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      Ebanie Bridges reveals why she’s still boxing despite raking in ‘generational wealth’ on her OnlyFans

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      EBANIE BRIDGES has revealed why she is still boxing despite earning “generational wealth” from her OnlyFans account.Bridges is the world bantamweight champion, having held the title since March 2022, and has built up an army of adoring fans.
      Ebanie Bridges is raking it in from her OnlyFans accountCredit: @ebanie_bridges
      The Aussie star has revealed why she keeps boxingCredit: Reuters
      Bridges turned into a boxing pro in 2019 and won each of her first five fights, and is currently on a four-bout win streak.
      The “Blonde Bomber”, 36, successfully defended her belt with an eighth round TKO win over Shannon O’Connell last time out in December.
      However, the Aussie suffered a hand injury in that bout and will not be able to spar again until May.
      Fortunately for the star, she has no worries financially due to the success of her subscription OnlyFans account.
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      But despite that, Bridges is adamant that she has no plans to quit the ring just yet as she revealed what keeps her fighting.
      She told TalkSPORT: “You wouldn’t even believe it if I said it. It’s only been ten weeks and I won’t disclose [how much money I’ve earned], but from the second day of launching my OnlyFans I’ve been in the top 0.01 per cent of earners.
      “I don’t even know why I’m boxing, probably because I love hitting people.”
      Although a number of her fans have signed up to her OnlyFans service, others have criticised the decision – although Bridges remains unfazed by it all.
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      She added: “It’s like when I first came on the scene and I was weighing-in in lingerie, it’s something different and people can’t handle it, they’re not open minded.
      “For me personally I have to do what’s right for me and it’s setting up generational wealth.
      “Women’s boxing is not like the men’s, we’re getting there, but why wouldn’t I make money on the side if I can?
      “I think it’s very empowering to do something that people don’t agree with because it’s good to do what’s right for you and I’m hoping I can inspire other women to not give a f*** what other people think and do what’s right for you.
      “Don’t care what people say online, I get as many good comments as bad comments, but who are they? How much money are they making? I’m pretty sure if they could make money and do it they would.
      “It’s judgemental and I’ve been fighting judgemental people and closed-minded people my whole life and I’ll keep doing it to set an example.”
      In 2020, Bridges admitted to having indulged certain fan requests in the pursuit of getting some extra income such as selling dirty training socks.
      Bridges has previously been pictured alongside OnlyFans star Elle Brooke, but has also dismissed fan requests for her to copy a celebration of bare-knuckle boxer Tai Emery.
      The ‘Blonde Bomber’ is the world bantamweight championCredit: Instagram @ebanie_bridges More

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      Tommy Fury and Jake Paul ‘set for rematch with shock date already suggested’ following Brit star’s split-decision win

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      THE date for the rematch between Tommy Fury and Jake Paul has already been set, according to reports.The Brit beat the American via a split-decision on February 26.
      Both Jake Paul and Tommy Fury are up for a rematchCredit: EPA
      And the second bout between the two will supposedly take place as soon as July.
      It remains unclear where it will happen after the first was held in Saudi Arabia.
      ESPN claim the summer is being eyed after the Youtuber-turned-boxer exercised his clause to try again to beat Fury.
      Straight after his defeat, Paul stated he wished to have a second fight, saying: “We can run it back. I think we deserve that rematch.”
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      Meanwhile, Fury suggested he was also up for it: “This is my first main event. If he wants a rematch, bring it on.”
      The ex-Love Island star is confident that he will win again.
      Fury said: “I believe in the rematch I will stop him.
      “You know [in] the first fight I’ve never been eight rounds before so you’re just a bit weary of what’s in your tank and how the fight is going to go.
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      “But I’ve now been in the ring with him once, I know what to expect.”
      A potential second fight comes after it took two failed attempts to get them in the ring.
      In December 2021, Tyson’s younger brother pulled out due to a broken rib.
      The clash was then rearranged for August 2022, but with the fight set to take place in the United States, it was cancelled due to visa problems. More

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      I went to prison for attacking a police officer, sparred Tyson Fury and was KO’d by Anthony Joshua at Wembley Stadium

