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    Tyson Fury told ‘I’m coming’ by Andy Ruiz Jr as Brit called out by Anthony Joshua conqueror with Wembley bout rumoured

    ANDY RUIZ JR has warned Tyson Fury he’s “coming” for his WBC heavyweight crown.The former unified heavyweight champion is in the running to throw down with the Gypsy King at Wembley in July.
    Tyson Fury is gearing up to return to the ring in JulyCredit: GETTY
    Former unified heavyweight champ Andy Ruiz Jr is in the running to face the BritCredit: GETTY
    The Destroyer has warned Fury he’s “coming” for himCredit: AP
    It’s understood that serious negotiations have not yet got underway, but that hasn’t stopped Ruiz Jr from sending a message The Gypsy King’s way.
    When reflecting on last weekend’s Las Vegas showdown between Gervonta Davis and Ryan Garcia, he said on Instagram: “We all risk our lives in there to f***ing feed our loved ones.
    “Hell of a fight. Can’t wait, man, till I fight f***ing Wilder, Fury, everybody.
    “All the people at the top. I’m coming.”
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    Ruiz Jr, 33, began teasing a fight with the WBC king late last month, posting a mock-up fight poster of the pair to his Instagram.
    The accompanying caption read: “Who would like to see this fight? LetsGo.”
    Ruiz Jr hasn’t set foot inside the ring since his decision victory over elder statement of the division Luis Ortiz last September.
    Fury, meanwhile, was last in action last December in a trilogy fight with Derek Chisora – who he stopped in the tenth round of their Tottenham tussle.
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    The Gypsy King was due to throw down with unified king Oleksandr Usyk in a mouthwatering undisputed title fight later this month.
    But the first undisputed heavyweight showdown in nearly 25 years fell through last after Team Usyk – who agreed to a 70-30 split – withdrew from negotiations after Fury’s constant moving of the goalposts.
    Fan favourite Fury – who broke his social media silence last week to deny rumours of competing in a four-man heavyweight tournament in Saudi – recently teased an “imminent fight” announcement.
    As he performed a heavy set of leg extensions in the gym, the 34-year-old said: “Got some massive, massive news coming.
    “An imminent fight date, an absolutely monstrous fight.
    “Keep tuned because the WBC world heavyweight king is back in action, coming very, very soon.” More

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    Ex-Prem star and boxing champion Curtis Woodhouse punched and kicked his cousin in pub beer garden

    A FORMER Premier League star and boxing champ punched and kicked his cousin in a savage brawl outside a pub.Curtis Woodhouse, 43, attacked Alexander Woodhouse at the Spread Eagle pub in Driffield in Yorkshire.
    Curtis Woodhouse punched and kicked his cousin in a pub brawlCredit: PA
    The ex-Birmingham City star, nicknamed the “Driffield Destroyer” because of his tough reputation, landed a punch on his cousin after tempers flared.
    Woodhouse has now been fined £8,885 after he admitted assault by beating at Hull Magistrates’ Court, Hull Daily Mail reports.
    The horror unfolded on August 20 last year after the family fell out during a gathering at the pub.
    Alexander had said something unpleasant to Woodhouse and kicked his leg in the toilets.
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    Woodhouse then attempted to clear the air later in the beer garden but his cousin was said to be aggressive towards him.
    The boxer said he could “anticipate” what was going to happen so punched Alexander before the family member could hit him first.
    JPs heard Woodhouse has a string of previous convictions, including assaulting a police officer during another pub incident.
    He was fined £6,500 and ordered to pay £300 compensation, a £2,000 surcharge and £85 costs for the latest attack.
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    Former England under 21 star Woodhouse played for a number of clubs after beginning his career with Sheffield United.
    He also had stints at Peterborough United, Hull City, Grimsby Town and Rotherham United.
    The midfielder played for Birmingham City between 2001 and 2003 when the club were in the Premier League.
    He retired in 2006 and launched a boxing career where he was crowned both British and English light-welterweight champion.
    Woodhouse also fought for the WBO inter-continental welterweight title in 2011 but lost to Frankie Gavin.
    He left the sport winning 24 of his 31 fights – 13 of them by a knockout – with just seven defeats.
    After a spell playing non-league football, Woodhouse managed Marske United for just three months before he was sacked.
    Woodhouse had been at a family gathering when the drama unfoldedCredit: Action Images
    The light-welterweight champion pleaded guilty to assault by beatingCredit: Action Images
    He was slapped with a £8,885 court billCredit: MEN Media
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    Ryan Garcia claims a MOLE in his training camp LEAKED news of injury ahead of Gervonta Davis fight

