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      Fans all say the same thing as YouTuber Deji’s next opponent is confirmed on brother KSI’s undercard

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      YOUTUBER Deji will make his boxing return on brother KSI’s undercard – in his first fight since facing Floyd Mayweather. The social media star will box rapper Swarmz – who last August was beaten by KSI – on May 13 at Wembley Arena.
      Floyd Mayweather and Deji boxed in DubaiCredit: Lee Hamilton-Cooper
      Rapper Swarmz will fight DejiCredit: Getty
      He was last in the ring in November, losing in round six of his exhibition with boxing icon Mayweather.
      And fans were quick to point out the contrast in fights for Deji.
      One said: “Big upgrade from Mayweather.”
      Another said: “Man went from Mayweather to Swarmz. My GOAT.”
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      One added: “Bro went from fighting mayweather to SWARMZ.”
      Another joked: “Floyd ducking the rematch because he knew the first fight was a fluke.”
      Swarmz, 26, lost his boxing debut to KSI, 29, after filling in on just two weeks notice.
      But he returned in January beating YouTuber Ryan Taylor, 30, with the first punch he threw, causing a gruesome eye injury.
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      Deji, 26, meanwhile won his first fight last year against American rival Fousey, 33, following three prior defeats.
      And he survived until the final round of his exhibition in the Middle East against Mayweather, 46.
      Deji is set to fight Swarmz on the night brother KSI steps up against nightclub tycoon-turned 9-0 boxer Joe Fournier, 40.
      Deji with brother KSI and mum YinkaCredit: @Deji More

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      Elle Brooke’s rival Ola Danielka wears X-rated hoodie mocking OnlyFans star’s porn history at explosive face-off

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      OLA DANIELKA wore an X-rated hoodie mocking boxing opponent Elle Brooke’s porn history. The pair are set to fight in the quarter-final stages of KingPyn’s eight-women tournament.
      Danielka wore a jumper with an X-rated photo of Brooke on the frontCredit: Twitter@fredpdbeck
      But ahead of their April 22 bout, they came face to face for an explosive interview where tempers shambolically flared.
      Social media influencer Danielka – who stands almost 6ft tall – kicked off the mind games with an explicit jumper at Brooke’s expense.
      The graphic hoodie has Brooke pictured during a sex act.
      Brooke is 2-0 as a boxer having beaten former Love Islander AJ Bunker and TikToker Faith Ordway.
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      So she will come in as a heavy favourite against boxing debutant Danielka.
      Although the rivals got a feel for each other weeks out from the fight as their sit-down interview descended into cringeworthy chaos.
      Brooke threw a glass of water in the Danielka’s face – sparking a furious reaction.
      Danielka responded by throwing her own water straight back at the Brit before the pair vacated the table and attempted to brawl it out.
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      OnlyFans star Brooke retreated and received a kick for her troubles, before they were momentarily separated.
      But it sparked up again immediately when Brooke threw the remainder of her water at Danielka.

      The Polish Love Islander hit back by grabbing hold of Brooke as her glass smashed on the floor.
      And she then threw her to the ground as they were pulled apart once more – bringing an end to the embarrassing scenes.
      Elle Brooke’s face-off with Danielka descended into chaosCredit: Twitter More

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      Anthony Joshua could make U-turn on plan to make boxing return in December and be back sooner, says Barry Hearn

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      ANTHONY JOSHUA could make a U-turn on his planned boxing return having revealed he will sit out until December. AJ returned with a victory at the start of April over 12 rounds against Jermaine Franklin, following consecutive losses to Oleksandr Usyk.
      Anthony Joshua claimed he will not fight again till DecemberCredit: Getty
      Promoter Eddie Hearn hoped it would be the first in a hat-trick of 2023 bouts to keep the two-time heavyweight champion busy.
      But days later, Joshua posted on Instagram: “My next fight is scheduled for December.
      “Not ideal but everything is part of a bigger picture.”
      Despite the shock revelation, Hearn’s Hall of Fame father Barry warned not to rule out a change of plan.
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      He told Joe: “Firstly, I think there were a few misquotes about he’s not boxing until December. He’s thinking about not boxing until December.
      “I love Anthony but he’s on holiday at the moment, He’s having a good time. He spends his life in training camps.
      “When you’re having a good time, you like to carry on having a good time, but I know Anthony a bit better than that.
      “I won’t be a 100 per cent surprised to see a U-turn on that.”
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      Joshua, 33, is currently enjoying time off in Dubai, before planning a trip back to Texas for more training under new coach Derrick James.
      It comes amid rumours of a fight against Deontay Wilder, 37, in December in Saudi Arabia.
      And Tyson Fury, 34, would also face Usyk, 36, with the winners of the two bouts meeting in a proposed tournament.
      It would tie into Joshua’s plan to wait till the end of the year to fight following his comeback victory against American Franklin, 29.
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      Tyson Fury’s team open door to biggest tournament in boxing history involving Anthony Joshua

