tommy’s jab and he did and I think most people think he did enough to win. 
      “It’s unfortunate and we move. It was a great show in the end and we’re proud of that.” 
      Another roadblock is the breakdown in relationship between Taylor and Paul’s business partner Nakisa Bidarian.
      So the former music mogul is ready to hand over talks with Bidarian to his Misfists Boxing right hand man, promoter Kalle Sauerland.
      Taylor said: “I’m going to defer negotiations to Kalle if that ever happens again. 
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      “I really want that fight to happen, I think the people want it to happen and I certainly don’t want to be a catalyst for a reason for it not. 
      “I think Nakisa and I are like oil and water when it comes to business. So sometimes you just can’t get along with people.” 
      KSI and Jake Paul clashing in the ring in 2020Credit: Getty Images – Getty More

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      KSI’s boxing promoter to reach out to Tommy Fury’s team as blockbuster rematch ‘absolutely make sense’

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      KSI’s boxing promoter plans talks with Tommy Fury’s dad John – as a mega-money rematch remains on the cards. Fury in October escaped the Manchester Arena with a controversial points win over six rounds to hand KSI his first ever defeat.
      Tommy Fury beat KSI controversially on pointsCredit: GETTY
      But the disputed result only made the feud between the pair uglier.
      Fury claimed he “HATES” his boxing rival while KSI admitted he would happily never see the ex-Love Island star in a big fight again.
      The man in the middle of negotiations last year was Kalle Sauerland, who promotes KSI’s Misfits Boxing but has also worked with the Furys.
      So Sauerland is plotting a catch up with John amid speculation of a rematch between son Tommy, 24, and KSI, 30.
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      He told SunSport: “I’ll give John a call in the next couple of weeks and see what he’s doing. 
      “We talks to the Furys a lot. We’ve promoted Roman Fury, dealt with John on that, get on great with Tyson as well. 
      “They’re a boxing family so we talk. We’re enemies when it comes to the fight but we got the deal done when a lot of people in this space said, ‘You’ll never get a deal done.'” 
      Promoters boasted of selling 1.3million pay-per-views at £20 a pop for the grudge match, which at those estimations raked in over £25MILLION.
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      So Sauerland – who formerly promoted heavyweight legend Wladimir Klitschko – would be licking his lips at a rerun.
      But even the veteran promoter is still getting to grips with the new age of influencer boxing which is full of more ego than sense.
      On the potential of a rematch, Sauerland said: “That’s how I would think, because that’s the traditional path. I can’t read this space. 
      “From a traditional sense, the rematch would absolutely make sense. But is it going to happen in this space? We’ll see.” 
      Following his first loss, KSI took time away from boxing having also failed in an appeal of the result.
      From a traditional sense, the rematch would absolutely make sense. But is it going to happen in this space? We’ll see.Kalle Sauerland on KSI vs Tommy Fury 2
      But he confirmed he will return to the ring this year and is in no shortage of blockbuster opponents to welcome him back.
      Sauerland said: “This year there’s some big ones out there, whether it’s Jake Paul, Conor McGregor, another Tommy fight. 
      “There’s huge fights out there and JJ knows this space better than anyone.
      “He’s the godfather of this space, building up a multi, multimillion fanbase outside of boxing. 
      “That’s the audience and that’s what’s going to guide him in. It’s different to traditional where you look at the different world title routes. 
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      “This is about creating big fights and the ones that I know are Jake Paul, Conor McGregor, Tommy Fury.
      “But they know this space better than me. I’m happy to come in and make these fights but we’ll see who it is.” More

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      Elle Brooke admits she ‘loves and adores’ AJ Bunker despite brutal KO… and now calls to join forces for tag-team fight

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      ELLE BROOKE says she loves and adores AJ Bunker despite knocking her out – and now wants to join forces for a tag-team fight. The pair of influencers-turned boxers first collided in the summer of 2022 when Brooke won a points decision.
      Elle Brooke knocked out AJ BunkerCredit: Getty
      Elle Brooke now wants to team up with AJ BunkerCredit: Getty
      So on the surface it looked as though the bad blood was brewing ahead of a rematch in Leeds at Misfits 12.
      Brooke eventually stopped Bunker with a brutal right hand but the two hugged it out post-fight.
      And now the dust has settled, OnlyFans star Brooke revealed her admiration for Bunker, who she now wants to team up with.
      She told SunSport: “I adore AJ, I really adore her. I loved seeing her win her title in Newcastle in September.
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      “I genuinely love her and when you’re in fight mode, that week I’m not going to lie to you she was my worst enemy, you have to be in fight mode, I’m fighting her.
      “But put that aside, I’m a really big fan of her and I’d like to do a tag-team with her. That would be a really good story.”
      Brooke was beaten for the first time in her last fight in July, losing to Brazilian TikToker Jully Poca.
      So Brooke was in the mindset that consecutive defeats would have brought an end to her boxing career.
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      She revealed: “I said that if I didn’t win this fight, then boxing’s not for me.
      “Even though I enjoy it and I absolutely adore it, I spend so much time and energy and it’s so mentally draining that if I’m not winning there’s no point it being in my life.
      “So I’m super happy I won. It was all or nothing, I want to be the best and if I was beaten twice then… I want to be the biggest, the baddest, the best, so I would’ve firmed it that boxing wasn’t for me.”
      Brooke was close to leaving the sport all together but admitted she now has never loved it so much.
      She said: “It wasn’t a pressure thing because I’d be happy either way. Boxing isn’t my only life – it is and it isn’t.
      “I had a life before that so ultimately after my last loss it made me fall out of love with boxing a little bit.
      ‘And now I’ve won, I’ve fallen in love with it all over again.”
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      Elle Brooke labelled ‘absolutely stunning’ as she goes topless to celebrate AJ Bunker KO with Misfits middleweight belt

