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      Anthony Joshua reveals one punch that ‘shook him down to his boots’ as he prepares for Dillian Whyte rematch

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      ANTHONY JOSHUA revealed he will never forget one “peach of a punch” that “shook him down to his boots”.And that was from none other than long-time rival Dillian Whyte, whom he will face again on August 12 at the O2 Arena in London.
      Anthony Joshua revealed he will never forget a punch Dillian Whyte dished out at himCredit: Getty
      Whyte and Joshua will face off again in August at the O2 ArenaCredit: Getty
      Whyte fired a “peach of a punch” that “shook Joshua down to his boots”Credit: Action Images – Reuters
      The two heavyweights first faced off in 2015 with Joshua winning via seventh-round stoppage.
      But Whyte made sure AJ would never forget that fight with a thunderous left hook in the second round.
      Joshua told DAZN: “As I’ve gone to throw a right hand, you’re supposed to sit back on your back foot and rotate to get your leverage.
      “What I did, I lent over my front hand, which puts me in the firing line and boom! A left hook hits me.
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      “I didn’t see it coming, because I wasn’t interested in what was coming back, I’m just interested in attacking Dillian.
      “It was a peach of a punch and it shook me down to me boots.”
      Joshua is gearing up for a fight with immense importance for his career after two consecutive losses to Oleksandr Usyk.
      The 33-year-old, who bounced back with a win over Jermaine Franklin in April, and Whyte have been rivals since their teenage years.
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      And Joshua’s fans are hoping his fellow Brit will help him rediscover his old tenacity.
      The stakes are high for AJ as a win could lead to a blockbuster clash against Deontay Wilder.
      However, the heavyweight remains optimistic ahead of the crucial fight.
      Joshua said: “It’s a huge night for my career. I’m gonna be victorious, 100 per cent.
      “That’s my goal, that’s my plan. And yeah, that’s my motivation.
      “So yeah, I’m looking forward to it. Respect to the team. May the best man win.” More

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      Watch Mike Tyson teach Francis Ngannou how to box as footage emerges after offer to train UFC star for Tyson Fury fight

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      FOOTAGE has emerged of Mike Tyson teaching Francis Ngannou how to box after he offered to train the former UFC star.Tyson has put his hat in the ring to help Ngannou prepare for his upcoming fight with Tyson Fury.
      Footage has emerged of Mike Tyson teaching Francis Ngannou how to boxCredit: Instagram @francisngannou
      Mike Tyson has offered to train Francis Ngannou for his fight with Tyson FuryCredit: Instagram @francisngannou
      The Cameroonian will make his boxing debut against the heavyweight world champion in Saudi Arabia on October 28.
      However, Fury’s WBC world title will not be on the line in the 10-round bout.
      That has not stopped Iron Mike from offering to train Ngannou for the fight.
      Asked about the idea by ES News, he admitted: “I would like to do that, yeah. That would be cool. I like that.”
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      As for Ngannou’s chances against the Gypsy King, he added: “I think anything is possible. He has a hard punch.”
      Former UFC heavyweight champion Ngannou will be making his boxing debut in the bout.
      He comes into the fight with a 17-3 record in mixed martial arts, but has yet to compete inside the squared circle.
      Tyson has taught Ngannou some boxing techniques before, though, with footage emerging of an interaction between the pair three years ago.
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      In the video, Tyson can be seen performing several movements to Ngannou, explaining how to get around his opponent to land body shots.
      Fellow former heavyweight champion Lennox Lewis has also suggested the prospect of Tyson training Ngannou for the Fury fight.
      Lewis previously told TMZ Sports: “I think getting some advice or some training from Mike Tyson would be good.

      “I also think of somebody like Lennox Lewis who could be good. I love his boxing style, very basic but very sharp and efficient.
      “One-two, all that stuff, classic but very good. I love stuff like that. One of those guys. We are definitely reaching out.”
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      OnlyFans boxer Daniella Hemsley strips to racy underwear after boob-flashing ban as she slams Eddie Hearn criticism

