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      Jake Paul says KSI is ‘SCARED’ to sign contract and reveals when he will fight bitter YouTube rival

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      JAKE PAUL accused KSI of being “SCARED” to fight him and vowed to finish their feud after rematching Tommy Fury. The American was trolled by KSI following his loss to Tommy Fury, the first in his seven-bout professional boxing career.
      Tommy Fury beat Jake Paul on pointsCredit: Getty
      KSI has been called out by Jake PaulCredit: PA
      But Paul hit back on his brother Logan’s podcast and urged his bitter YouTube rival to let his fists do the talking.
      He said: “Talk is cheap, because with all that talk and whatever he said, he’s still afraid to sign the contract.
      “He can talk all that s***, but let’s get in the ring, 100 per cent. Talk that s***, let’s sell some f***ing pay-per-views brother.
      “All things considered, I talk a lot of s***, but I back to back to back I schedule these fights and go in the ring and do them, whoever it is, anywhere, anytime, any place.
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      “I’ve backed it up and proven that and shown it. He’s hot on Twitter, he’s got the Twitter fingers, but when it comes to actually fighting me, you have been gone, absent, haven’t actually shown up or signed the contract.
      “So, talk is cheap and let’s just hope he gets into the ring and we can settle all of the s*** talk there, after I go back and avenge this loss with Tommy Fury.
      “I’m KSI’s end goal, but for me there’s bigger fights out there, it’s just a pit stop.”
      Paul, 26, was linked with an end of year grudge match to finally settle his score with KSI, 29, between the ropes.
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      But the plan looks to have been shelved with the YouTuber-turned boxer set to rematch Fury, 23, in the summer.
      KSI heaped surprise praise on Fury, who was emotionally left in tears after his split-decision victory over Paul in Saudi Arabia.
      He said: “Fair play to Tommy. He’d been tormented for two years straight.
      “Being called ‘Tommy Fumbles’, everyone saying he was trash, saying he’s not a real boxer, saying he’s not going to be able to beat Jake Paul, saying he’s going to buckle under the pressure.
      “But you know what, he came into that ring and slapped up Jake Paul.”
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      Tyson Fury wants ex-UFC champ Francis Ngannou to KO ‘piece of s*** ‘ Deontay Wilder and reveals prediction for fight

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      TYSON FURY wants Francis Ngannou to knock out his “piece of s***” rival Deontay Wilder. Ngannou, 36, walked out on the UFC after failing to agree a new contract and has been linked with a lucrative boxing switch.
      Tyson Fury and Deontay Wilder shared an epic heavyweight trilogyCredit: Getty Images – Getty
      Francis Ngannou is linked with a boxing switch after leaving the UFCCredit: Getty
      Wilder, 37, has even offered to face the heavyweight in both the ring and cage as part of a two-fight deal.
      Fury – who shared an epic trilogy with the American – is rooting for Ngannou but doubts his chances against the ex-WBC champion.
      He told Fight Hub: “(Ngannou) is big enough to knock anybody out. But I don’t think he does because I think Wilder knocks him out first.
      “Wilder’s the type of guy who’s like a piece of s*** kinda guy, so I’d like to see Ngannou chin him, knock him spark out. But I don’t think he would.”
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      Fury, 34, is also open to fighting Ngannou should his title unification against Oleksandr Usyk, 36, collapse.
      But a FOURTH bout with Wilder has also not been ruled out, with their rivalry still brewing.
      They first drew in 2018 before Fury won the subsequent rematches but bad blood remains after Wilder accused him of cheating during the trilogy series.
      Fury insists there is no animosity from his side but said: “I just don’t think I gave him a good enough beating in that third fight.
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      “That was a beating for the ages, I gave him some rattling punches. But he obviously didn’t take enough punishment.
      “So don’t rule out a fourth fight.”
      Tyson Fury twice beat Deontay WilderCredit: Getty More

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      Anthony Joshua’s ex-coach doubles down on criticism of Oleksandr Usyk defeat and says he’s not ‘going to lie about it’