    RYAN GARCIA has accused a mole of LEAKING news of a pre-fight injury to Gervonta Davis ahead of their lightweight showdown.The social media superstar’s surge up the 135lbs ranks was stopped in its tracks by the undefeated Davis last Sunday morning.
    Ryan Garcia suffered a seventh-round TKO defeat to Gervonta Davis due to a vicious body shotCredit: AP
    Davis claimed in fight week that he heard Garcia had suffered an injury to the body in sparring – which Garcia has since claimedCredit: POLARIS
    Garcia revealed he had a mole in his training campCredit: INSTAGRAM@KINGRYAN
    Garcia was stopped in the seventh round of the Sin City showdown courtesy of a stomach-busting liver punch, which left him doubled over in pain.
    Throughout fight week, Baltimore bruiser Davis claimed he’d received inside information that Garcia had been injured to the body in sparring – which has since turned out to be true.
    King Ryan wrote in an Instagram story: “Actually sad I had a mole in my camp.
    “Like WTF that’s crazy but thank god it’s brought to light now.”
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    Garcia, however, was quick to insist the leaking of his injury to Team Davis had no bearing on the outcome of the fight.
    He added: “Also didn’t mean that to come off as an excuse or anything.
    “I lost, period. I’ll come back but I’m just shocked that part of my team crossed me, someone, close to me.
    “But it’s a testimony that you must be aware of anyone.”
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    Prior to the fight, Davis was asked if he thought he could hurt Garcia to the body.
    Tank said: “He got hurt to the body before. He thinks I don’t know that. It wasn’t in no fight.
    “Ask him. Let him know that I know he got hurt to the body. Word gets around real fast.”
    Not long after Garcia’s confirmation of a spy in his camp, sparring partner Erdenebat Tsendbaatar revealed he hurt the American in training.
    In an Instagram video, he said: “Hey King Ryan, in sparring I injured you with a body shot.
    “Now you lost to Tank. I am sorry. Are you okay?”
    But the 5-0 Tsendbaatar was quick to deny being the mole, saying: “Who is [the] mole?
    “What are you talking about? I am not [the] mole. I don’t even speak English.
    Ryan Garcia has vowed to bounce back from his first professional lossCredit: POLARIS
    “I don’t even like Tank, I will fight him and KO him in the future.
    “During our sparring, I tried to help you and sparred Tank’s style of boxing. I was cheering for you to win against Tank.
    “You are [a] great boxer, but next time try to learn from sparring and hopefully you will not get hit by the same punch during the fight.
    “Good luck to you and God bless.”
    Garcia has vowed to bounce back from his crushing defeat to Davis, the first of Garcia’s 24-fight career.
    He said: “I’m already looking past it. “You know, it’s all good.
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    “Lost today, but ready to get back into it whenever I can, which is in like three months.
    “So from that, get right back into it.” More

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    Apollonia Llewellyn sends fans wild with no-bra photo as Misfits Ring Girl is labelled ‘perfect woman’

    APOLLONIA LLEWELLYN is no stranger to sharing saucy snaps with her social media followers.But the Misfits boxing ring card girl really set their pulses racing with her latest Instagram post.
    Misfits Boxing ring card girl Apollonia Llewellyn is no stranger to sharing sultry snaps on social mediaCredit: INSTAGRAM@APOLLONIALLEWLLYN
    The blonde beauty has over 500,000 followers on InstagramCredit: INSTAGRAM@APOLLONIALLEWLLYN
    But she really set pulses racing with her latest holiday snap from SpainCredit: INSTAGRAM@APOLLONIALLEWLYN
    Llewellyn sent her legion of followers into meltdown with a no-bra bikini snap while on holiday.
    The buxom blonde posted a picture of herself covering her assets while wearing a thong bikini as she stood in a swimming pool.
    Her accompanying caption read: “Feels good to be back in the [sun emoji].”
    Llewellyn’s legion of followers were quick to comment, with one saying: “Wow. Amazing Beautiful.”
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    Another said: “Queen.”
    And another said: “The perfect woman.”
    One remarked: “Nice sexy wow.”
    Another chimed in: “Hot.”
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    Llewellyn has become a regular on the ring card girl scene thanks to the emergence of the Misfits Boxing brand.
    The blonde beauty also models when she’s not strutting around the ring.
    And she makes a pretty penny flogging racy snaps and videos on OnlyFans.
    She recently said: “I love being a part of Misfits events. It’s like one big family!
    “It’s more like a social event for me rather than work.
    “The whole package. I love all the hype for it and the leading-up days. It’s so fun!” More

