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JOSHUA BUATSI went for the jugular and took Willy Hutchinson’s head – but would have been left scratching his at the scorecards.The bad blood started between the light-heavy pair back in June when one-too-many taunts from the Scottish Traveller sparked JB into action.Joshua Buatsi knocked down Willy HutchinsonCredit: GettyThe 31-year-old lunged and grabbed Hutchinson by the throat – the man nicknamed Just Business, made it personal.And at Wembley he got his revenge with a split decision – with one maniac judge needing the sack – after flooring his foe twice.The judges called the spite-laced slugfest 113-112 insanely to Hutchinson and thankfully 117-108 and 115-110 to JB.One fan reacted: “113-112? Take their license away asap! Shouldn’t be a split decision at all. Buatsi.”READ MORE IN BOXINGAnother said: “113-112 for Hutchinson is so ridiculously criminal. Buatsi still takes it, but shouldn’t have been a split decision.”One fumed: “These judges need to be fired. Buatsi should have beat Hutchinson by majority decision.”The opener was technical and smart, until the bell rang and Hutchinson whacked one final dig over Buatsi’s guard just as he had lowered it to take a break.The second stanza heralded the first meaningful punch, when Buatsi cracked over a right hand that found the Scotsman’s face.Most read in BoxingJoshua vs Dubois fight predictions THIS weekend Wembley will witness one of the biggest all-British fights of all-time.But who will emerge victorious under the famous arch? Some of the biggest names in boxing have been having their say…Oleksandr Usyk: “My favourite is Anthony Joshua but I am very bad at predictions. But I will predict Anthony Joshua.”Dillian Whyte: “I just think that it’s one of those fights where it is a genuine 50/50 fight in my opinion.”Joe Joyce: “I was initially edging with Joshua but I don’t know, Dubois is coming on.”Frazer Clarke: “As heavy-handed as Dubois is and as good a fighter as he’s becoming, I still have to go for Joshua.”Francis Ngannou: “Even though Joshua lost against Usyk twice and Dubois fought Usyk and almost knocked him down and almost won, I would still give this to Joshua.”Click here for more fight predictions for Anthony Joshua vs Daniel DuboisCASINO SPECIAL – BEST CASINO WELCOME OFFERSBut – in his biggest step-up to date – Hutchinson held his nerve and his feet and worked his way out of trouble.It was nip and tuck through three, when a a Saudi medical group brand was beamed around Wembley stadium, as a thank-you for their sponsorship.The fight finally caught fire right at the end of the sixth, Buatsi landed a skull-shuddering right hand and bounced his prey off the ropes two times.The Croydon savage then went downstairs and slashed at his trunk until Hutchinson folded to the deck and bravely rose at eight, just as the bell went.Hutchinson rallied in round seven and it looked like he had Buatsi in trouble, but the undefeated London just tucked up and caight the volley on his arms and gloves and he grinned when he came out of his shell unscathed.Then right on the bell that right-hand honey punch clipped Hutchinson’s whiskers once again.Hutchinson was taking a battering throughout round eight but it was only the stadiums lights that were knocked out for a second.It was an all-British slugestCredit: GettyBuatsi hammered Hutchinson on the ropesCredit: GettyThe fight went to the scorecardsCredit: GettyRef Steve Gray had to pause the action until the ring was re-illuminated.Things got even darker for Hutchinson at the end of round nine when his engine betrayed him and he folded down the canvas for a second time.Buatsi whacked high and low and it was safer for the battered man to take a breather.To his credit, Hutchinson kept going to the well and coming back refreshed, he landed a decent left hook in the tenth but Buatsi looked impervious and Hutch entered the championship rounds flagging.READ MORE SUN STORIESThe Hutch Train huffed and puffed right until the final bell but Buatsi was always in a different class and coasted to victory.Despite one judge needing the boot immediately for thinking Buatsi lost.The pair put their British beef to bedCredit: Getty More

