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      Tyson Fury says Francis Ngannou will be paid 50 TIMES MORE than he ever earned in UFC for their crossover fight

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      TYSON FURY said Francis Ngannou is in line to earn 50 TIMES MORE than he has ever made for their fight. The heavyweight stars of boxing and MMA are close to confirming their exhibition extravaganza.
      Tyson Fury is set to fight ex-UFC champion Francis Ngannou nextCredit: Getty
      Francis Ngannou left the UFC to pursue boxingCredit: Getty
      It will be Ngannou’s first foray into boxing, which he paved the way for after leaving the UFC when his contract expired.
      And Fury claimed it will prove to be a lucrative move as he compared what they will earn to fighters in the UFC.
      He said on the Out of Interest Podcast: “(The purse is) private information, but let’s say it’s 10, 20, 30, f*****g 50 times the amount.”
      Ngannou, 36, earned just £440,000 in his final UFC fight, but would have made in pay-per-view bonuses.
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      Whereas Fury, 34, was paid over £20MILLION for his trilogy bout win over Deontay Wilder, 37, in October 2021.
      The Gypsy King failed in talks to face Oleksandr Usyk this year, which for the first time ever would have seen all four heavyweight belts at stake.
      Now Usyk, 36, defends his unified WBA, IBF and WBO belts against Daniel Dubois, 25, on August 26 in Poland.
      And Anthony Joshua, 33, returns in a rematch with Dillian Whyte, 35, on August 12 and has a Wilder super-fight in Saudi Arabia lined up afterwards.
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      So it has left Fury somewhat in the lurch and forced to turn his attention to Ngannou.
      They are also lined up for a Saudi showdown, believed to be an exhibition without the WBC title on the line.
      And breaking his silence, Fury confirmed talks have been ongoing.
      He said: “There’s been a lot of talk of me and Ngannou fighting each other, and he wants to come to boxing, he wanted to fight me.
      “He’s been talking a lot of stuff on Instagram, wants to fight. Was even at one of my last fights. Got in the ring, confronted me.
      “There’s potential, potential. We’ve had a lot of offers come in from the Middle East at the moment to host that fight this summer.”
      Tyson Fury and Francis Ngannou at WembleyCredit: BT SPORTS More

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      Tyson Fury vs Francis Ngannou set to be announced as WBC boxing champ to lace gloves up against UFC legend

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      TYSON FURY will fight in a historic crossover clash against Francis Ngannou.A shock showdown between the pair was mooted after The Gypsy King sparked out Dillian Whyte at Wembley last April – with Ngannou entering the ring as the dust settled.
      Tyson Fury challenged Francis Ngannou to a crossover cash last April while the MMA star was still under contract with the UFCCredit: ESPN
      Cameroonian clubber Ngannou became a free agent in JanuaryCredit: GETTY
      The pair will throw down in a shock showdown in the coming monthsCredit: EPSN
      But the fight went cold as Ngannou was still contracted to UFC and MMA mogul Dana White refused to entertain the bout.
      Ngannou, however, became a free agent in January – although Team Fury only recently opened talks with the former UFC heavyweight king a matter of weeks ago.
      And SunSport understands the clash of lineal heavyweight boxing and UFC champions has been finalised.
      The shock fight – which will mark Ngannou’s professional boxing debut – is set to be announced in a matter of hours.
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      A September return for Gypsy King Fury was mooted following the collapse of his undisputed heavyweight showdown with Oleksandr Usyk.
      SunSport understands that WBC heavyweight king Fury is set to begin training for the fight next week.
      Fury and Ngannou, 34 and 36 respectively, have been going back and forth with one another on social media for the best part of six months.
      And the Wythenshawe warrior recently revealed he’d received multiple offers from across the globe to stage the fight.
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      He said: “I think there’s been a lot of talk of me and Ngannou fighting each other.
      “He wants to come to boxing and he wants to fight me, he was even at one of my last fights and got up on the ring and confronted me!”
      “There’s potential. We’ve had a lot of offers from the Middle East at the moment to host that fight over the summer”
      Former unified heavyweight king Fury hasn’t set foot inside the ring since his one-sided trilogy fight with Derek Chisora last December.
      PFL newboy Ngannou, meanwhile, was last in action last January at UFC 270 – where he made the final defence of his heavyweight title with a decision win over Ciryl Gane. More

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      Oleksandr Usyk vs Daniel Dubois: Stream, TV channel, UK start time and undercard for huge boxing title fight