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      ONLYFANS star Daniella Hemsley has hit back at Eddie Hearn after his criticism of the influencer boxing scene. Daniella, 22, made headlines after sensationally flashing her boobs following her Kingpyn boxing victory over Ms Danielka earlier this month.
      Daniella Hemsley posted a steamy pic in a bikiniCredit: instagram @daniella.hemsley
      She also hit back at Eddie Hearn for his critical comments of influencer boxingCredit: Instagram/daniella.hemsley
      Daniella made headlines by flashing her boobs at a Kingpyn boxing eventCredit: instagram @daniella.hemsley
      She was subsequently banned from the event’s final, while promoter Hearn was critical of the scene in general.
      Speaking to Boxing Social on the night, Hearn declared: “One thing we must understand is that ain’t boxing.
      “And that needs to be pushed, all that stuff, Misfits, Kingpyn, it needs to be booted so far away from professional boxing and we really need to disassociate ourselves with what it is.”
      Daniella has now directly addressed Hearn’s comments in an interview with The Mirror, but did agree with his sentiment that pro boxing should be dissociated with influencer boxing.
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      On Hearn’s criticism, she said: “It was bound to happen. it’s inevitable, isn’t it?
      “Eddie Hearn seems to hate YouTube boxing, he thinks it’s a p*** take and at the end of the day it’s not professional boxing and I think people need to remember that.
      “Professional boxing should totally have its own segment and should be respected in its own way and I think YouTube boxing is entertainment as well as boxing.
      “It’s all different personalities and celebrities coming into the sport, putting on a massive show with all the entertainment and the build-up towards it.
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      Daniella’s flash has seen her make headlinesCredit: Instagram/daniella.hemsley
      She now has 189,000 followers on InstagramCredit: Instagram/daniella.hemsley
      “It’s not just boxing it’s everything surrounded by it. So I think Eddie Hearn even needs to remember that… YouTube boxing and professional boxing should work together to separate it.”
      Since the incident, Hemsley has revealed she will be taking a break from boxing with an aim to return at the end of the year.
      Taking to her Instagram, she also treated her 189,000 followers to a barely-there bikini picture of her facing out of her window.
      On her boob-flashing, she remarked: “I wanted to get them viral moments, that’s what it’s all about, right?
      “I didn’t think it would blow up the way that it did and I’m always going to get positive and negative comments.
      “Actually, with what I did flashing my boobs and stuff I got way more positive comments than negative.
      “My whole YouTube boxing journey so far has been negative and I think I have gained a lot of respect and a lot of new fans not necessarily from just winning my fight but also expressing myself and not being afraid to show who I am either.”
      Daniella has been given support from the likes of Ebanie Bridges.
      The 22-year-old beat Ms Danielka in the Kingpyn matchCredit: Instagram/daniella.hemsley
      But after being banned she has revealed she is taking some time away with an aim to return at the end of the yearCredit: Instagram/daniella.hemsley More

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      Boxing fans left wincing at delayed reaction after BRUTAL body shot as they say ‘that’s the sound of a wrecked liver’

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      BOXING fans were stunned after Yoshiki Takei KO’d Ronnie Baldonado in devastating fashion with a sickening body shot.The flyweights faced off on the undercard of Naoya Inoue’s dominant win over Stephen Fulton in Tokyo.
      Yoshiki Takei dropped Ronnie Baldonado with a sickening body shotCredit: TR Boxing
      Baldonado suffered a delayed reaction to the shot before hitting the canvasCredit: TR Boxing
      Inoue produced a sublime eighth-round stoppage in the main event, but there was an equally ruthless knockout earlier on in the evening.
      Takei, 27, dropped Baldonado in the third round of their contest inside the Ariake Arena.
      And the shot that did the damage was a vicious punch to the midriff of the Filipino fighter.
      As is often the case with body shots, the impact from Takei’s left hand did not initially seem to hurt Baldonado.
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      But after the pain set in, he dropped to the canvas and failed to beat the referee’s count.
      It was a KO which sent boxing social media into meltdown as the reaction from Baldonado left fans feeling his discomfort through the screen.
      One said: “The delayed reaction shows how painful that was.”
      Another added: “The sound of a wrecked liver…whew buddy.”
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      A third replied: “My stomach hurts.”
      And a fourth responded: “What a shot 🤯.”
      Takei moves onto 7-0 as a professional, while Baldonado now has six defeats from 23 contests. More

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      Busty ring girl Apollonia Llewellyn bursts out of blue dress and exposes underboob in bikini with fans ‘beyond obsessed’