AN UNDERCARD fight was dramatically stopped after the lights went out at Wembley.Fans gathered at the epic stadium, tonight holding 96,000 boxing enthusiasts, to witness British heavyweight battle between Anthony Joshua and Daniel Dubois.An undercard fight was plunged into darkness as the lights went out at Wembley StadiumThe dramatic moment occurred ahead of Anthony Joshua vs Daniel DuboisExcitement was high ahead of a special pre-fight show from Oasis’ Liam Gallagher.And there were plenty of exciting bouts to enjoy on the stacked undercard too.But one battle was halted after fans were plunged into darkness.The moment occurred during the thrilling light-heavyweight battle between Joshua Buatsi and Willy Hutchinson.READ MORE IN BOXINGBoth men threw some incredible punches in a back-and-forth clash.However, the rivals were left peering into the dark after Wembley’s lights went out during the eighth round.Fans gasped as Buatsi and Hutchinson looked around blindly.And after what felt like an eternity, the lights eventually came back on following several seconds of darkness.Most read in BoxingCASINO SPECIAL – BEST CASINO WELCOME OFFERSBut the referee felt it was not right to continue until the problem was sorted.And he ordered a halt to proceedings lasting several minutes before green-lighting a restart.Fight STOPPED as lights go out at Wembley during undercard before Anthony Joshua vs Daniel Dubois title boutJoshua Buatsi emerged victorious in his fight with Willy HutchinsonCredit: ReutersBuatsi gave his rival a battering in the ringCredit: GettyRound by round: How Dubois demolished JoshuaANTHONY JOSHUA bravely picked himself up from the floor against Daniel Dubois – until he could no more.AJ was floored four times in five rounds by Dubois before a thudding counter right closed the show in dramatic fashion.Here, SunSport’s Jack Figg takes you round-by-round from the Wembley war.ROUND 1Dubois comes out sharp with the jab as Joshua bounces around struggling to deal with the piston-like left.Huge right hand from Dubois has AJ staggering backwards with his hands far too low from the opening bell.Joshua made to pay for the mistake as he circles out with his hands down and gets dropped by an overhand right.ROUND 2Joshua – saved only by the bell after being floored – struggles to get going as he takes shots to the face.AJ is tottering and teetering around the ring with his guard again dangerously low and inviting pressure on.Joshua is attempting to get back into the bout but his jab looks far too lazy – he doesn’t look to have recovered from the knockdown.ROUND 3AJ comes out with more intent but swings wildly with a right and connects with only thin air.Dubois pours on the pressure and hammers Joshua into the corner scoring another knockdown.The bell sounds but Dubois lands one or two afterwards – again AJ is saved by the clock as the writing looks on the wall.ROUND 4Disaster strikes again with Joshua floored once more – losing his balance as he touches the canvas.The referee gives AJ another fighting chance and Dubois lands a low blow – giving the challenger some valuable respite.Dubois slows down as four rounds come to a close with Joshua showing sensational resilience to hang in there.ROUND 5Joshua lands a huge right hand and Dubois legs buckle – an astonishing turnaround looks to be on the cards.AJ pins Dubois onto the ropes and attempts one of his signature uppercuts but the countering right hand gets there first.Joshua is caught flush on the chin, dropped once more and this time out for good. Dubois scores a stunning KO win.Luckily for fans, the exciting fight went the distance after 12 rounds of big hits.And it was Buatsi who emerged victorious on points with a controversial split decision, having dropped Hutchinson – who also had a point deducted – twice.The bad blood started between the light-heavy pair back in June when one-too-many taunts from the Scottish Traveller sparked JB into action.The 31-year-old lunged and grabbed Hutchinson by the throat – the man nicknamed Just Business, made it personal.And at Wembley he got his revenge with a split decision – with one maniac judge needing the sack – after flooring his foe twice.The judges called the spite-laced slugfest 113-112 insanely to Hutchinson and thankfully 117-108 and 115-110 to JB.The