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      OLEKSANDR USYK is all set to put his heavyweight titles on the line against Daniel Dubios NEXT MONTH!Usyk, 36, was expected to have an undisputed showdown with boxing’s pound-for-pound king, Tyson Fury earlier this year.
      Oleksandr Usyk (R) put Anthony Joshua’s (L) career in limbo after beating him twiceCredit: Getty
      Daniel Dubois (R) won by TKO in his last fight against Kevin Lerena (L)Credit: Getty
      But the heated negotiations collapsed which handed Dangerous DDD the opportunity of a lifetime.
      Dubois, 25, goes into this fight off the back of a hard-fought TKO triumph over South African star Kevin Lerena.
      However, Usyk’s confidence will be through the roof as not only is he 20-0 in his professional boxing career.
      Usyk is the only man to have ever secured consecutive victories against British superstar Anthony Joshua.
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      When is Usyk vs Dubois?
      Oleksandr Usyk and Daniel Dubois will scrap for the heavyweight titles on Saturday, August 26.
      An official start time is yet to be announced but ring-walks are expected to get underway from approximately 11pm UK time – 10pm local time.
      While the undercard action is predicted to start at 7pm UK time.
      Tarczynski Arena in Wroclaw, Poland is the chosen venue for this mouthwatering fight and it can host around 45,105 fans.
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      What TV channel is it on and can it be live streamed?
      Oleksandr Usyk vs Daniel Dubois will be broadcast LIVE on TNT Sports in the UK.
      TNT Sports will become the new name for BT Sport from Tuesday, July 18.
      BT’s consumer chief and chair Marc Allera revealed that there were no plans to change prices but that “it’s impossible to offer guarantees”.
      A bundle from BT Sport starts from £18 per month but can rise to £76 for VIP packages.
      The huge fight is available to live stream via your mobile or any tablet device where the TNT Sport app can be downloaded.
      However, SunSport will have round-by-round coverage of the whole event including the undercard.
      What is the undercard?
      The undercard for Oleksandr Usyk’s huge fight against Daniel Dubois is yet to be fully revealed.
      But keep in touch with SunSport to so who will be on the exciting Poland bill.
      MAIN EVENT: Oleksandr Usyk vs Daniel Dubois – for WBO, WBA and IBF heavyweight titles
      What has been said?
      Oleksandr Usyk admitted that he is glad to have this tasty fight in Poland and where he achieved his first major success in boxing.
      Usyk said: “I am very glad that we have the opportunity to organise my fight in Poland, where I won my first world title seven years ago. 
      “I want to thank the Polish people who are helping Ukraine so sincerely. Hundreds of thousands of my compatriots have been hosted by this wonderful country.
      “Therefore, I hope that my fight will become one more opportunity for Ukrainians and people of Poland to unite and strengthen our friendship.”
      Meanwhile, DDD is completely focused on the fight and believes that he will shock the world come August 26.
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      Dubois said: “Usyk is a great fighter and I do respect him, but it’s my time now.
      “I’m going to shock the world and show people how good Daniel Dubois really is. More

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      Tyson Fury claims he has tried to fight ‘p***y’ Anthony Joshua for SEVEN YEARS and vows to ‘annihilate’ Brit rival

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      TYSON FURY claims he’s been trying to fight Anthony Joshua for the last SEVEN YEARS and has vowed to “annihilate” him mentally and physically.The British rivals have desperately tried but failed to get a deal over the line in the past.
      Tyson Fury claimed he has been trying to fight Anthony Joshua for the last seven yearsCredit: Getty
      Anthony Joshua was called a ‘p***y’ by Tyson FuryCredit: Getty
      And Fury even presented AJ with the chance to settle their score as recently at this September.
      But Joshua, 33, instead returns on August 12 in a rematch with Dillian Whyte, which could set up a super-fight against Deontay Wilder.
      It has left Fury somewhat in the lurch and venting his frustration.
      He told the Out Of Interest podcast: “I’ve been trying to fight Joshua since 2017 but he’s a little bitch, a p***y, so I don’t think you’ll see it.
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      “To fight a man like me you’ve got to have big b******s, and it you don’t have that, forget about it. Because you can’t even enter my world.
      “I will annihilate that motherf****r. Physically, mentally and emotionally. So he ain’t man enough to fight somebody like me.”
      Joshua rematches Whyte, 35, at the O2 Arena knowing a loss will KO his blockbuster with Wilder, 37, in Saudi Arabia.
      Meanwhile Fury, 34, is linked with a crossover bout against ex-UFC champion Francis Ngannou, 36.
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      It is rumoured to be next for the Gypsy King and the man himself confirmed offers have been sent his way.
      Fury said: “I think there’s been a lot of talk of me and Ngannou fighting each other.
      “He wants to come to boxing and he wants to fight me, he was even at one of my last fights and got up on the ring and confronted me.
      “There’s potential. We’ve had a lot of offers from the Middle East at the moment to host that fight over the summer.”
      Francis Ngannou is linked with a fight against Tyson FuryCredit: Getty More