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      ANTHONY JOSHUA’S ex-coach has doubled down on criticism of his defeat to Oleksandr Usyk.Esteemed trainer Robert Garcia replaced Rob McCracken following AJ’s September 2021 loss to Usyk on points.
      Anthony Joshua with ex-trainer Robert GarciaCredit: PA
      But for the rematch in Saudi Arabia 11 months later, Joshua was again bettered on the cards, despite an improved performance.
      Garcia would later claim in a Spanish-speaking interview that AJ was “mentally defeated” during the final quarter of the bout.
      And the American former world champion has reiterated that point.
      He told iD Boxing: “Obviously a fighter in the ring is going to be challenged by what people say after the fight.
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      “Just because I was his trainer, doesn’t mean I’m going to lie about it.
      “I wasn’t the only one that said that – he should be mad and frustrated at the whole world – because everyone said the same thing.
      “When you have a fighter who does so good in one round, you’re almost about to stop your opponent, it makes a big difference when the next round is totally different.
      “There was a lot to be said by so many boxing experts, I’m not the only one who said that.”
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      Joshua, 33, is now set to return on April 1 against Jermaine Franklin, 29, and has changed trainers to Derrick James.
      He is spending the camp in James’ Dallas gym, home to pound-for-pound stars Errol Spence Jr and Jermell Charlo.
      But Joshua returned to London to announce his fight with Franklin and hit back at Garcia’s criticism.
      He said to talkSPORT: “I just felt like, Garcia kind of said a lot, which baffled me as well.
      “But I’m not a little – what’s a word I can use on this show? I’m not a little boy. I can take it but, at the same time, I can’t talk about you, and you not back yourself.
      “So, I said, ‘Nah, some things aren’t adding up to me, certain things that people are saying aren’t adding up.
      “I just said, ‘I’m going to make the decision this time, I’m going do it myself.’
      “And that’s how I ended up being in this position now where I am based in Texas.
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      “Going from the process of trying to do it, it not working, then doing it a different way but giving the coach the reins to do it.
      “Now I said, ‘I’m gonna do it my way and step away from everything.’”
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      Watch Jake Paul run from Floyd Mayweather after claiming boxing legend’s entourage tried to jump him at Miami Heat game

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      JAKE PAUL was captured running away from Floyd Mayweather after a confrontation outside a Miami Heat game. The YouTuber-turned boxer accused Mayweather and his 50-man entourage of trying to jump him following the NBA match.
      Jake Paul claims Floyd Mayweather tried to jump him
      Floyd Mayweather in Miami days before the rowCredit: Getty Images – Getty
      Floyd Mayweather & a group of men (anywhere from 15 to 40 or more) confronted Jake Paul outside the Miami Heat game tonight. After exchanging a few words, Jake booked it. The guys have beef going back to when JP snatched FM’s hat at the media event promoting Logan Paul vs. Floyd. pic.twitter.com/IVDcKRI3bY— michael j. babcock (@mikejbabcock) March 9, 2023

      Footage obtained TMZ shows Paul being goaded with Mayweather also appearing in the shot, flanked by his team.
      Eventually, Paul sprints away and took to Instagram to explain his side of the story.
      He said: “So I’m leaving the Miami Heat game and Floyd Mayweather and 50 dudes pull up out of nowhere.
      “Out of some like side alley waiting for me outside of this stadium. And they’re like, ‘So, what’s up? What’s all that talk now?’
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      “I’m like, first of all what did I say to you Floyd? I just took your hat and you’re still mad about it? Come on, bro.
      “And then like 50 dudes literally start surrounding me to try and jump me, I’m out that bitch.
      “Floyd, if you want to run it one-on-one, no problem but I’m not dumb. I’m tough, I don’t need to prove my toughness.
      “But I’m not f*****g dumb, I’m not going to sit there and try fight 50 dudes, dipped out of that bitch. Floyd, you’re a hoe, bro.
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      “You’re made cause’ I took your f*****g hat, are you serious? Get over it, bro. Move on.”
      Paul’s feud with Mayweather started two years ago, before his brother Logan’s June 2021 exhibition with the boxing legend.
      The self-proclaimed “Problem Child” stole Mayweather’s cap at a press conference, sparking a mass brawl.
      A month later, Logan, 27, went the eight-round distance in the exhibition bout.
      Paul, 26, has rivalled Mayweather, 46, ever since and called to settle it in the ring.
      But since then, the American has tasted defeat for the first time in seven fights, losing to Tommy Fury, 23, in February.
      The pair are now eyeing a rematch in July, meanwhile Mayweather recently boxed in his sixth exhibition since officially retiring in 2017.
      Floyd Mayweather and Jake Paul were involved in a melee in 2021Credit: AFP More