opener was technical and smart, until the bell rang and Hutchinson whacked one final dig over Buatsi’s guard just as he had lowered it to take a break.The second stanza heralded the first meaningful punch, when Buatsi cracked over a right hand that found the Scotsman’s face.But – in his biggest step-up to date – Hutchinson held his nerve and his feet and worked his way out of trouble.Hutchinson was controversially awarded the win by one judgeCredit: ReutersBuatsi got the split decision in the endCredit: PAIt was nip and tuck through three, when a a Saudi medical group brand was beamed around Wembley stadium, as a thank-you for their sponsorship.The fight finally caught fire right at the end of the sixth, Buatsi landed a skull-shuddering right hand and bounced his prey off the ropes two times.The Croydon savage then went downstairs and slashed at his trunk until Hutchinson folded to the deck and bravely rose at eight, just as the bell went.Hutchinson rallied in round seven and it looked like he had Buatsi in trouble, but the undefeated London just tucked up and caight the volley on his arms and gloves and he grinned when he came out of his shell unscathed.Then right on the bell that right-hand honey punch clipped Hutchinson’s whiskers once again.Hutchinson was taking a battering throughout round eight but it was only the stadiums lights that were knocked out for a second.Things got even darker for Hutchinson at the end of round nine when his engine betrayed him and he folded down the canvas for a second time.Buatsi whacked high and low and it was safer for the battered man to take a breather.To his credit, Hutchinson kept going to the well and coming back refreshed, he landed a decent left hook in the tenth but Buatsi looked impervious and Hutch entered the championship rounds flagging.READ MORE SUN STORIESThe Hutch Train huffed and puffed right until the final bell but Buatsi was always in a different class and coasted to victory.Despite one judge needing the boot immediately for thinking Buatsi lost. 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JOSH WARRINGTON’S top-flight boxing career came to an emotional end after he suffered his third fight on the spin.The Leeds legend was outpointed by Anthony Cacace, whose IBF super-featherweight world title was banned from being at stake because Warrington had lost his last two.Josh Warrington retired after his defeat to Anthony CacaceCredit: ReutersHe laid down his gloves in the middle of the ring at Wembley StadiumCredit: GettyAnd the ace indicated his time in the ring has to come to an end as he laid down his gloves on the canvas before posing for photos.It went the distance, and the doting daddy of two little girls was typically brave.But he fell well short and – for the sake of his health and his legacy – he felt it was time to hang up his gloves after a superb career.After a decent battle between two friends, the judges called it: 118-110, 117-111 and 117-111.READ MORE IN BOXINGThe opener wasn’t cagey, but it was even.The 33-year-old Yorkshireman did his trademark Mexican impersonation and tucked up and walked forward throwing hooks.But Belfast man Cacace caught and countered with long right hands.Warrington had his head knocked back in the opener but he wasn’t hurt, Cacace had his bushy beard skimmed by a left hook.Most read in BoxingCASINO SPECIAL – BEST CASINO WELCOME OFFERSThe second was an early riser, Cacace played Warrington’s game upclose and personal. The two toughnuts rutted and clinched and shythed at each other as soon as they found an inch of space.Cacace was brave to surrender his huge physical advantages – looking like a middleweight compared to his foe.Josh Padley shock Wembley as he beats Mark ChamberlainANTHONY JOSHUA VS DANIEL DUBOIS: All the information you need ahead of huge world title fight at WembleyThe IBF champ boxed his fight in the third but was always tempted back into the firefight where Warrington thrives.The classy warriors touched gloves at the end of the third – a magnificently bizarre symbol of the sport, having battered each other for the previous nine minutes.Warrington got greedy in the fourth pummelling his fists into Cacace’s ribs until he spotted and opening and whacked back.Wazza was hurt and needed to