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      Worried fans tell Anthony Joshua to wear SAFETY GOGGLES as heavyweight star’s new training method goes wrong

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      ANTHONY JOSHUA had his fans fearing for his safety after showing off a gruelling new training method. The heavyweight star is back in Texas training for his next fight under coach Derrick James in his Dallas gym.
      Anthony Joshua chopping wood in training for his next fightCredit: Instagram @anthonyjoshua
      Anthony Joshua is back in Texas trainingCredit: Instagram @anthonyjoshua
      And AJ shared footage of some old-school training techniques of chopping wood, used as a strength and conditioning exercise.
      But fans were left urging Joshua to put some safety goggles on to avoid any chopped up wood getting in his eyes.
      One said: “Gotta put on them safety goggles.”
      Another agreed: “Put some goggles on man safety first.”
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      One added: “Need safety goggles though.”
      Joshua, 33, returned with victory in April against Jermaine Franklin, 29, in what was also his first fight under James’ guidance.
      And promoter Eddie Hearn hoped it would be the first of three bouts in 2023 to keep the newly-formed pair active.
      But that was until Hearn led talks for AJ to face Deontay Wilder, 37, in a December super-fight in Saudi Arabia.
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      No formal offer has yet been lodged by the mega-rich backers in the Middle East, meaning AJ is leaving the door open to a bout in the interim.
      And Hearn revealed if they are to take a fight to help prepare for Wilder, it will likely fall on August 12.
      Dillian Whyte, 35, had been in the running for a rematch with Joshua following his 2015 and Hearn teased a proposal could be sent.
      He told Boxing News: “There’s others but that’s the fight that I think makes sense.
      “We’re talking to DAZN about it and we expect to make a formal offer to Dillian Whyte but we’ll see what plays out in the Middle East as well.”
      Eddie Hearn teased an offer for Anthony Joshua to rematch Dillian WhyteCredit: MATCHROOM BOXING More

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      Jake Paul leaves brother Logan shocked after sending direct message to Conor McGregor

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      JAKE PAUL left brother Logan shocked with his callout of Conor McGregor – but only after producing a dreadful impression of him. It comes after McGregor branded the YouTuber-turned boxer a “DONKEY” and backed Nate Diaz to win their fight on August 5.
      Jake Paul called out Conor McGregor on Logan Paul’s podcastCredit: YouTube @IMPAULSIVE
      Logan Paul was left stunned by Jake’s call outCredit: YouTube @IMPAULSIVE
      Paul revealed he found the insult funny but absolutely butchered an attempt at impersonating the UFC legend.
      He said on Logan’s Impaulsive podcast: “I think Conor McGregor is funny as f***.
      “Like when I watch him talk shit about me and he’s like, ‘Oh yeah, that lad he’s a bit windy. He’s a bit windy and he’s a f*****g donkey.’ 
      “I don’t know how to do it, but I’m like, Yeah, bro. But guess what Conor? I’d beat the f*****g f*** out of you and you can’t box as good as me. 
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      “I’m going to do to Nate what you couldn’t which is knock him the f*** out and you’re going to be sitting there with your new beer company – that’s is failing – drinking it, drunk as f***, realising that you p****d your life away drinking at the end of the bottle. 
      “And you’re gonna say, ‘Damn, I really thought no one was going to do what I did in this sport, I really thought no one was going to be as big of a name, I really thought I was going to be the biggest forever.’ 
      “But you can’t choose and you can’t have both lives.” 
      Paul, 26, has continued to call out McGregor, 34, ever since his professional boxing debut in 2020.
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      He returns against McGregor’s ex-opponent Diaz, 38, in Texas just six months after suffering his first loss, to Tommy Fury, 24.
      Meanwhile, McGregor is set to make his UFC comeback this year against Michael Chandler, 37, after two years out with injury.
      The former two-weight champion has boxed just once before, losing to American great Floyd Mayweather in 2017.
      But he needed special permission from the UFC to do so as Paul took a swipe at McGregor and Dana White.
      He said: “That money fight will always be there and when I knock Nate Diaz the f*** out and you realise I’m the biggest fight for you, call me. 
      “And I’ll answer, and I’m my own boss, I make my own decisions.
      “I’m not controlled by Dana White, I don’t have a dad so I can make the fight happen. 
      “But if Dana lets you make the fight happen then we can run it.” 
      Conor McGregor is set to return against Michael ChandlerCredit: Instagram @ufceurope
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      Ebanie Bridges told she is ‘breaking the internet again’ after boxer posts revealing video wearing skimpy bikini