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      Sad story of Muhammad Ali Centre left derelict and covered in bird poo with smashed bar and pool tables in Birmingham

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      THE Muhammad Ali centre that was opened by the legend himself now stands derelict and smashed up while covered in bird poo.Nicknamed “The Greatest”, the former heavyweight world champion is one of the most significant sporting figures of all-time.
      The Muhammad Ali Centre now stands derelict in HandsworthCredit: Getty
      The former bar area has been left to rot with pool tables overturnedCredit: BPM
      The boxing icon was mobbed by fans in Birmingham in August 1983Credit: Getty
      The former heavyweight champion opened the centre back in 1983Credit: BPM
      But despite his worldwide fame, the American was determined to keep his word and head to the Handsworth district of Birmingham back in August 1983.
      According to the Daily Mail, Ali received no money for his trip to open the centre.
      The man, who just a year later would be diagnosed with Parkinson’s, was “picked up from Heathrow in a Birmingham businessman’s Rolls Royce and serenaded by the TV-AM chef Rustie Lee, a television celebrity at that time, in her Handsworth restaurant.”
      The Muhammad Ali Centre was built so that local youngsters would be able to use it for the likes of karate classes, music nights and its pool tables.
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      As he officially unveiled it, Ali told the packed audience: “I’m not just boasting by saying I’m the greatest. We’re the greatest.”
      Now, as these pictures show, the Muhammad Ali Centre is in a state of complete dereliction.
      The stage upon which the boxing icon once stood is covered in bird poo with the bar area completely smashed up.
      A number of pool tables have been turned upside down among the scorched remains of chairs with rubbish piling up outside.
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      A fire forced the centre to close in 2002 and it has been owned by local organisation, Kajans Women’s Enterprise, for the past seven years.
      Gary Newbon was a reporter for ATV at the time of Ali’s visit and covered the grand opening.
      He told the Mail: “He was so keen on community and those he called his ‘brothers’ in Handsworth clearly meant so much.
      “Opening that place was a big thing for him. It’s a scandal how it’s gone to rack and ruin.”
      Old chairs have been set on fire while the walls have graffiti on themCredit: BPM
      Ali playfully shadow boxes with John Conteh while visiting the Bull Ring Shopping CentreCredit: Getty
      Muhammad Ali was moved by the huge support he received as thousands lined the streetsCredit: Getty
      The former world champion poses with a copper during his visitCredit: Getty
      Ali received no money for his visit to Birmingham to open the centreCredit: Getty
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      I knocked down Muhammad Ali, fought a BEAR, went to jail for drug possession and inspired the Rocky films

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      HE knocked down Muhammad Ali, twice fought a bear and was sentenced to 10 years in jail.The real-life inspiration for the Rocky movies really had some tough times.
      Chuck Wepner has had a statue erected in his honour after an amazing lifeCredit: Getty
      Wepner put Ali down in the ninth round of a contest that led to a viewer watching on closed-circuit Tv in an LA movie theatre to write a screenplay for RockyCredit: Getty – Contributor
      Chuck Wepner, 83, broke his nose nine times in 16 years and was known as the Bayonne Bleeder because such messy injuries were his hallmark.
      And for the man who joined the Marines aged 15, his incredible experiences make those of Sylvester Stallone’s Rocky Balboa character seem like a week in a kindergarten.
      Chuck told the BBC: “Where I grew up, there were always two or three gangs.
      “And more or less you had to go up there and beat up the toughest guy to survive, which I did. I’d have a fight almost every week.”