recover but he regained his senses quickly.But with every passing punch and seconds, Cacace’s less frequent blows were looking like the punishing ones.Warrington was never a concussive puncher down at feather, so a step up was never going to help him add to his highlight reel.Rounds five and six went the same way, try as he might Warrington could not put a dent in the hairy giant who towered over him and looped leather into him whenever in range.It was competitive and exciting but there was an air of inevitability that Warrington was on course for a horror hat-trick of losses.The only unknown was wether it would be a points defeat or a late stoppage.It was hard to watch rounds eight and nine, not because Warrington was getting hurt but because – as darkness fell on Wembley –  we were watching the light of his career slowly go out.Three defeats on the spin is hard sell, even for a local legend who packed the Leeds Arena, Elland Road and Headingley in his beautiful heyday.READ MORE SUN STORIESThe twelfth could not come quick enough – and then it was gone. Warrington as a brilliant little wrecking ball, the dental technician turned world champion had to accept his fourth loss in six fights.As usual, he tried to go out on his shield but thankfully it ended with a a good, fair flurry and a huge hug between two brilliant veterans before Warrington laid down his gloves for a final time. More

TYSON FURY is still refusing to accept defeat to Oleksandr Usyk and said: “They took my virginity unfairly.” Fury lost his undefeated record and WBC belt via split-decision following 45 minutes of thrilling action in Saudi Arabia in May.Oleksandr Usyk beat Tyson Fury by split-decisionCredit: AFPUsyk was crowned the first four-belt undisputed heavyweight champion after becoming the first to inflict defeat on the Gypsy King.The boxing superstar raged in the ring after the razor tight loss and claimed the Ukrainian hero got a sympathy vote amid the ongoing war with Russia. Now 127 days on and Fury is adamant he did enough to win and feels he has been robbed of the previously shiny zero on his record. He told iFL TV: “I don’t think it was close. READ MORE IN BOXING”Hands down, I will always believe that and Usyk will too. They got a gift decision over the Gypsy King, end of. “If you give him eight, nine and ten and class nine as a two-rounder, he didn’t win any other rounds in that fight. “Even give him round one for the sake of it and how does he win? He doesn’t.”It is what it is, it’s over now. They’ve had my decision, they took my virginity unfairly.”Most read in BoxingCASINO SPECIAL – BEST CASINO WELCOME OFFERSFury, 36, gets his shot at redemption on December 21 in a rematch with Usyk, 37, back in Riyadh. But the beaten Brit reckons his only chance of victory is a knockout with fears any close call will go the way of the champion. Oleksandr Usyk blasts Tyson Fury’s shock career change hint and sends chilling message after starting rematch trainingFury said: “If there wasn’t such big rewards at the end of it, I’d probably feel weird if I’d done it for £50, but considering I got broke in for a lot of money it doesn’t really matter.”It is what it is and in my own heart if I thought I’d have lost the fight after the fight, I’d say I thought I lost the fight.”But I didn’t believe I lost it and I still don’t believe I lost it. Nothing can ever tell me – I’ve watched the fight a million times and come up with the same conclusion every time.But it is what it is you can’t undo a decision, but I’ve got the chance to do it again in December, and that’s what we’ll do.”If it’s close, I’m not going to get it, am I? Like it was last time. So, I will knock him out.”Fury in the stands at Wembley StadiumCredit: PA More

