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      Canelo Alvarez to face undefeated Jermall Charlo in mouthwatering bout after signing huge three-fight deal

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      CANELO ALVAREZ is set to return against Jermall Charlo as part of his eye-watering three-fight deal. The Mexican superstar operates as a free agent, meaning he is able to move to and from different promotional companies.
      Canelo Alvarez is set to return against Jermall Charlo as part of his three-fight dealCredit: Reuters
      Jermall Charlo is an unbeaten world championCredit: Getty
      Canelo, 32, looked on course to stay with Eddie Hearn and DAZN to rematch Dmitry Bivol, also 32, following his May 2022 loss.
      But after talks broke down, the four-division champion pivoted towards Premier Boxing Champions.
      And Canelo took to social media to confirm his move to PBC was a “done deal” while hinting at a September fight.
      Now according to ESPN, he is due to face unbeaten Charlo, 33, on September 16, Mexican Independence Day weekend.
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      The American is 32-0 and holds the WBC middleweight world title, meaning he will move up to challenge for Canelo’s super-middle belts.
      Alvarez is undisputed at 168lb and last fought in May, beating Britain’s John Ryder, 34, on points in a homecoming over a decade in the making.
      Before that, he beat old rival Gennady Golovkin, 41, in their trilogy bout but needed hand surgery afterwards.
      That had followed after Canelo moved up to light-heavyweight but was beaten by Russian WBA champ Bivol.
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      His last three bouts have all been on sports streaming service DAZN with Hearn involved.
      But in 2021, Canelo did pen a one-fight deal to face Caleb Plant, 30, in an undisputed title decider.
      Alvarez won the fight in 11 rounds and was guaranteed to make at least £30m.
      Canelo recently held talks to fight David Benavidez, 26, and WBC cruiserweight title holder Badou Jack, 39.
      But he demanded Jack come down 20lb from the 200lb cruiserweight limit to meet in a catchweight clash.
      Similarly, Hearn revealed weight was a factor in a deal collapsing between Canelo and Bivol.
      Bivol wanted to instead move down to super-middleweight and challenge for all four of Canelo’s belts.
      So it left Alvarez to turn his attention to PBC, who are believed to have fronted $100m (£78.6m) to secure him for three fights.
      And the first will start with Charlo, who has been out since June 2021 following victory over Juan Macias Montiel, 29.
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      Fans spot UFC pair’s underwhelmed response to Logan Paul gifting them Prime chains as they say ‘bro thinks they care’

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      LOGAN PAUL gifted Israel Adesanya and Alexander Volkanovski Prime chains – but fans don’t think they were that impressed.The pair of UFC champions became the first athletes to be sponsored by Paul’s popular Prime hydration drink.
      Logan Paul gifted Israel Adesanya and Alexander Volkanovski Prime chainsCredit: Instagram @moreloganpaul
      Fans think they were left underwhelmed by the presentCredit: Instagram @moreloganpaul
      And to celebrate, the YouTube, boxing and WWE star gifted Adesanya and Volkanovski custom Prime chains.
      But fans were left questioning whether they liked them, as one said: “Bro thinks they care.”
      Another added: “They not wearing that.”
      One joked: “Volk thinking about how much he can sell it for.”
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      Another agreed: “Straight to the pawn shop with those.”
      Volkanovski, 34, and Adesanya, 34, travelled to Paul’s Puerto Rico training base to be guests on his Impaulsive podcast.
      But the trio also got some training in where Paul was given a lesson in jiu jitsu.
      Middleweight king Adesanya was captured tapping him out while Volkanovski went one further.
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      Paul said: “You’re the best in the world at what you do, I got to experience it.
      “You are so strong and dominant, it’s like I knew it going into it.
      “You put me in a body lock and I felt like you could have tightened your legs so much and literally split me in half, I’m not doing BJJ again.”
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      Stunning MMA fighter turned-OnlyFans star sizzles in bikini and gives fans sneak peak inside her bedroom