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      RING GIRL Apollonia Llewellyn wowed fans by posing in a blue dress in Florida… before she showed off her underboob in a pink bikini.The 23-year-old, who is from Leeds, first came to people’s attention on the Misfits fight card at Wembley in January – which featured Elle Brooke and KSI.
      Apollonia Llewellyn has made a name for herself as a ring girlCredit: Instagram
      She has also built a substantial following on social mediaCredit: Instagram
      And now she has amassed more than 560,000 followers on Instagram.
      One of her latest snaps saw her posing in front of the Miami skyline as she added the caption: “Views on views baby.”
      She then posted on her story while wearing a pink bikini, exposing her underboob in the process.
      In response to the first image, one fan said: “Phenomenal 😍.”
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      Another added: “We’re beyond obsessed! 💘.”
      And a third replied: “You’re stunning 😍😍😍😍😍😍😍.”
      These fresh uploads come after she revealed she has been hit with a TikTok ban after alleged “nudity and body exposure” violations during a video.
      Speaking in May, Apollonia said: “I was wearing a white T-shirt that covered everything with no cleavage on show.
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      She has more than 560,000 fans on InstagramCredit: Instagram
      Apollonia frequently shares pictures for her fansCredit: Instagram
      She was recently banned by TikTokCredit: Instagram
      “It is absolutely ridiculous.
      “There was no warning, nothing. I don’t know where the nudity has come from.
      “When it happened I was just so confused and didn’t really understand what was going on and when I clicked on it and it said I had been banned.
      “I was shocked because I haven’t done anything wrong. I would understand if I was sitting there in a bikini or whatever but that definitely wasn’t the case.
      “I was just getting my make-up done and answering questions, nothing like what they are thinking I have done.
      “It is just so frustrating because I was just sitting there in a T-shirt and I could understand it if I was exposed but I was literally completely covered.”
      Apollonia frequently wows fans with her outfitsCredit: Instagram
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      I was a world champion boxer but leaked photos of me in stockings went viral despite paying Russian mafia millions

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      BOXING legend Oscar De La Hoya was on top of the world when photos of him crossdressing went viral.An exotic dancer took photos of De La Hoya dressed in stockings during a wild party back in 2007 and leaked them.
      Oscar De La Hoya was convinced to pay the Russian mob to erase pics of him in stockingsCredit: YouTube
      De La Hoya was snapped wearing stockings during a wild party in 2007Credit: X17 Agency
      De La Hoya repeatedly denied the pictures’ authenticityCredit: X17 Agency
      The American bruiser found himself in crisis mode and was desperate to make the snaps go away.
      So much so, that the Golden Boy was even convinced to pay “millions of dollars” to the Russian mob as he felt they would help erase all the evidence that he thought would tarnish his image.
      De La Hoya told ET: “They told me this story about the Russian mob and this and that and [how] we gotta pay millions of dollars…
      “I’m like, ‘Yeah, well, just make it go away. It’s gonna ruin my image. It’s gonna ruin who the Golden Boy is, and people are gonna hate me. Just make it go away.”
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      De La Hoya, though, also revealed he had a “whole machine” behind him that helped him repeatedly deny the photos’ authenticity until he finally admitted the truth in March.
      The 50-year-old also confirmed he paid forensics to tell the public those images were Photoshopped.
      The incident created issues with his marriage, however it didn’t stop him from continuing to party.
      The now boxing promoter, though, believes that all the press helped him sell more pay-per-views.
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      De La Hoya told The MMA Hour: “I have a whole machine behind me. I’m in the peak of my career, right?
      “And we’re, like, ‘Holy s**t! How are we gonna make these things disappear, these photos? Let’s hire this forensic…’ I don’t know what he was.
      “He was going through everything, pixel by pixel, and we convince him with money, to say that they were fake.
      “And the world believed it that they were Photoshopped. And we were home free.
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      “And guess what happens? I’m married at the time. My wife is angry at me.
      “She’s fed up with me because I’m left and right cheating on her and this and that. She convinces me to go on national TV and tell the truth.
      “She wanted me to look like a fool. She wanted to get back at me. And I did it.
      “I think there’s a certain feeling when you tell the truth. But what was incredible is that I was so big at the time, popular and making money and this and that, that I couldn’t do any wrong.
      “I think I sold more pay-per-views because of it. Which was crazy.
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      “I went back [to partying]. I didn’t care. I didn’t learn a lesson, not at all. I’m, what? I’m 23, 24.
      “Come on. I’m unstoppable. I’m indestructible. Nobody can take me down. You have that mentality. It’s childish, yes. But that’s exactly what I was living.”
      De La Hoya also had a “whole machine” behind him as he denied the snaps’ authenticityCredit: The Mega Agency More

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      Tyson Fury rival brands Gypsy King a ‘clown’ and say he’s holding up heavyweight division with Francis Ngannou fight