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      EBANIE BRIDGES has been told she is “breaking the internet” following her latest sultry post. The Blonde Bomber, 36, has sparked a career on OnlyFans on top of her belt-winning exploits in the ring.
      Ebanie Bridges donned a skimpy bikiniCredit: Instagram / @ebanie_bridges
      And was she told she was ‘breaking the internet’Credit: Instagram / @ebanie_bridges
      She showed off her tattoos in the videoCredit: Instagram / @ebanie_bridges
      Bridges was promoting her OnlyFans pageCredit: https://www.instagram.com/p/Cq8lNjFLx6W/
      She launched it alongside her boxing careerCredit: @ebanie_bridges
      She is the IBF Bantamweight championCredit: Alamy
      As a result, Bridges is no stranger to teasing fans with steamy content.
      The latest video on her Twitter page proved to be no different, as she shared a video while laying on a sunbed with nothing but a bikini on.
      In reaction to the video, one fan said: “Wow 😍😍😍.”
      A second declared: “Oh sister, you are trying to break the internet again. 💯👊💯.”
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      A third wrote: “Beautiful lady.”
      “Perfect 10/10! So beautiful!” remarked a fourth.
      Another added: “Swear, that should be illegal 😳😳.”
      The IBF Bantamweight champion has been over in Philadelphia in the USA.
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      However, Bridges will have not been enjoying herself 100 per cent following the relegation of her beloved Leeds.
      Aussie boxer Bridges tried all she could to motivate the players ahead of the run-in, even offering to show them her boobs.
      The huge Leeds fan said to talkSPORT ahead of the penultimate game and 3-1 loss to West Ham: “Hey guys, if you stay up I’ll flash my boobs.
      “I’ll get in that locker room, pull my shirt up and flash my boobs or something like that. 
      “I’ll kiss you, anything. Whatever, I’ll give you a free subscription to my OnlyFans.

      “Please Leeds stay up, don’t f***ing disappoint me.”
      But they still fell short with a 4-1 defeat to Tottenham and the Whites three-year Premier League stay is over.
      During her USA trip she saw Leeds relegated from the Premier LeagueCredit: Instagram @ebanie_bridges
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      Anthony Joshua ‘laughed’ at Tyson Fury’s latest fight offer after Gypsy King agrees to face THREE other opponents

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      ANTHONY JOSHUA laughed off Tyson Fury’s latest fight offer. The Gypsy King took to Instagram to claim he sent AJ a “draft” contract for a blockbuster bout at Wembley in September.
      Anthony Joshua laughed off Tyson Fury’s latest fight offerCredit: Richard Pelham / The Sun
      Tyson Fury claimed he offered Anthony Joshua a September fightCredit: Getty
      It came after reports emerged that Australian pair Jai Opetaia and Demsey McKean have been in talks to fight Fury Down Under.
      Meanwhile, WBC champion Fury was also going back and forth with UFC champion Jon Jones over a crossover showdown.
      So promoter Eddie Hearn admitted it was hard for Joshua, 33, to take Fury’s social media call-out seriously.
      Hearn told iFL TV: “I spoke to AJ, AJ laughed and said, ‘Isn’t he fighting Jai Opetaia, or Demsey McKean, or Jon Jones?
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      “I said, ‘No. They’re telling us they want to fight you.’ I’ll go through the process and see how real this is. I believe George Warren.
      “I think they’re in a really difficult spot. Tyson Fury, he wants big money fights and AJ is the money fight for him but no back and forth, just ‘we’ll talk’.”
      Joshua returned with a victory in April over Jermaine Franklin, 29, following consecutive losses to Oleksandr Usyk, 36.
      And soon after, Hearn began leading talks for AJ to fight Deontay Wilder, 37, in Saudi Arabia in December.
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      It could see Joshua returning beforehand in an August interim bout, leaving Fury, 34, out of the equation.
      Hearn said: “Right now, our plan remains the same, August and Deontay Wilder in December so we’ll see what happens in Saudi Arabia this week.
      “That’s our plan, that’s what we’re moving forward with this week, if we can’t make that happen, we’ll 100 per cent look at the Tyson Fury fight.”
      Anthony Joshua with promoter Eddie HearnCredit: Rex More

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      Ring girl Apollonia Llewellyn nearly bursts out of leather corset and shows off underboob in bikini in stunning snaps