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      MMA star Sammy-Jo Luxton gave fans a sneak peak inside her bedroom after posting a bikini picture. Luxton was a champion in Muay Thai before swapping to MMA and boxing.
      Sammy-Jo Luxton gave fans a sneak peak inside her bedroom after posting a bikini pictureCredit: Twitter @sammyjoluxton1
      Sammy-Jo Luxton was a champion in Muay ThaiCredit: Instagram/@sammyjoluxton1
      Sammy-Jo Luxton wants titles in Muay Thai, boxing and MMACredit: Instagram @sammyjoluxton1
      But she has also gained a huge social media following and even launched her own OnlyFans account.
      Luxton has a YouTube channel and asked fans for questions while posting a picture in a bikini and in the ring.
      The responses ranged from dream opponents, to preferred method of victory, while another asked her on a date.
      Luxton, 23, made her boxing debut in February on the undercard of Floyd Mayweather’s exhibition with Geordie Shore’s Aaron Chalmers.
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      That came after a world silver medal in Muay Thai as well as European and British titles.
      And she has also signed a deal with The Professional Fighters League, which will home her MMA career.
      But Luxton has hopes of winning world titles in all three disciplines.
      She told the Daily Mail this year: “My goal is to have a world title in boxing, a world title in MMA and a world title in Muay Thai.
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      “Just to say I completed it.”
      Luxton – who first started training aged 11 – is set to make her MMA debut with the PFL in Paris on September 30.
      She was also linked with another boxing match but revealed her current contract ruled it out.
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      Logan Paul never doing jiu jitsu again after UFC champion FOUR STONE lighter ‘split him in half’

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      LOGAN PAUL has vowed to never do jiu jitsu again after UFC champion Alexander Volkanovski split him in half. Volkanovski and fellow champ Israel Adesanya travelled to Paul’s Puerto Rico training base to be guests on his Impaulsive podcast.
      Alexander Volkanovski training with Logan PaulCredit: alexvolkanovski
      But the trio also got some training in where the YouTube, boxing and WWE star was given a lesson in jiu jitsu.
      Middleweight king Adesanya was captured tapping Paul out while Volkanovski went one further.
      Paul said: “You’re the best in the world at what you do, I got to experience it.
      “You are so strong and dominant, it’s like I knew it going into it.
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      “You put me in a body lock and I felt like you could have tightened your legs so much and literally split me in half, I’m not doing BJJ again.”
      Paul weighs around 14st 2lb while featherweight Volkanovski fights at 10st 3lb, meaning there is a huge FOUR STONE difference between them.
      The Aussie, 34, and Adesanya, 33, also took the journey over to announce their sponsorship with Paul’s Prime drink company.
      But despite backing the pair, Paul, 28, did not receive any mercy on the training mat with Volkanovski.
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      He said: “We were drilling this body triangle, where you have someone in your legs and hold them.
      “He goes ‘My legs are short, I don’t do the body triangle often’. Then when we actually went to do it, he almost kills me with the body triangle.
      “Jiu jitsu is a whole different beast, you don’t want to fight a guy in the street who knows jiu jitsu.”
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      Carl Froch, 45, ready to risk his legacy to fight Jake Paul and become the ‘hero’ who end YouTuber’s hype