      Following three years in the Marines he had 52 pro fights, winning 36 and succumbing to all-time greats like Ali, Sonny Liston and George Foreman.
      Liston gave him 71 of the 328 stitches he believes he’s had over the years – always with only ice to dull the pain.
      Wepner says he always gave everything in the ring: “Jesus, absolutely. I would go in there ready to die.”
      And with real Rocky undertones he added: “Matter of fact, after the Liston fight, I was in a semi-coma and I was in shock.
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      “My doctor told my mother I was pretty banged up. I really thought about whether I wanted to continue.
      “But then I thought, I gotta try, I gotta try again. I gotta give it one more shot.”
      And it was such spirit, as a 10-1 outsider against Ali, that inspired one spectator to dash off to write the screenplay for Rocky, which became the most popular film of 1976.
      Wepner became only the fourth person to floor the iconic Ali.
      But, to the dismay of a crowd who had switched sides to roar him on, he was stopped 19 seconds from the end of the full 15 rounds.
      Denying claims from Ali’s camp that their man had tripped when sent to the canvas in his ninth-round moment of fame, Wepner said: “Strike me dead, I dropped him.
      “I hit him with that punch and you can hear it on the replay, He was off balance and I dropped him and he knew it.”
      But he added: “I could see his eyes and I thought, I’ve really got him angry now! That’s when he started counter punching and swearing at me.”
      Wepner went on to fight wrestling legend Andre “The Giant” Rene Roussimoff, against whom he was counted out in a staged fight.
      Fans had turend from backing Ali to brave underdog Wepner but he was stopped just 19 seconds fromt he end of the 15th and final roundCredit: Getty – Contributor
      Then came two bouts with Victor the performing bear.
      Victor was so riled by continuous jabs to the head that he hurled Wepner across the ring.
      But the American revealed a darker side began looming in his life as he turned to “solving problems”.
      He said: “Let’s say I did a couple favours for friends of mine, you know.
      “I used to go around and ask people politely [about the money they owed] and then maybe I have to smack them in the face or something.”
      After retiring from boxing in 1979, Wepner admits he took cocaine – one reason he failed an audition for Rocky II.
      And in 1986 he was jailed for 10 years for possessing drugs – only to be treated as a hero by inmates and paroled after three years.
      He explained: “Give me a break. It was fine.
      “Everywhere I went, the guys were singing: ‘Champ, Champ!’ and saying to me, ‘How are you doing, Chuck?'”
      Wepner then won an undisclosed sum after suing for not being credited in the Rocky franchise.
      And now he’s got a statue in his honour.
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      Not quite the equivalent of one of the three Oscars the first Rocky film won.
      But it’s still worthy recognition for a man whose character helped sculpt one of the most famous sporting characters in cinema history. More

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      Jake Paul quickly turns on Tommy Fury just days after appearing to make amends with Love Islander

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      JAKE PAUL has quickly turned on Tommy Fury days after appearing to make amends with his rival.Fury, 23, beat Paul, 26, via split decision in Saudi Arabia late last month.
      Tommy Fury beat Jake Paul via split decisionCredit: Getty
      Paul has blamed his defeat to Fury on a WET DREAM as well as illness and a pre-fight injury.
      Both fighters showed respect towards each other in the aftermath of their Saudi dust-up.
      But the nice guy talk has already ended with Fury reportedly set to take Paul on in a rematch.
      Paul reckons he beats Fury “8/9 times out of 10” and questioned Fury’s work ethic after the Brit told him he “did great” in the fight.
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      The Problem Child talked through his loss while appearing on his brother Logan’s Impaulsive podcast.
      He said: “I’d beat him 8/9 times out of 10… He said to me after, ‘Bro, you did great, I’ve been doing this since I was six.’
      “When I think about it I’m like, ‘Damn, what have you been doing for all those years? Because you’re not that good.'”
      A second fight could take place as soon as July.
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      ESPN claim the summer is being eyed after the Youtuber-turned-boxer exercised his clause to try again to beat Fury.
       Fury suggested he is also up for it: “This is my first main event. If he wants a rematch, bring it on.” More