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      FORMER boxer Matt Legg has opened up on his remarkable life in the sport.From his boxing beginnings behind bars, to facing Anthony Joshua at Wembley Stadium, the 46-year-old experienced the highs and lows of the sweet science.
      Matt Legg opened up about his remarkable careerCredit: YouTube / Dodge Woodall
      The 46-year-old fought Anthony Joshua at Wembley StadiumCredit: News Group Newspapers Ltd
      The Northampton-born slugger survived an early brush with the law to come out stronger – with the help of taking up boxing.
      On his arrest as a teenager, he told Dodge Woodall: “I didn’t do a long time. But it’s when I first started boxing. That was at 18 years old as well.
      “I got into some fights, another three fights this was. One was a fight with a doorman on a Friday night, that threw… were trying to throw my mate down some stairs.
      “So I’ve seen them trying to throw him down the stairs, so I’ve jumped in to help them and I’ve had a fight with the doormen.
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      “The police came in and I’ve had a fight with the police as well.”
      He then added: “I had a fight with the doorman on that night and the police, got arrested, got out the police station on the Saturday afternoon and it was alleged I got attacked by a gang the following night.
      “And me and my mate, this is what it said in the paperwork, because I was never charged with it in the end – it was alleged I was in a fight with a gang.
      “I think it was about eight or nine people – and there were broken bones, and cut heads and things like that.”
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      On how he ended up going to prison for a few months in 1994, Legg went on to allege: “About a month after that I was walking out of a nightclub and I saw a friend of mine being arrested, I didn’t even know what it was for.
      “And I thought the police were being a bit rough with him, I had a thing about the police when I was younger.
      “I had a bad relationship with the police because they’d strangled me when I was about 15-16 on my motorbike.
      “They knocked me off my little 50cc bike and strangled me with a torch and hit me – so I never got on with them.
      “So I saw the police manhandling my mate, so I’ve said ‘calm down, you ain’t got to chuck him around like that’.
      “They’ve had a go at me and I’ve attacked them again. So that was three violent things within about a month so the police remanded me straight away, because you can’t have three violent ones.”
      After leaving prison Legg kept boxing, often in the Watford amateur scene observed by none other than a young Anthony Joshua himself.
      Pro bouts would follow, primarily taking place at venues like Watford Town Hall and York Hall.
      AJ defeated Legg in one roundCredit: News Group Newspapers Ltd
      The underdog was floored by AJ early onCredit: Getty Images – Getty
      Legg did get to mix it with the best, however, sparring Tyson Fury and even sharing the ring with AJ at Wembley.
      Talking about his experience sparring the Gypsy King in 2010, Legg said, with a grin: “I landed one punch.
      “I saw he’d put on Facebook, ‘all you British heavyweights, you’re all p***ies, none of you will spar me let alone fight me’.
      “So my mate rung me up and said ‘have you seen this?’ So I went on the Facebook and said ‘Tyson I’ll spar you, how much are you paying?’
      “And he put ‘ten grand if you can knock me out’ and I went ‘alright, what if I don’t knock you out, how much you paying?’
      “It was good money, I think it was £350, £450 for four rounds, that was it.
      “So I said ‘I’ll come tomorrow’, I got on the train on my own, the next day went to Manchester, Tyson picked me up with his brother Shane from the train station, drove me to the caravan site, Peter Fury had a caravan site.
      Matt Legg beat James Toney at York HallCredit: News Group Newspapers Ltd
      Legg got to spar Tyson Fury in 2010Credit: PA
      “Then me, Tyson and Shane got warmed up, Shane did the first round with Tyson. I did the second… we did it like that.
      “And it was hard! Even then.”
      Fearless Legg kept plugging away, registering pro wins over Radek Linka, James Toney and Deyan Mihailov – before a fairytale opportunity arose.
      Asked where he was when he got the call to fight AJ, Legg said: “I was on a building site in Milton Keynes. It was Milton Keynes Dons’ stadium.
      “I was lifting plasterboard upstairs, which I really loved. Two blokes were doing it before and then I started and I was doing it by myself, 44 kilo boards, and I was doing a hundred a day.”
      I would have done it for freeJames Legg
      He then added: “My manager called up and said ‘Anthony Joshua’s team have offered the AJ fight, at Wembley Stadium on the Carl Froch-George Groves rematch. I went ‘100 per cent I’ll take it.’
      “I would have done it for free. If they’d have said ‘the thing is you’ve got to do it for nothing’, I’d have went ‘alright’.
      “Because it was an opportunity to fight on a massive show. At the time it was the biggest show in Britain, so I said ‘yeah I’ll do it’.
      “I think I had about six or seven weeks to train for it.”
      Asked how much he was paid for the fight, he replied: “Eight grand, but the bloke before me got four. Eight grand but I got some sponsorship money so altogether about 11.”
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      On his expectations going into his dream bout, Legg said with a wry smile: “Before the fight I was confident I could catch him, I had that belief in myself, which is crazy really!”
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      I was suicidal after being accused of taking banned drugs before big fight, Conor Benn tells Piers Morgan