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      ELLE BROOKE celebrated her knockout win over AJ Bunker by going topless with her Misfits middleweight title.The OnlyFans star, 26, who had already beaten Love Island contestant Bunker on points in 2022, flattened her rival in the third round of their rematch on Saturday night.
      Elle Brooke knocked out AJ Bunker in the third round on Saturday nightCredit: Getty

      She claimed the Misfits Women’s Middleweight Title with her win over BunkerCredit: Getty
      The victory saw her bounce back from a first defeat at the hands of Jully Poca in July last year.
      And she was revelling in that winning feeling on Sunday evening as she shared three photos on social media.
      They showed Brooke on a bed wearing just her pink underwear as she held up her matching Misfits strap.
      And she added the caption: “I was born to do this 🥊.”
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      Reacting to the images, one person said: “Nobody suits the belt more 😍.”
      Another added: “Pink really is for you 🥊.”
      A third replied: “Well deserved 👏👏🔥🔥🔥🔥.”
      While a fourth responded: “You look the best with the pink belt 💖.”
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      Following the win over Bunker, Brooke had a dig at rival Astrid Wett and claimed the move from 14oz gloves down to 10oz makes her a more formidable force.
      She said: “Listen, these 10oz gloves are very dangerous.
      “I had the 14oz in her first fight and now I’ve come down weight I’m a lot stronger.
      “Why is there nobody in the ring offering me out? Mams [Taylor, KSI’s manager], where is the next person?
      “Am I now the queen of Misfits now that Astrid [Wett] has left?”
      Brooke admitted she would have hung up her gloves had she lost to Bunker.
      But given she won the contest, she immediately committed her future to Misfits Boxing.
      She added: “I just perform best on Misfits, I think this was just big fat karma for ever leaving.
      “I was definitely going to quit if I lost this, so it’s a sign.” More

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      Love Islander AJ Bunker spotted with fat lip as she downs shots after being brutally KO’d by OnlyFans star Elle Brooke

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      FORMER LOVE ISLAND star Andrea-Jane Bunker was spotted with a fat lip after her brutal KO against Elle Brooke.Bunker, 28, and Brooke, 26, exchanged blows in the ring once again last night in a rematch of their original bout in the summer of 2022.
      AJ Bunker did not seem down in the dumps despite her loss to Elle BrookeCredit: Instagram @andreajanebunker
      But she showed the repercussions with a fat lip at the after partyCredit: Instagram @andreajanebunker
      Brooke scored a KO punch on Bunker in round threeCredit: Getty

      Brooke walked away from the original bout with a disputed points decision.
      But last night OnlyFans star Brooke left no doubt that she was the winner as she slumped Bunker with a lethal right-hand punch in round three at Misfits 12.
      The pair made peace following the fight as they shared a hug.
      However, Bunker did not seem too down in the dumps following the fight in First Direct Arena in Leeds as she was seen downing shots at the afterparty.
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      Bunker shared a number of videos on her Instagram page following the fight.
      She could be seen enjoying and downing shots with guests at the fight including a number of influencers.
      However, in a couple of the snaps, Bunker could be seen with a bruise on her lower lip, likely from where she had been caught by Brooke.
      Bunker first rose to fame on Love Island back in 2021.
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      Bunker is a former Love Island contestantCredit: Instagram
      Bunker also lost her original match with Brooke in 2022 via a points decisionCredit: Instagram
      She was an Islander on season 7 and entered the villa on Day 17 but was dumped from the island on Day 23 so her stint was short-lived.
      Bunker now has 130,000 fans on Instagram.
      Her defeat to Brooke moved her to a two-wins and three-defeats influencer boxing record.
      Meanwhile, Brooke admitted she would have hung up her gloves if she had lost.
      She said: “I just perform best on Misfits, I think this was just big fat karma for ever leaving. I was definitely going to quit if I lost this, so it’s a sign.”
      Bunker has 130,000 followers on InstagramCredit: andreajanebunker/Instagram
      Bunker moved to a two-wins and three-defeats fight record after her Brooke fightCredit: PA More