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      TYSON FURY’S team have opened the door to a sensational four-man tournament involving the heavyweight division’s biggest stars. TalkSPORT’s outspoken sports pundit Simon Jordan claimed Anthony Joshua, Deontay Wilder, Oleksandr Usyk and Fury would be involved in a series of fights.
      Tyson Fury during his trilogy win over Deontay WilderCredit: Getty Images – Getty
      Anthony Joshua twice lost to Oleksandr UsykCredit: Getty
      It would see AJ face Wilder with Fury against Usyk, both in December in Saudi Arabia, allowing the winners to meet in a final.
      George Warren, the son of Fury’s UK promoter Frank, has not ruled out the stunning idea but admitted no talks have yet materialised.
      He told iFL TV: “It would be amazing, wouldn’t it? But it’s speculation at the moment.
      “As far as I’m concerned, we’ve not had any formal offer or communication that is something that is there to be done.
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      “What we always say, we get a lot of attention and interest for Tyson, not just from UK opportunities but from around the world.
      “When people get in touch, the usual way we deal with it is just to say, ‘Great, put an offer down, put it in writing. Send us some date options, tell us what the plan is and what you’re looking at doing, the finances involved and we can go through there and address it as a team.’
      “Tyson is the decision-maker, but certainly, if there’s an opportunity, we’re happy to look at it.
      Warren added: “At this moment in time, we’ve not had an offer for anything.
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      “But if one was to come in, it will remain private, it would be discussed, and we’ll go from there.”
      Joshua, 33, beat Jermaine Franklin, 29, on points over 12 rounds in his return fight at the start of April.
      Wilder, 37, meanwhile has been out since October when he knocked out Robert Helenius, 39, in round one of his comeback bout.
      Fury, 34, is now without an opponent after his deal to unify all four belts with Usyk, 36, collapsed.
      Terms were scrapped amid a row over financials for a potential rematch, leaving both in the lurch.
      Tyson is the decision-maker, but certainly, if there’s an opportunity, we’re happy to look at it. George Warren on proposed tournament in Saudi Arabia
      Usyk has since been ordered into a mandatory WBA title defence against Daniel Dubois, 25, with talks ongoing.
      And Fury is left to seal a return fight in the summer, which promoter Bob Arum revealed could be against Andy Ruiz Jr, 33.
      And Warren added: “Andy Ruiz stopped Anthony Joshua, is a former world champion.
      “I don’t think the performance in the rematch when he fought out in Saudi Arabia was Andy Ruiz’s best performance, but he’s had solid wins since then.
      “I’m not focusing on who the opponent is at the moment for Tyson. The first step is to speak with Tyson, which we’ll do next week.
      “We’ll find out what he wants to do. Does he want to be active? Does he want to fight? Does he want to do a UK stadium fight?
      “If he does, then again, we’ll assess who is available and look at all the different opponents and anyone that wants to fight Tyson.
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      “Once he’s made that decision, get in touch, and then we’ll look at the opportunities and the options and go through them.”
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      I got dropped by Anthony Joshua but only lost because when I got up he ran away from me

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      ZHILEI ZHANG returns to fight in London for the first time since being put down by Anthony Joshua. The 6ft 6in 277-pounder faces Joe Joyce at the Copper Box on Saturday night for the WBO interim title.
      Anthony Joshua beat Zhilei Zhang in the 2012 OlympicsCredit: AP:Associated Press
      It comes 11 years after he boxed Joshua in the 2012 Olympic quarter-finals, losing in the super-heavyweight bout on points.
      Zhang was floored with a right hand but claimed AJ coasted to safety when he got back to his feet.
      He told talkSPORT: “From what I remember back then the venue was very full.
      “I got dropped in the second round, I got up real quick, and then he started to run away for the whole of round three.
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      “And then the fight was over, just like that. I lost by decision.”
      Joshua, 33, went on to win gold at the London Games, setting up a two-time world title winning career in the professional ranks.
      Zhang, 39, captured silver and has championship aspirations of his own, starting on the weekend.
      Joyce, 37, is the mandatory challenger for Oleksandr Usyk’s title and will defend that position against Zhang, who predicts an all-out war.
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      He said: “I think it’s gonna be an exciting fight too.
      “We’re both strong, big punchers, it’s gonna be fireworks.”
      Joyce recently knocked out Joseph Parker, 31, in September while Zhang lost a disputed decision to Filip Hrgovic, 30, a month earlier.
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      Elle Brooke face-off descends into CHAOS as she’s dragged on floor & kicked for throwing glass of water in rival’s face