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    Conor McGregor bumps into Floyd Mayweather’s dad and would ‘love to do work’ with him despite rivalry with boxing legend

    CONOR McGREGOR bumped into Floyd Mayweather’s dad and revealed he would “love to do work” with the boxing coach. McGregor famously lost to Mayweather Jr in their lucrative 2017 boxing match, which ended in round ten.
    Floyd Mayweather Sr bumping into Conor McGregor in Las Vegas
    And the Irishman had some memorable run-ins with Mayweather Sr leading up to the pay-per-view blockbuster.
    But it seems all is forgiven as the pair met up again in Las Vegas on the night Gervonta Davis knocked out Ryan Garcia.
    McGregor appeared to praise Mayweather’s padwork and professed that he would like to train with the former professional boxer.
    He said: “I’d love to do work with you. Would love to do work with you some day.”
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    Mayweather in 2018 offered to bring McGregor into his Las Vegas boxing club for training.
    But McGregor responded: “F*** the Mayweathers, except Senior and Roger. There is no peace here kid. Step up or step down.”
    Mayweather, 46, officially retired after beating McGregor, 34, but has continued to box in exhibition bouts.
    And he last year opened the door to rematching the UFC icon, in either an exhibition or professional bout.
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    McGregor has also expressed his interest in a rematch having claimed Mayweather failed to follow up on a promise to fight him in MMA.
    He said on Fox News: “That was the original, it was a verbal agreement, I box him, he fights me. But he didn’t honour it.
    “He didn’t honoured it yet you know, who knows? I would go against him in another boxing bout. I’d like another crack at it.”
    Mayweater’s last exhibition was over eight rounds against reality TV star-turned boxer Aaron Chalmers at London’s O2 Arena.
    And he later announced he would box five more times in five different locations, including America, Asia and Europe.
    McGregor meanwhile is set to face Michael Chandler in his UFC return – his first fight since breaking his leg against Dustin Poirier in 2021.
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    Deontay Wilder reveals Anthony Joshua is his ‘DREAM’ fight but has ‘a lot of different options’ for boxing return

    DEONTAY WILDER revealed Anthony Joshua is his “DREAM” fight but has “a lot of different options” tabled for his boxing return. Wilder has not boxed since knocking out Robert Helenius in the opening round of his October comeback bout last year.
    Deontay Wilder revealed Anthony Joshua is his ‘dream’ fightCredit: GETTY
    Anthony Joshua could fight Deontay Wilder in December in Saudi ArabiaCredit: Richard Pelham / The Sun
    But the 37-year-old has been continually linked with a super-fight against Joshua following years of failed talks.
    Now, the blockbuster bout could become a reality with Joshua’s promoter Eddie Hearn flying out this week for talks in Saudi Arabia.
    And he claimed AJ is in line to face either Wilder or Fury as a result.
    The Bronze Bomber’s team have already given their green light for the fight – and now so too has the man himself.
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    Wilder told iFL TV: “We got a lot of different options right now at this moment in time. Joshua, everybody.
    “I think a lot of people is going to get that dream fight everyone wants to see.”
    Wilder has also been linked with a crossover bout with ex-UFC heavyweight champion Francis Ngannou.
    But the American could be part of a heavyweight boxing bonanza in the Middle East.
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    Boxing bosses in Saudi Arabia also want to host a undisputed fight between Fury and Oleksandr Usyk.
    It would leave AJ – who beat Jermaine Franklin on points in his April return fight – free to face Wilder in a separate clash.
    Wilder is back training ahead of his next move and refused to take the prospect of facing Joshua, lightly.
    He said: “Nobody is an easy night.
    “Nobody is easy because, on the night of the fight, you just never know what they might have in them that night.
    “It might be like ‘I feel great!’ Stay training, man, stay focused and I wish you nothing but the best.”
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    Tyson Fury celebrates one-year anniversary of knocking out Dillian Whyte with 15 ROUNDS in the gym ahead of next fight