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      APOLLONIA LLEWELLYN continues to show off her curves and was almost bursting out of her outfit as she dropped her latest snaps.The busty boxing ring girl, 23, has become a huge hit after regularly sharing daring pictures and videos to her social media pages.
      Apollonia Llewellyn appears to have fallen in love with America after her recent holidayCredit: Instagram @apolloniallewellyn
      The 23-year-old then shared this bikini snap that sent her fans wildCredit: Instagram @apolloniallewellyn
      The busty ring girl was then almost bursting out of her leather corset in the latest snapCredit: Instagram @apolloniallewellyn
      The Leeds-born star is amassing a huge following on social mediaCredit: Instagram @apolloniallewellyn
      She also caught the eye while working for KSI-owned Misfits boxing.
      Apollonia, originally from Leeds, uses social media to make her living and has almost 700,000 followers on TikTok and over 550,000 on Instagram.
      However, she also hit the headlines recently as she looked to make a few extra quid by flogging some of her dazzling outfits on the Vinted website.
      She has continued to provide her ever-growing fan base with some more sexy snaps showing off two of her biggest assets in a tiny blue bikini top while in Miami.
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      Apollonia is still enjoying herself on her holidays – and it seems she has fallen in love with the American way of life judging by her latest photo drop.
      The star was nearly bursting out of her specialised Stars and Stripes bikini in one.
      Then she looked amazing again as she shared another, this time in a frilly white number with pink lace, showing off plenty of her underboob.
      Then that was followed up with a shot of her posing in a black leather corset, where she was literally bursting out of her outfit.
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      “So beautiful,” commented one fan as another called her “stunning”.
      These photos come after Apollonia had revealed that she has been hit with a TikTok livestreaming ban after alleged “nudity and body exposure” violations during a live video on Thursday.
      Speaking to the Daily Star, Apollonia said: “I was wearing a white T-shirt that covered everything with no cleavage on show. It is absolutely ridiculous.
      “There was no warning, no 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 has been keeping followers updated with her recent trip to the StatesCredit: Instagram @apolloniallewellyn
      The beautiful blonde has provided plenty of bikini snaps from the tripCredit: Instagram @apolloniallewellyn
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      Watch Power Slap fighter get KO’d by ROBOT in bizarre video – but all is not as it seems

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      A POWER SLAP fighter got knocked out by a ROBOT in a bizarre concept video. UFC president Dana White is spearheading the rise in slap fighting.
      A Power Slap fighter got knocked out by a ROBOT in a bizarre concept videoCredit: Twitter @vcokotech
      The video shows the robot being floored after a slap but returning fire to KO the humanCredit: Twitter @vcokotech
      And one fan asked what it would look like to have a robot face a human.
      The video shows the robot being floored after a slap but returning fire to KO the human.
      White’s Power Slap league has come under fire for safety of competitors, who are left defenceless from the blows.
      But in response, he told Nina-Marie Daniele: “We spend the money to make sure we have two healthy people in there before the fight, but in slap, they take three to five slaps per event.
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      “Fighters in boxing take three to four hundred punches a fight. It’s un-education or pure hate.”
      Chris Nowinski, a Harvard Ph.D. and former wrestler has criticised the world’s handling of concussions.
      And he slammed one clip in which slapper Chris Kennedy appeared to show immediate signs of head injury, known as a fencing posture.
      Nowinski tweeted: “This is so sad.
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      “Note the fencing posture with the first brain injury. He may never be the same.”
      In a separate post, he also took aim at White and TV broadcasters TBS.
      He posted: “@danawhite & @TBSNetwork should be ashamed. Pure exploitation. What’s next, ”Who can survive a stabbing?”’
      Slap fighters take defenceless blows to the faceCredit: Alamy
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      I pretended to be a boy when I began boxing and called myself Colin… now I’m a star set for world titles