DANIEL Dubois’ dad has revealed how he made a fortune after he started selling posters on a stall at Camden Market in the 1980s.He has also told how a spiritual vision then instructed him to put his unborn child into professional boxing.Daniel Dubois’ dad made his fortune from selling posters and a vision from God told him to put his kids into boxingCredit: GettyDad Dave, whose birth name is Stanley, struck gold after selling millions of copies of a now iconic alien poster.He told The Times: “I had a few artists draw me some images and I came out with a poster called, ‘Take me to your dealer’.”It was an alien landing on earth passing over a Rizla, and it just blew up. “That poster sold millions because people started wholesaling from me. I sold 80,000 copies to someone in France.”READ MORE BOXING NEWSDave printed the posters in 2,000 runs for 5p each and sold them for £2.He said: “We were taking 10 grand every Sunday at Camden Market.”He then brought seven employees with him on a trip to New York and made £30,000 in the first week selling on 125th Street in Harlem.Dave explained that Warner Brothers took him to court over a poster of Bugs Bunny smoking weed dubbed Buzz Bunny.Most read in BoxingBEST FREE BET SIGN UP OFFERS FOR UK BOOKMAKERSDave added: “I used to have a lot of visions when I was young and I always followed them. “When I started doing the posters, that was a vision, and it worked. Anthony Joshua and Daniel Dubois face off one final time before contesting for the World Heavyweight ChampionshipANTHONY JOSHUA VS DANIEL DUBOIS: All the information you need ahead of huge world title fight at Wembley”Then I got another vision saying I needed to have some children and put them into boxing, so that’s what I did.“It was like I had been blessed by God or something. Everything I touched turned to gold.”Son Dubois said: “Dad believed me and here we are. It’s all worked. His word is powerful. He’s almost like a prophet.”Interim champ Dubois faces AJ for the IBF title in front of more than 90,000 fans at Wembley Stadium on Saturday.Joshua, 34, is the clear favourite – the Watford-born boxer seeks to become a three-times world champion.But Dubois has rallied from defeats against Joe Joyce and Oleksandr Usyk that ended in accusations of him quitting.Sister Caroline claimed the WBC interim belt after dropping Uruguayan Maira Moneo in a unanimous points decision in August.READ MORE SUN STORIESThe unbeaten 23-year-old is targeting a future fight against WBC lightweight champion Katie Taylor.And youngest boy Solomon, 12, is one of the best boxers in the country for his age.AJ vs Dubois: Build up to the big fightANTHONY JOSHUA and Daniel Dubois go head-to-head at Wembley THIS Saturday.Ahead of the all-British heavyweight showdown, here’s all the biggest stories and need-to-know information… More

TERENCE CRAWFORD was spotted in Hyde Park as he joined hundreds of people for a morning run.The boxing legend joined the Fight Day 5k run in Hyde Park this morning ahead of the Wembley showdown between Anthony Joshua and Daniel Dubois.Terence Crawford was seen alongside Eddie Hearn for Matchroom Boxing’s Fight Day 5k runCredit: X/ MatchroomBoxingCrawford joined the runners in Hyde Park on Saturday morningCredit: X/ MatchroomBoxingJohnny Fisher, left, and Derek Chisora, right, also turned out for the runCredit: X/ MatchroomBoxingHundreds of runners attendedCredit: X/ MatchroomBoxingPictures shared by Matchroom Boxing on Saturday morning saw multiple world champion Crawford, 36, joined by several big names on the run as well.It saw runners meet at 9:45am at Marble Arch.Promoter Eddie Hearn was pictured in a grey coat for the run.Heavyweight boxers Derek Chisora and Johnny Fisher also tagged along.READ MORE IN BOXINGCrawford shared a video of the run on his Instagram page.He was seen at the front of the pack as music was blasting in the background.A second video showed him jogging alongside Hearn.The American has held multiple world championships in four weight classes.Most read in BoxingBEST FREE BET SIGN UP OFFERS FOR UK BOOKMAKERSThese range from lightweight to light middleweight, and include the undisputed championship at light welterweight and welterweight.Joshua is looking to get a title back under his belt, with Dubois the current holder of the IBF world championship title after having his interim title upgraded.Daniel Dubois out to steal Anthony Joshua’s thunder as he forecasts night of glory at WembleyAJ vs Dubois: Build up to the big fightANTHONY JOSHUA and Daniel Dubois go head-to-head at Wembley THIS Saturday.Ahead of the all-British heavyweight showdown, here’s all the biggest stories and need-to-know information…ANTHONY JOSHUA VS DANIEL DUBOIS: All the information you need ahead of huge world title fight at Wembley More