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      Apollonia Llewellyn risks Instagram ban as she nearly pops out of SEE-THROUGH playsuit as fans hail ‘absolute smokeshow’

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      APOLLONIA LLEWELLYN risked an Instagram ban with her latest post.The Misfits Boxing ring girl has built a huge social media following in recent months.
      Apollonia Llewellyn posed in a see-through green playsuitCredit: INSTAGRAM / @apolloniallewellyn
      Apollonia has shot to prominence this yearCredit: INSTAGRAM / @apolloniallewellyn
      Apollonia appeared on a Misfits Boxing card earlier this yearCredit: INSTAGRAM / @apolloniallewellyn
      Apollonia, 23, shot to prominence in January when she worked on a card featuring KSI and Elle Brooke.
      She now boasts 560,000 Instagram followers, with the count still quickly rising.
      In her latest post, she posed in a see-through green playsuit – risking a violation of Instagram rules – not that her followers cared.
      Apollonia’s post quickly received more than 4,000 likes.
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      And many followers raced to the comments section.
      One gushed: “Absolute smokeshow.”
      While a second wrote: “Absolutely stunning.”
      A third beamed: “So beautiful.”
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      The 23-year-old has over 500,000 followersCredit: INSTAGRAM / @apolloniallewellyn
      Apollonia was described as a ‘true goddess’Credit: INSTAGRAM / @apolloniallewellyn
      Another added: “A true goddess.”
      Apollonia has been preparing to jet off to Miami.
      Earlier this week she posted a selfie while wearing a bikini inside a tanning machine.
      She wrote: “Miami prep.”
      Apollonia is preparing for a trip to MiamiCredit: INSTAGRAM / @apolloniallewellyn
      The model is excited for her trip to the StatesCredit: INSTAGRAM / @apolloniallewellyn More

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      Fans joke they ‘don’t know how Mason Mount is going to recover’ as OnlyFans star Astrid Wett hammers signed Chelsea kit

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      FANS joked they “don’t know how Mason Mount is going to recover” after OnlyFans star Astrid Wett hammered a signed Chelsea kit.Boyhood Blue Mount was officially confirmed as a United player this week after joining in a £60million move.
      Astrid Wett was left fuming with Mason Mount’s move to Man UtdCredit: tiktok @astridwett
      The OnlyFans star smashed up a signed Mason Mount topCredit: tiktok @astridwett
      Astrid Wett is an OnlyFans and influencer boxing starCredit: INSTAGRAM @WETTASTRID
      Astrid Wett is also a Chelsea fanCredit: Instagram/@wettastrid
      It caused uproar amongst the Chelsea fanbase as they turned on their two-time player of the year.
      TikToker Wett – also an influencer boxer – was so enraged she smashed a signed Mount shirt with a hammer.
      She said: “Mason Mount, you’re a snake. I though I could trust you and this is what you get.
      “I can’t believe you have betrayed us like this and we will never forgive you.”
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      Despite the tantrum, fans doubt Mount, who is now on £200,000 a week at United, will care very much.
      One said: “Don’t know how mounts gonna recover from this.”
      Another agreed: “I’m sure he’s crying himself to sleep.”
      One added: “That’ll teach him I’m sure he’s on his way back to Chelsea now.”
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      Mount leaves Chelsea after 18 years with the club, graduating from their academy and breaking into the first team in 2019.
      The 24-year-old departs with a Champions League winner’s medal to his name and opened up on the tough call to leave the club.
      He said: “It’s never easy leaving the club where you grew up, but Manchester United will provide an exciting new challenge for the next phase of my career.
      “Having competed against them, I know just how strong a squad it is that I’m joining, and I can’t wait to be part of this group’s drive to win major trophies.
      “Everyone can see that the club has made big steps forward under Erik ten Hag.
      “Having met with the manager and discussed his plans, I couldn’t be more excited for the seasons ahead, and am ready for the hard work expected here.
      “I am hugely ambitious; I know how amazing it feels to win major trophies and what it takes to do it.
      “I will be giving everything to experience that again at Manchester United.”
      Mason Mount poses in Man Utd coloursCredit: Getty More

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      I’m a heavyweight who has shared ring with Anthony Joshua and Deontay Wilder, there is only one winner in that fight