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      BOXER Conor Benn has revealed he wanted to kill himself after being accused of taking a banned testosterone-boosting drug.The welterweight champ — son of ring legend Nigel Benn — confessed to Piers Morgan that he contemplated suicide after testing positive.
      Conor Benn revealed he wanted to kill himself after being accused of taking a banned testosterone-boosting drugCredit: Getty
      Conor told Piers Morgan: ‘It’s hurt me. I didn’t think I was going to make it through this period’Credit: TALK TV
      Conor faces off with Chris Eubank Jr, left, and promoter Eddie Hearn before there 2022 bout was cancelledCredit: Reuters
      With tears in his eyes, he revealed he also suffered night terrors and panic attacks in the wake of the drugs tests last autumn, while his son was subjected to vile racist abuse.
      But Conor, 26, comes out fighting in his first televised interview since the scandal, to be shown on TalkTV at 8pm tomorrow night.
      He strongly denied any wrongdoing and vowed to clear his name.
      And in Piers Morgan Uncensored, Benn also reveals he wants to sue British boxing’s governing body for loss of earnings and damage to his reputation.
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      Piers asked him: “To be branded a cheat in the court of public opinion, what has that done to you?”
      Conor said: “It’s hurt me. I didn’t think I was going to make it through this period.
      “It’s hard because I feel like I was on death row for something I hadn’t even done.
      “If I had done something wrong, you know, I am human. I would raise my hands to it, ‘I made a mistake’.
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      ‘I was sobbing most nights’
      “Whatever it is, my personal life, I raise my hands. Never this.
      “I felt like seven years of hard work and sacrifice and leaving my family, and the image I maintained, was just ruined at someone else’s incompetence. It’s been hard for the family.”
      Piers asked: “When you say you didn’t think you would make it, what did you mean?”
      Conor said: “I was taking it day by day. I didn’t think I would see another day.”
      Asked if he was feeling suicidal, Benn replied: “Yeah, I would say so.
      “And it upsets me now because I don’t know how I got so bad. I got in a really bad way.
      “If you think I’m innocent or if you don’t think I am innocent — I am innocent.”
      Conor’s nightmare began as he was about to fight Chris Eubank Jnr — the son of another boxing legend — at London’s O2 Arena last October.
      Although I had done nothing wrong, I was having night terrors, panic attacks. I was really struggling. I was in a really bad way.Conor Benn
      But the British Boxing Board of Control — BBBofC — suddenly cancelled the much-hyped bout after two tests appeared to show that undefeated welterweight Benn had traces of testosterone-altering drug clomifene in his system.
      Becoming emotional, he said: “I would never do this to my family. I would never do this to my supporters.
      “Do you think I would do this to my dad? Do you think I would do this to my son, who’s now got to grow up and look at this?
      “It’s not who I am and it killed me because I was transparent with the public my whole career from 19 years old.
      “I’m a grown man now who has worked hard over the years.”
      Since being accused, Conor and his family — including young son, Eli — have been subjected to vile abuse on social media.
      Piers asked him what had been the worst things he had read about himself in the last four months.
      Conor said: “There’s been too many. Kill yourself. Racist comments to my son, with my family.
      “Nothing in person. It’s cowardly. I don’t even think it was social media that bothers me.
      “It was more so of the shame I felt leaving the house, although I had done nothing wrong. I was having night terrors, panic attacks.
      “I was really struggling and I was coping terribly with it. I was in a really bad way.”
      Later, the boxer said: “I was sobbing most nights. I didn’t want to go to sleep because I knew what I had to wake up to.