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      TYSON FURY has been branded a “clown” for holding up the heavyweight division with his crossover clash with Francis Ngannou.The Gypsy King’s next outing will see him take on the former UFC heavyweight champion in a multi-million-pound Saudi showdown on October 28.
      Tyson Fury will box former UFC heavyweight champion Francis Ngannou in OctoverCredit: ESPN
      The fight was booked in the wake of Fury’s clash with Oleksandr Usyk falling throughCredit: Reuters
      Heavyweight contender Michael Hunter is far from happy with the state of the divisionCredit: THE SUN
      Fury’s controversial dance with the MMA superstar was finalised just months after his proposed undisputed title fight with Oleksandr Usyk fell through.
      The WBC king’s clash with Ngannou has been branded a farce by several heavyweights, including Michael Hunter – who reckons the division as a whole is now in complete disarray.
      The Bounty told SecondsOut: “They want the fame.
      “They want excuses and most of them make them, know what I’m saying.
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      “It’s a bad thing for boxing as a whole.
      “I take my hat off to Francis Ngannou, to him and his team, for making that fight happen.
      “There was an opening and an opportunity ’cause we basically got a clown holding the belts and it’s a bad situation.”
      Hunter’s frustrations with the heavyweight division – however – don’t extend to former foe and current unified champ Usyk.
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      He said of the undefeated Ukrainian, who fights Brit Daniel Dubois next month: “He’s done it all.
      “He wants to be cruiserweight champ, heavyweight champ, he went into the Olympics.
      “And he wants all the belts, and that’s how it should be. I feel he would fight an even faster place if it was allowed.”
      Hunter reckons heavyweight has stalled due to the division’s top dogs not putting aside their egos and testing themselves.

      He said: “Their hearts get broken, they’re emotional, their egos are too involved.
      “They can’t stick with reality, they get the big head and they really think they can do something.
      “I feel like Tyson Fury, he dodged a bullet on Usyk, he’s a real hard competitor, he would give Tyson Fury a problem, that’s not a secret, there’s no way he should not be fighting.
      “It’s not good for the whole situation. I feel like it’s a selfish move on Fury’s behalf.” More

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      Naoya Inoue becomes four-weight world champ with BRUTAL win over Stephen Fulton as referee forced to stop fight

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      NAOYA INOUE ripped the unified super-bantamweight titles from Stephen Fulton in blistering fashion to become a FOUR-WEIGHT world champion.The former undisputed bantamweight king moved up in weight to challenge Fulton for his WBC and WBO straps on Tuesday afternoon in front of a packed crowd at the Ariake Arena in Tokyo, Japan.
      Naoya Inoue challenged Stephen Fulton for the unified super-bantamweight titlesCredit: AP
      Defending unified super-bantamweight king Fulton was step behind Inoue from the get-goCredit: AP

      The Monster was hoping to cement his status as one of boxing’s pound-for-pound kings with an emphatic victory over the American.
      And he did just that with an eighth-round stoppage of the previously unbeaten Fulton to capture belts in his FOURTH weight class.
      Inoue set the pace from the get-go, taking the centre of the ring and being light on his feet as he tried to get reads on the American.
      And get them he did as he began to find a home for his piston jab – many of which were aimed at the body – and rip-roaring hooks.
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      Fulton, surprisingly, offered very little in terms of offence.
      Perhaps it was the magnitude of the occasion or fighting arguably boxing’s pound-for-pound king enemy territory which got to him.
      But either way, he was a shell of the fighter we’ve seen in recent years.
      He did, however, showcase some of his true self in round seven – which proved to be the penultimate stanza of the contest.
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      Fulton found himself on the canvas just over 40 seconds into the eighth after eating a huge right hand and a follow-up left hook.
      Inoue set up the stinging right with a stiff jab to the head of the American, who absorbed them to the body for the majority of the fight.
      Fulton beat the count but was a wounded animal in desperate need of a break.
      That break, however, didn’t come as Inoue – one of the sport’s bests finishers – went in for the kill.
      The 30-year-old cornered the American and began teeing off on him as he turtled up to try and protect himself.
      But some of the stinging punches got through and prompted the referee to jump in and wave off the contest as he collapsed to the canvas.
      Naoya Inoue hurt Stephen Fulton with a stinging right handCredit: TWITTER@TRBOXING
      The pride of Japan flattened the American with a nasty hook in the eighthCredit: TWITTER@TRBOXING
      His blowout win saw him become a four-weight world championCredit: AP
      Boxing fans were quick to comment on the sensational stoppage, with one saying: “That was just two completely different levels.
      “Inoue is just too good. 4 divisions for The Monster.”
      Another said: “Best fighter on the planet. Absolutely no doubt about it.”
      And another said: “Inoue just on a different level- so fast.
      “He could even go up to 130 IMO with that power. One of the very best.”
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      One remarked: “Inoue beats them all he’s on another level pure and simple!”
      Another chimed in: “Jab to body then right to the head. Was setting that up most of the fight.” More