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      CARL FROCH is ready to risk his legacy by fighting Jake Paul in a bid to end his hype. Froch has gone back and forth with the YouTuber-turned boxer amid speculation they could even face each other.
      Jake Paul has gone back and forth with Carl FrochCredit: Getty Images – Getty
      Froch would return to fight Paul and end his hypeCredit: AP
      The former super-middleweight world champion was a guest on Simon Jordan’s podcast.
      And Jordan urged Froch not to “kill his legacy” by coming back to fight the polarising Paul.
      But he responded: “I don’t know would it kill my legacy, or would I be the hero? Would I be the hero that stopped all the hype around Jake Paul?
      “I don’t mind Jake Paul doing what he’s doing and having a go, and he’s getting in the ring, the same as white-collar fighters.
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      “I don’t mind them – they’re brave. They’re getting in there, taking punches in the face, and he’s done it.”
      Froch, now 45, retired in 2014 after knocking out George Groves in front of 80,000 fans in their Wembley rematch.
      Meanwhile Paul, 26, returns on August 5 in Texas against ex-UFC star Nate Diaz.
      It follows after his first career loss in February, losing a split-decision to Tommy Fury, in a result criticised by Froch.
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      He told OLBG: “I would always be interested in fighting someone who can’t fight like Jake Paul.
      “It’s like someone giving you a suitcase full of money – you won’t say no. I would train for it, I stay in the gym anyway and keep myself in good shape.
      “Right now I am 45 and I retired at 36-37. There is a reason that I retired as after a certain age, the weight cut becomes way too difficult. 
      “I wouldn’t make the weight for Jake Paul – I would be 14 stone.
      “If a fight was on the cards – which it isn’t because Paul realised he can’t fight after losing to Tommy Fury and he wasn’t even British level at the time, then I would fight him because like I said before it is easy money.”
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      Eddie Hall shows off insane 27.5 STONE body before cutting weight as fans say his abs are a ‘sick joke’

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      EDDIE HALL showed off his insane 27.5 STONE frame and abs as he prepares to cut weight. The former world’s strongest man revealed he is currently weighing in at 385lbs but he is set to start trimming down in eight weeks.
      Eddie Hall showed off his insane 27.5st bodyCredit: Instagram
      Hall is about to cut weightCredit: Instagram
      And fans could not believe Hall still had abs on show despite his hulking physique.
      One said: “Abs at nearly 400lbs is just a sick joke.”
      Another said: “F*****g guy has abs at almost 400 lbs…… imagine him at 315.”
      One added: “Why does he have abs at this weight.”
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      Another said: “Abs at 400?!?”
      Hall, 35, is in the process of transitioning to bodybuilding, having also tried his hand at boxing to fight rival Hafthor Bjornsson, 34, in 2022.
      Opening up on the difference between strongman and bodybuilding, he said: “I love moving weights as hard as physically possible.
      “Unlike strongman, where you just move the weight from A to B. And you win competitions, you win lots of money.
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      “No, no, no. In bodybuilding, you’ve got to move the weight as slow and as painfully as possible.
      “And you can still win loads of money, so that’s good.”
      He added: “I’ve done the strongman, done a bit of boxing, I was a national champion swimmer back in the day, I think bodybuilding is a great transfer over from strongman.”
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      ‘Sexiest boxer ever’ Ebanie Bridges sprawls on bed in lacy lingerie to plug OnlyFans as followers gush ‘wow just wow’