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      I’m an ex-boxing world champ who fought Amir Khan and has miraculously beaten cancer despite telling docs I was dying

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      BOXING star Billy Dib has amazingly revealed that he is cancer free after four rounds of chemotherapy.Dib, who fought Amir Khan for the WBC International welterweight title in 2019, was diagnosed with an aggressive form of non-Hodgkin lymphoma last October.
      Billy Dib’s son revealed the amazing newsCredit: TWITTER / @BillyDib
      Dib, right, revealed that he’s been given the all clearCredit: Instagram / @billydib
      The 37-year-old tweeted last week that he would find out on Monday whether he was in remission.
      And scans revealed the brilliant news that he is now cancer free.
      Dib shared the incredible revelation in heartwarming fashion.
      He posted a short clip of his beaming young son Laith holding a handmade sign.
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      It read: “Hi guys. My dad is in remission.”
      Alongside the video, Dib wrote: “AlhamdAllah (thanks to God), I received the most beautiful news today.
      “My scan came back clear of cancer. I am so grateful, blessed, happy and relieved.
      “Thank you God, my health team, my family and all of you, for your prayers, encouragement and support to help me get here.”
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      Dib underwent four rounds of chemotherapyCredit: Instagram / @billydib
      The boxer kept his fans updated with his healthCredit: Instagram / @billydib
      Dib, 37, fought Amir Khan in 2019Credit: Dave Pinegar – The Sun
      Dib received plenty of well wishes following his fantastic update.
      Eddie Hearn replied to his post: “That is the greatest news Billy! ❤️”
      Fellow boxer Ben Day added: “Yes Billy I’ve been watching your heartfelt journey and now I happy to hear this amazing journey, God has a plan for you ❤️x”
      Sports presenter Michelle Joy Phelps tweeted: “Amazing news!!!”
      Dib harrowingly revealed back in October that he felt like he was “dying”.
      He told Wide World of Sports: “They sent me off for a scan but it showed something very little.
      “They told me not to worry about it and gave me some medication. But then the following days I was feeling really sick and I went to Canterbury Hospital.
      “They put me on morphine and they sent me home and said, ‘I need to do a scan’. And then when I called to get the scan done the next day, they said, ‘Sorry we can’t get you in until Monday.’
      Dib fought Khan in Saudi Arabia four years ago for a vacant titleCredit: Dave Pinegar – The Sun
      Dib was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin lymphoma last OctoberCredit: Instagram / @billydib
      “I told them, ‘I’m dying. I need help, please.’ They said, ‘Sir, if you’re dying, call the hospital’.”
      Dib possesses an impressive 48-6 record as a pro boxer.
      He became IBF featherweight champion in 2011, beating Jorge Lacierva to claim his belt.
      Dib went on to defend his strap against Alberto Servidei, Eduardo Escobedo and Juan Antonio Rodriguez.
      The impressive Aussie later took on Khan in Saudi Arabia, but was beaten by the Bolton bruiser.
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      He returned later in 2019, beating Van Thao Tran in Sydney before triumphing over Joey Baylon at the same venue in his next fight.
      Dib last fought in March of last year, when he overcame Jacob Ng via sixth-round stoppage to claim the IBF International and WBO Oriental lightweight title.
      Dib was given the all clear on MondayCredit: Instagram / @billydib
      Billy ‘The Kid’ Dib is a former world championCredit: Getty – Contributor More