      “You’ve got to remember this was a nightmare for me.
      “How has this happened? How have I got in this situation? My faith let me down.
      Proud Conor in church with his wife Victoria and baby son Eli in 2021Credit: INSTAGRAM/CONOR BENN
      Son Conor is hoisted by dad, boxing legend Nigel, after his 2018 Welterweight title winCredit: PA
      Conor told Piers: ‘It’s been brutal. It does feel like a witch-hunt’Credit: TALK TV
      “I felt like I didn’t understand why this had happened when I’ve done nothing but work diligently hard. I was in a dark way.”
      Benn returned adverse findings for clomifene in two samples ahead of his bout with Eubank.
      According to the World Boxing Council, there is no conclusive evidence Conor intentionally took the banned substance, which can boost testosterone levels by 50 per cent.
      But he is now awaiting the verdict of a separate investigation by BBBofC and the UK Anti-Doping Agency which will decide whether Benn will receive a ban from boxing.
      Conor told Piers: “It’s been brutal. It does feel like a witch-hunt.
      “I’ve never seen anything quite like this before in any other athlete, whether they’ve raised their hands to it or they’ve just taken a small ban.
      “I was willing to fight and prove my innocence — although there was an easy way out at the beginning in lying and saying, ‘I may have accidentally done this, I may have done this by accident’ and taken a small six month ban.
      “Instead I chose to fight this because my integrity mattered more to me.
      “I would never ever, ever raise my hands to something I ain’t done.
      “This is the first time I’ve been able to speak on this.”
      I would never do this to my family. I would never do this to my supporters. Do you think I would do this to my dad?Conor Benn
      Conor refuses to believe there were any traces of the drug in his body and told Piers the test results could have been caused by “contamination” due to mistakes in the lab.
      He said: “I’m not saying that anyone in their labs deliberately did this. I’m not saying that at all, but it may be an accident, it may be an error.
      “Why are people saying I may have needed a testosterone boost? I’m 26 years old!
      “I didn’t even know what this thing was at the time.
      “I don’t accept it was in my body, not at all. Based on independent scientists looking at the reports, based on my own scientists looking at the reports and what we found.
      “People say you may have paid for the best legal team. Damn right I paid for the best legal team, damn right I paid for the best scientists — my career is on the line.
      “My image is on the line. My name is on the line and I can’t be known for this.”
      Conor’s team of experts submitted a 270-page dossier, which he says clears his name, to the WBC.
      Last month the WBC ruled that eating too many eggs could have produced the positive drug tests — but Conor has dismissed that theory.
      He is not giving his legal team’s file to the BBBofC, which has filed seven misconduct charges against him and has the power to ban him from fighting in the UK.
      ‘My name is on the line. I can’t be known for this’
      Conor said: “My dad tore up his British boxing licence on TV in the 80s.
      “I don’t have to be licensed by the board. I don’t plan on fighting in Britain any time soon.”
      And when Piers asked what was stopping him from handing over the dossier to the UK boxing authorities, the fighter said: “My pride, the way they have dealt with this.
      Conor, who believes cheats in contact sports should be banned for life, said: “I want this to be finished and I want to resume with my career.”
      He has has asked his promoter Eddie Hearn to find him the biggest fight possible.
      The boxer would love to take on Chris Eubank Jnr next — but before he does that, that he has to clear his name.
      As he told Piers: “I was born fighting, it’s in my blood.
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      “But this is the hardest fight I’ve ever had to face.”