    TYSON FURY celebrated his one-year anniversary of knocking out Dillian Whyte with 15 ROUNDS in the gym ahead of his next fight. Fury successfully defended his WBC heavyweight title in front of a British record crowd of 94,000 at Wembley in April of last year.
    Tyson Fury celebrated the one-year anniversary of his Dillian Whyte bout with 15 rounds in the gym
    Fury knocked out Whyte in front of a record crowd at WembleyCredit: Getty
    And he used the brutal uppercut KO to inspire a gruelling day in the gym as the Gypsy King prepares for his return bout.
    He said in a social media video: “Happy St George’s Day. Of course, it’s an anniversary for me today.
    “It’s a year since I knocked out Dillian Whyte at Wembley in front of 94,000 people in London.
    “So, I’m going to celebrate today with 15 rounds of boxing in the gym. Come on!
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    “And then I’m gonna go out, get my f***ing red, white, and blue suit on and I’m going to get absolutely tanked for England and Saint George. Get up!”
    Fury, 34, is in line for a summer return having seen talks to face Oleksandr Usyk this month collapse.
    The heavyweight division’s first four-belt unification bout broke down amid a row over the split for a potential rematch.
    Usyk has now been ordered into a WBA mandatory defence against Daniel Dubois with talks ongoing.
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    And Fury was in line to face Joe Joyce back at Wembley as a summer alternative to the undisputed super-fight.
    But Joyce was stunned in defeat by China’s Zhilei Zhang, scrapping his shot at the world title with an expected rematch to follow.
    Now, Andy Ruiz Jr has emerged as the frontrunner to face Fury with July 22 at Wembley a rumoured target date.
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    Anthony Joshua is line for ‘risky’ Dillian Whyte rematch before ‘mega-fight’ with Tyson Fury or Deontay Wilder in Saudi

    ANTHONY JOSHUA could take a risky rematch with Dillian Whyte to help set him up for a super-fight against Tyson Fury or Deontay Wilder. Promoter Eddie Hearn had planned for AJ to rematch Whyte – who he stopped in 2015 – in a stadium this summer.
    Dillian Whyte and Anthony Joshua could rematch in JulyCredit: AFP
    But that was before he revealed representatives in Saudi Arabia want Joshua to face either Wilder or Fury in the desert in December.
    Hearn is set for talks in the Middle East this week and hopes to lock down a date and opponent for AJ’s proposed end of year blockbuster.
    He told iFL TV: “AJ-Whyte is still for me, it’s a risky fight, but it’s a great fight.
    “That’s up to AJ [if he wants to pass on fighting in the summer]…
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    “When someone says, ‘You’re not allowed to have a fight,’ it doesn’t mean you accept that. So we have to see how those discussions look. 
    “The key for us is to lock in the mega-fight for Anthony Joshua, so everything will step off that.
    “I’m not ruling out a July fight at all, but we’ll see how those discussions go.” 
    Boxing bosses in Saudi have confirmed they want to pit the heavyweight division’s elite against each other in 2023.
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    It could see Tyson Fury, 34, unify all four belts for the first time in heavyweight history against Oleksandr Usyk, 36, following failed talks.
    And it would leave Joshua, 33, to face Wilder, 37, in a fight years in the making.
    AJ himself recently admitted talks to finally meet his American rival are closer than ever.
    He told The Metro: “In terms of it getting delivered [from my side], I honestly believe it is 95 per cent there.”
    And Wilder watched Gervonta Davis, 28, beat Ryan Garcia, 24, in Las Vegas where also talked up the potential of fighting Joshua.
    He said: “We got a lot of different options right now at this moment in time. Joshua, everybody.
    “I think a lot of people is going to get that dream fight everyone wants to see.”
    Deontay Wilder or Tyson Fury could fight Anthony Joshua in the summerCredit: Getty More