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      CAROLINE DUBOIS is eyeing a world title shot by next year after punching her way into boxing stardom. But it has been a long road for the 22-year-old, who had to hide her true identity when first picking up the gloves.
      Caroline Dubois during her amateur daysCredit: Twitter @islingtonabc
      Daniel Dubois with sister CarolineCredit: nstagram @carolinedubois1
      Caroline Dubois is a star of women’s boxingCredit: Richard Pelham / The Sun
      Dubois was inspired to box at the age of nine by her older brother Daniel but she faced a fight to fit in from the off.
      So much so that she pretended to boy and called herself Colin.
      Dubois told SunSport: “When I turned up and my dad finally agreed to let me go, he was like, ‘You’re going to have to say you’re a boy, they’re not going to let you in. They’re not going to accept you.’
      “At first, I wasn’t sure if he was being serious but I went there and there were only boys, there was a different intensity.
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      “I’ve done so many different sports, running, swimming, gymnastics but when you come into the clubs for training there’s a nice, light attitude, it’s very relaxed and chilled out.
      “But when I walked into the boxing gym there was a different intensity, I knew straight away that maybe there was something here.
      “I had to say my name was Colin. When I did finally tell them I was a girl, at first they didn’t want to let me back in the club, they didn’t want to except me.
      “But now, there’s loads of females, loads of national champions. It’s really changed a lot.”
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      Dubois went on to win European and world championship honours in the amateurs before representing Team GB at the Tokyo Olympics.
      But during the early stages of her career in the paid ranks, activity was her greatest opponent.
      Dubois said: “It was very hard. As an amateur, I wasn’t getting any fights.
      “I’d be getting straight finals in tournaments where usually others would be fighting five or six times, I was fighting just one time.
      “It was definitely hard. Back in the day, if you had a daughter putting them into boxing was the last on the list.
      “But now it’s opened up, parents want to put their kids into boxing as it’s a form of self defence, it makes you feel more confident.
      “Loads of parents are seeing it as something their daughters can be doing too, so I’m very happy to be a part of this movement and this change.”
      Caroline Dubois won gold in junior European and world championshipsCredit: Getty
      She went on to represent Team GB at the Tokyo OlympicsCredit: AFP
      Dubois – trained by Shane McGuigan – at 6-0 is racing up the ranks and closing in on a world title shot despite only turning pro last year.
      So finding willing sparring partners for the lightweight – who has won all but one of her fights by knockout – is becoming difficult.
      She said: “It’s been an absolute nightmare, Shane will tell you.
      “We were actually just talking about it the other day, who’s it hardest to get sparring for.
      “And one of my coaches, Josh Pritchard, said it’s me because you’ve got to get it right.
      “I’d spar any girl and any weight, it doesn’t matter if they’re heavier or whatever. But they’re just not turning up, they’re not coming.
      “They don’t want to spar because it’s hard sparring and it’s hard work. So it’s like OK, either you don’t spar or you get in with the men.
      Caroline Dubois is coached by Shane McGuiganCredit: Richard Pelham / The Sun
      Coach Shane McGuigan with Caroline DuboisCredit: Reuters
      “It’s very hard but it’s good, it’s what’s going to push me forward and make me better.
      “For this camp, I think I’ve just been sparring boys. It’s been hard but it’s been good.”
      Dubois returns on June 16 against 13-2 Argentine Carmen Lescano.
      And she hopes it will be another stepping stone on her way to climbing up the world title ladder.
      Dubois said: “Female fighters, we got world title shots a lot quicker.
      “Looking back, Katie Taylor fought for a world title in her seventh fight, I’m in my sixth fight so I’m not far behind.
      “I feel like I’m progressing really well in the gym and even though I may not have been able to show it in the ring so far, I’m putting the progression in, I’m working every day, I’m training very hard.
      “I’m putting in the ground work to make sure when the time comes, I’ll be ready for it. I’m aiming for five fights this year.
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      “I’ve already had one, I’ve got four more, one on June 16th and then another two and hopefully by the fifth one I get a massive real acid test.
      “Then hopefully I’ll fight for a world title next year.”
      Caroline Dubois is eyeing a world title shot next yearCredit: Reuters More

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      Who is boxing champion Tim Tszyu and what happened to him?

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      AUSTRALIAN boxing champ Tim Tszyu has been rushed into hospital after being attacked by an animal.Organisers and fans are now unsure whether Tim Tszyu’s fight against Carlos Ocampo will go ahead or not.
      Tim Tszyu has a fight organised against Carlos Ocampo in June 2023Credit: Getty
      Who is Tim Tszyu?
      Timofei Konstantinovich Tszyu is professionally known as Tim Tszyu.
      He was born on November 2, 1994, in Sydney, Australia, to Russian parents, and has a brother, Nikita, who is three years younger.
      Tim was educated at St George Christian School and Newington College in his teen years.
      He was enrolled at the Univeristy of Technology Sydney, studying for a business degree.
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      Tim’s father is boxing legend Kostya, a former undisputed light-welterweight champion.
      His father was inducted into the international Boxing Hall of Fame in 2011.
      Tim began showing interest in sport, enrolling in gymnastics at six, later switching to football at ten.
      After his family relocated to Moscow for a few months when he was 13, he began to lose interest in football.
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      On their return to Sydney, he quit footie for good and took up boxing when he was 15.
      Tim’s amateur boxing career was illustrious, he set an amateur boxing record of 33-1.
      He went professional in 2016 when he was 22 years old.
      What happened to Tim Tszyu?
      On Sunday, May 28 2023, Tim was attacked by a dog and was hospitalised as a result.
      The attack has caused doubts as to whether the boxing champ will be able to defend his world title on June 18, 2023.
      However, No Limit Boxing CEO George Rose believes the fight will still go ahead as planned.
      How is Tim Tszyu?
      It has been reported that Tim sustained a bite to his right arm that required emergency intervention.
      Tim’s manager, Glen Jennings, is confident that the fight will happen as scheduled.
      He said: “The wound was superficial. The post-surgical report is all good.”
      What is Tim Tszyu’s boxing record?
      Tim has taken after his father when it comes to his boxing skills.
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      During his professional career, Tim has been in 22 fights and won all of them.
      He has a total of 16 KO wins also. More