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      ELLE BROOKE’S face-off with Ola Danielka exploded as she was dragged along the floor and kicked after throwing a glass of water in her opponent’s face.The pair will come to blows in the ring at the OVO Arena Wembley on April 22 as Brooke looks to secure a third victory of her YouTube boxing career.
      Elle Brooke and Ola Danielka came to blows during their face-offCredit: Twitter
      Water was thrown by both women after Brooke started the chaosCredit: Twitter
      They attempted to fight it out before they were separatedCredit: Twitter

      But they have already begun to scrap in the lead-up to their clash as they were pulled apart during a promotional event on Thursday.
      Brooke and Danielka faced off a little over one week out from their contest in London.
      And it descended into chaos when Brooke threw a glass of water in the Pole’s face.
      Danielka responded by throwing her own water straight back at the Brit before the pair vacated the table and attempted to fight it out.
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      How Brooke and Danielka compare heading into their fight
      OnlyFans star Brooke retreated and received a kick for her troubles, before they were momentarily separated.
      But it sparked up again immediately when Brooke threw the remainder of her water at Danielka.

      The Polish Love Island star hit back by grabbing hold of Brooke as her glass smashed on the floor.
      And she then threw her to the ground as they were pulled apart once more.
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      Danielka wore a jumper with an X-rated photo of Brooke on the frontCredit: Twitter
      When they returned to continue the face-off, Brooke then pushed the makeshift table into Danielka’s legs, before the Poland-based influencer tried to lift up her chair and thrust it towards Brooke.
      The YouTube fighters came to blows after Danielka turned up to the event wearing a jumper with an X-rated picture of Brooke plastered over it.
      Brooke will enter the fight as the only one with any fighting experience.
      She has two boxing contests under her belt against AJ Bunker and Faith Ordway, stopping the latter in the first round.
      Brooke has also been training with IBF bantamweight champion Ebanie Bridges.
      However, her novice rival Ola will have a huge size advantage.
      Fans were left in hysterics after seeing the size difference between them as they were drawn together in the quarter-final of the “High Stakes” influencer tournament.
      However, Brooke insists she will come out on top.
      She said: “I like the challenge. You’re beautiful, but I wouldn’t mind smashing your face in. I’m 5’1”, I’m always gonna be the shorter woman.
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      “But I’ve always been prepping to spar someone taller. She’s a lot slimmer build so hopefully she’s a lot less strong and you can just bully her in the ring.
      “It’s gonna be a challenge. I’m here to set out that I am the best pound-for-pound female influencer boxer and that’s exactly what I’m gonna do.” More

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      KSI’s face disfigured as he shows off nasty eye injury after sparring accident