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      ANTHONY JOSHUA and Deontay Wilder are closing in on a super-fight sure to divide opinions. The question of whether Wilder’s feared power or Joshua’s brute strength will prevail has raged on for over five years.
      Anthony Joshua has sparred with Deontay Wilder’s old opponent Gerald WashingtonCredit: @gwgallonegro
      Wilder knocked Washington out in 2017Credit: @gwgallonegro
      But promoter Eddie Hearn revealed a deal is now in place for the pair to finally settle the score, eyed for December in Saudi Arabia.
      It would promise to pit two of the heavyweight division’s top stars against each other in a true clash of styles.
      And one man with inside knowledge on the duo is heavyweight veteran Gerald Washington.
      The American in 2017 was knocked out by Wilder, 37, and three years later he was hired as a sparring partner for Joshua, 33.
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      And breaking down the blockbuster bout, Washington, 41, admitted he sees only one winner.
      He told ESNEWS: “I sparred everybody. I’m not trying to get hit by them, but I got wobbled by Wilder. I didn’t get wobbled by Joshua.
      “I got Wilder in that. I see Joshua getting caught.”
      Hearn previously revealed Joshua’s purse could be as much as £60m for the Middle East mega-fight.
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      But AJ must first beat Dillian Whyte, 35, after the pair announced they will rematch on August 12 at the O2 Arena.
      Hearn told talkSPORT: “I don’t know how the Whyte fight goes, but we’ve been told categorically that the deal on the table is not the deal if he loses to Dillian Whyte.
      “They didn’t want him to fight Dillian Whyte. It was almost like, ‘Please, don’t fight Dillian Whyte.
      “You don’t need to. We’ve got this fight in December. But AJ was like, ‘No. I want to fight.’
      “If he wins on August 12, he’ll go into the Deontay Wilder fight with loads of momentum and again it’s just adding to that incredible CV.
      “I think he should be praised for the fact he wants to give you a real fight instead of just a tick-over fight until he fights Deontay Wilder – this is very dangerous.”
      Joshua beat Dillian Whyte in 2015 and will face him again nextCredit: AFP More

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      Anthony Joshua’s £60m Saudi super-fight against Deontay Wilder is ‘locked in’… but could still be dramatically AXED

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      ANTHONY JOSHUA is risking a £60million payday against Deontay Wilder by first returning to settle a score with Dillian Whyte. Promoter Eddie Hearn has a deal in place for Joshua to face Wilder in Saudi Arabia, which is set for the end of the year.
      Anthony Joshua is in training for his next fightCredit: Instagram/@anthonyjoshua
      Deontay Wilder and Joshua have a deal in place to fight in DecemberCredit: Getty Images – Getty
      And he previously revealed his purse could be as much as £60m for the Middle East mega-fight.
      But AJ must first beat Whyte after the pair announced they will rematch on August 12 at the O2 Arena.
      Hearn told talkSPORT: “This one is wild because AJ has got the Wilder fight locked in for December.
      “We had meetings last week with the Saudis. Obviously, that’s one of the biggest fights in boxing, and he wanted to fight in the interim.
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      “You know, he’s been working with Derrick James, he wanted to have that fight and he was insistent it was Dillian Whyte.
      “I wasn’t over the moon because I know it’s dangerous. It’s a fight that is built off emotion, they don’t like each other.
      “You saw what happened last time at the O2, it’s going to be an absolute firefight on August 12. That’s why it’s so dangerous.
      “You’ve got that Deontay Wilder fight in December, he could’ve just waited and had an easy, gimme fight at the O2 – but he’s decided to roll the dice.”
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      Joshua’s history with Whyte, 35, dates back to their amateur days when he was beaten in a thriller.
      But AJ got revenge in 2015 when the pair rematched in the professional ranks with a seventh-round stoppage.
      The two have continued to feud ever since and have finally got a deal over the line to decide their trilogy once and for all.
      But a defeat for Joshua, 33, would KO his blockbuster bout with Wilder, 37.
      Hearn said: “I don’t know how the Whyte fight goes, but we’ve been told categorically that the deal on the table is not the deal if he loses to Dillian Whyte.
      “They didn’t want him to fight Dillian Whyte. It was almost like, ‘Please, don’t fight Dillian Whyte.
      “You don’t need to. We’ve got this fight in December. But AJ was like, ‘No. I want to fight.’
      “If he wins on August 12, he’ll go into the Deontay Wilder fight with loads of momentum and again it’s just adding to that incredible CV.
      “I think he should be praised for the fact he wants to give you a real fight instead of just a tick-over fight until he fights Deontay Wilder – this is very dangerous.”
      Joshua beat Dillian Whyte in 2015Credit: AFP More