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      EBANIE BRIDGES sent fans wild as she sprawled out on a bed in lacy lingerie to plug her OnlyFans account in her latest photo dump.The beautiful 36-year-old was recently hailed as the “sexiest boxer ever”.
      Ebanie Bridges sent fans wild with this snap while she plugged her OnlyfansCredit: INSTAGRAM
      The boxing beauty has amassed a huge social media followingCredit: Getty
      Bridges has over 750,000 followers on Instagram aloneCredit: @ebanie_bridges
      She regularly posts steamy snaps to her social media channelsCredit: Instagram @ebanie_bridges
      But she has also proved that she is a tough cookie with a successful defence of her IBF title against Shannon O’Connell in December.
      Bridges has shone bright in the world of boxing and has won nine out of 10 fights, losing the other.
      But the Blonde Bomber has also taken social media by storm with a series of glam pics on Instagram and steamy content on her OnlyFans page.
      And she even urged Conor McGregor to increase his jaw-dropping net worth by joining the subscription site.
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      But she switched her focus back to her own account yesterday by sharing a photograph of herself decked out in a sexy black outfit while laying down.
      She captioned the steamy snap with: “Sometimes life just keeps coming at you! My fans know there’s always an escape on my @Onlyfans – I love chatting to each and every one of you.
      “Check the link in my bio, I can’t wait to see you there.”
      And her 753k Instagram followers quickly jumped into the comments to hail her sexiness.
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      “You are so incredibly beautiful and inspiring,” wrote one.
      Another said: “Wow, just wow!”
      A fellow admirer commented: “Wow u looking sexy as always.”
      While another added that she was “simply beautiful.”
      Bridges makes an eye-watering amount from social media alone but she has also previously let slip how she still gets odd requests from “paypigs” who asked her for gnarly things, such as her dirty socks and bathwater.
      Having moved to the UK from her native Australia two years ago, she has been living in Essex, close to her Matchroom promoter Eddie Hearn’s HQ.
      But with her last three bouts all coming in Leeds – which is also the home of the Elland Road football club she supports – Bridges sees little reason to stay down south.
      And she recently revealed that she was relocating to the north, and was instantly inundated with offers of a place to live by her adoring public.
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      Bridges has been out of action since injuring her hand in her victory over O’Connell.
      The star is expected to be back to defend her title later this year.
      Ebanie Bridges has enjoyed huge success with her OnlyfansCredit: Instagram / @ebanie_bridges
      The Aussie beauty recently announced that she is relocating from EssexCredit: Instagram @ebanie_bridges
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      Tommy Fury mocked for saying he’s at ‘world championship level’ and Viddal Riley is ‘not a big enough draw’ to fight

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      TOMMY FURY faced ridicule for stating he is at “world championship level” and that Viddal Riley is “not a big enough draw” to fight him. Fury is coming off the back of handing Jake Paul defeat in their grudge match in Saudi Arabia in February.
      Tommy Fury faced ridicule for stating he is at ‘world championship level’Credit: Getty Images – Getty
      Viddal Riley hit back at Tommy FuryCredit: Getty
      And he is now lined up for another huge celebrity blockbuster against Paul’s YouTube rival KSI.
      But it appears Fury, 24, has no interest in facing fellow 9-0 prospect Riley, once the coach of KSI, 30.
      He told Sky Sports: “No disrespect but Viddal’s fighting a lot lower than me.
      “Say what you want about opposition but I’m fighting on a world championship level.
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      “I’m doing millions of pay-per-view buys with all these big names. I’m not going to be foolish and drop down and fight Viddal Riley in York Hall, am I?
      “At the end of the day, all due respect to him but he’s not a big enough draw.
      “At the end of the day, Viddal, who is he outside of boxing? He’s not really anybody. He’s got no global pulling power. He can’t do any pay-per-views.”
      The comment did not go down well with fans, as one said: “Tommy did not say he’s fighting at a world championship level surely.”
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      Another added: “Tommy is claiming to fight at a world championship level when his hardest fight was Jake Paul.”
      Riley, 25, knocked out Anees Taj, 27, later that night and hit back at Fury in a blast of his own.
      He responded: “If he doesn’t want to fight, just say he doesn’t want to fight.
      “He’s in a sticky position: he’s chosen that side of things, getting paid extremely well. Just say you’re that guy now, say you’re a crossover boxer.
      “That’s it, that’s all Tommy has to do. All he has to say is: ‘You know what, I’m a crossover guy now, I don’t really have any interest in the traditional path, I’m not looking to be a traditional pro boxer,’ and I’ll leave him alone.
      “But if you’re going to try and blur the lines between the two, then blur the line over here. He doesn’t have to blur the line here.
      “He doesn’t have any pull himself anyway. Jake has the pull. KSI has the pull.
      “Go check the views on any of his fights when he’s fighting in that realm, and then check mine, and I’ve stayed in this realm and, I would say I have more pull than he does.
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      “Anees Taj would knock out Tommy Fury. Let’s not play games now. I think Anees Taj would knock out Tommy Fury.
      “I’d like to see Tommy prove himself against an opponent like that, and see if he can deal with them. I doubt he can.”
      Tommy Fury beat Jake Paul on pointsCredit: GETTY
      Viddal Riley knocked out Anees Taj in their rematchCredit: Getty More