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      KSI has revealed a gruesome eye injury he sustained ahead of his upcoming return to the ring.The social media star, 29, will face Joe Fournier on Saturday 13 May.
      KSI has revealed his gruesome new eye injury…Credit: YouTube – @ksi
      The star said it came from a clash of heads in sparring in his new YouTube video today…Credit: YouTube – @ksi
      Ahead of that clash, he appeared on the latest episode of his Sidemen show to promote the bout.
      However, the man with 16.2 million followers on social media already looked like he had received a hefty beating as he sported a swollen eye and bust lip.
      Laughing at the start of the video, KSI said: “Yo, what’s up? It’s your boy KSI… mind the eye.
      “I got it during sparring. Just a clash of heads.”
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      But that does not seem to be deterring the fighter as he insisted his training for the bout could not be better.
      KSI, real name Olajide Olayinka Williams Olatunji, said: “Training camp is going well.
      “Obviously I took a little break. I felt like it was good for me.
      “I felt like I was really able to step back and reflect on my whole life, my whole situation because I feel like I’ve just been going at a hundred miles an hour in general especially this year.”
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      He added: “So much has happened I still haven’t taken in that I knocked out Temperrr in the first round, like, I wasn’t able to take that whole moment, you know, me fighting at Wembley Arena and everyone going crazy and everything.
      “Everything has just moved and I’ve just done so many things after that, that I haven’t been able to just settle and take it all in.”
      Earlier this month KSI and Fournier, 40, clashed on stage at a heated press conference ahead of their bout at the Misfits Boxing event in London.
      Fournier double-handed shoved KSI – real name in the chest.
      KSI refrained from reacting to the push, remaining calm and opting instead to continue to stare down the British businessman.
      Prior to landing the first physical blow of their rivalry, a fired-up Fournier roared: “At the end of the day I am coming to take the guy’s whole legacy.
      “I’m here to be the new face of Misfits. I want to have a scrap with the guy.
      “The guy made his career playing FIFA. He beats me at FIFA but this isn’t FIFA.
      “This is us standing there 18lb, 10oz gloves and he talks about explosive and power but it is all relative.
      “David Haye didn’t knock me out so I would like to trade with him and I want it to be a fight that goes down in history.
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      “I want him to be the best he can be I don’t want me to walk all over him in 40 seconds, like I think is going to happen.”
      KSI responded with his own jibes, but it was his apology for using a racial slur in a recently-aired YouTube video which dominated the presser. More

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      I’m Britain’s hardest working boxer.. I climb mountains, run marathons and work as a roofer on my days off

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      SAM NOAKES might be Britain’s hardest working boxer – but only after he walked out of his first two jobs after ONE shift.The Maidstone lightweight – whose 10-0 record is built on a perfect 10/10 KO rate – has always been a fitness fanatic, conquering mountains and marathons on his days off from training.
      Sam Noakes is a serious lightweight prospect who never has a day off.Credit: Getty
      Maidstone prospect Sam Noakes reckons his roofing career boosting his punch power.Credit: https://www.instagram.com/sam_noakess/
      But the 25-year-old could not match that commitment in his first two careers and jacked in a couple of earners without even getting paid.
      The proud mummy’s boy – who still lives at home for the expert cooking and laundry on offer – told SunSport: “My first job after school was in a call centre, I went in with good intentions, gave it a go and never went back for the second day.
      “I wasn’t fussy, the next job was McDonald’s, another full shift but couldn’t face going back and didn’t even get paid.
      “In the end I got a job as a roofer, ten times harder than both of those jobs, outside and physically demanding but I loved it and I stuck to that right up until recently when my sponsorship deals allowed me to train full-time.

      “But even in the summer now, if my old boss has a big job on, or if I am waiting around for a fight, I will go back and do a month or so on site with the boys, show them what I can still do.
      “It’s the same with the running and mountains, if I wasn’t a boxer I would still be doing them with my mates, so I just squeeze them in around fights.”
      Noakes reckons the only pre-boxing career he clicked with might be responsible for his freakish power and frightening nickname.
      The Kent Golovkin – named after Kazakh KO king Gennady – believes the knockout power he has shown in both hands has come from lugging slates, tiles and cladding up and down ladders all day and trying to match the bigger blokes on the firm.
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      Ahead of his Saturday Commonwealth title defence against Karthik Kumar, he laughed: “I remember being on jobs and there was always a bit of competition about who could carry what.
      “And I remember the bigger lads telling me to go easy and leave the big loads to them.
      “I wouldn’t stand for that though and always managed to match them, even though it was a serious struggle early on.
      “They would ask if I was okay and I would be straining so much that I could just about manage to whisper a ‘yep’.
      “So I can’t pinpoint where the power has come from for sure, but those tough days must have helped.”
      Sam Noakes is racing through the 9st division on BT Sport.Credit: Getty

      Behind most boxers there is a story of woe or hardship but it’s refreshing to get nothing but smiles and boy-next-door charm from Noakes, whose mum has been the driving force behind his early success.
      “I’m not a complex fella,” he likes to say. “There ain’t too much going upstairs for anyone to worry about. 
      “What you see is what you get with me.
      “My mum and dad split up when I was young but they have always remained friends and supported me in everything I have done.
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      “My older siblings have moved out but I’ve got it too cushty indoors with my mum so until I find the love of a good woman, I am very happy at home with the one I already have.”
      *Champion Sports Management star Sam Noakes spoke to SunSport over lunch at Crown Aspinalls Casino. More