      Watch Piers Morgan Uncensored weekdays on TalkTV at 8pm. Available on Sky 522, Sky Glass 508, Virgin Media 606, Freeview 237 and Freesat 217 as well as on DAB, Amazon Fire TV, Apple TV, Samsung TV Plus, YouTube, the Talk.TV website and TalkTV iOS and Android apps.

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      It’s the biggest killer of people under the age of 35, more deadly than cancer and car crashes.
      And men are three times more likely to take their own life than women.
      Yet it’s rarely spoken of, a taboo that threatens to continue its deadly rampage unless we all stop and take notice, now.
      That is why The Sun launched the You’re Not Alone campaign.
      The aim is that by sharing practical advice, raising awareness and breaking down the barriers people face when talking about their mental health, we can all do our bit to help save lives.
      Let’s all vow to ask for help when we need it, and listen out for others… You’re Not Alone.
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      What is the Drake Curse, who has fallen victim to it and is Anthony Joshua the latest?

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      ANTHONY JOSHUA was humiliated by Andy Ruiz Jr back in 2020 as the Brit suffered the first defeat of his professional boxing career.While the Mexican fighter will no doubt take all the glory and thank Snickers for their contribution – could there have been other worldly forces at work in the bout at Madison Square Garden.
      Drake has been posing for photos with various sports stars including Manchester City’s Sergio Aguero – but that hasn’t been a good thing for the athletes
      What is the Drake Curse?
      The Drake Curse is not some plague concocted by a witch, nor a disease – it is a photo with Canadian rapper who lends his name to it.
      In the past, Drake has been snapped with sports stars ahead of matches or major sporting events, before the picture goes viral on social media.
      Yet, the athlete posing alongside the 36-year-old often loses shortly afterwards, with the musical artist becoming a serious bad luck charm.
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      Who has fallen victim to the Drake Curse?
      The Drake Curse started out in basketball, with the artist becoming a part of the Kentucky college basketball program.
      Except they haven’t won a title since, and three years later, they lost a decider against Wisconsin in which Drake bet over £4500 on it.
      In 2013, his hometown basketball side suffered as well, as Toronto Raptors made him their global ambassador back in 2013 – only to soon gain a reputation for choking in big matches.
      Miami were next up, losing 4-1 to San Antonio Spurs in the NBA Finals – the Florida side were even blessed with the likes of LeBron James and Dwayne Wade.
      In 2015, the Drake Curse moved away from basketball and into tennis, as Serena Williams suffered a shocking US Open semi-final defeat to Roberta Vinci.
      Jadon Sancho is among a host of sports stars to be defeated by the Drake Curse
      The following year, it was not so much a match, but his place in the sport, as quarterback Johnny Manziel dropped out of NFL, despite being a first-round draft pick in the past.
      While it appears like a few anomalies over the years, the Drake Curse has spread like wildfire in 2019.
      First it was UFC champion Conor McGregor to lose to Khabib Nurmagomedov, before Alabama’s college football team were beaten heavily by rivals Clemson.
      Dipping into association football, former Borussia Dortmund star Jadon Sancho posed with Drake prior to losing to Bayern Munich.
      Arsenal’s Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang was next up by being benched in the defeat to Bayern Munich.
      Drake even ruined Manchester City’s 2019 Champions League hopes as Sergio Aguero missed a penalty against Tottenham.
      Paris Saint-Germain then suffered their heaviest league defeat in 19 years, by losing 5-1 to Lille.
      PSG’s Layvin Kurzawa will be wishing he never posed with Drake after the French side were heavily beaten by LilleCredit: Instagram @kurzawa_20
      Italian outfit Roma even joked they were putting a club ban on posing with the Canadian artist
      Is the Drake curse over?
      Back in 2019, the curse was at its very peak, with many sporting stars falling victim.
      However, in recent times it seems the curse is no longer in effect.
      In 2021 Tyson Fury was supported by Drake online prior to his trilogy fight with Deontay Wilder.
      The Gypsy King went on to knock out the Bronze Bomber in Las Vegas, showing no signs of suffering with the Canadian’s curse, as Fury retains his WBC heavyweight championship belt.
      Bayern Munich star Alfonso Davies is also immune to the rapper’s curse, as he was pictured with Drake just days before his side was set to take on Bayer Leverkusen back in October 2021.
      The German giants went on to beat Leverkusen 5-1, furthering the belief that the curse is no more.
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      Misfits Boxing 005 LIVE RESULTS: Jay Swingler fight DECISION, Tag team clash ends WILDLY, Astrid Wett WINS

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      MISFITS Boxing returned with a HUGE card live from Telford!Hometown star Jay Swingler won by decision in a thriller against NichLMAO in the main event of a bill which also featured the first ever TAG TEAM boxing match.
      Astrid Wett and AJ Bunker fought a bloody war on the undercard in front of the lively crowd.

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      Telford’s sold-out Telford International Centre played host

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      Next up
      For Misfits it’s a trip to New Orleans on April 21.
      And we have a main event just announced for that card.
      It’s a boxing return for former NFL running-back Le’Veon Bell.

      Chant of the night
      Even Jay Swingler broke out into this.
      “I would rather have a dark fruits than a wife.”
      For those that don’t know. A dark fruits is a flavoured cider drink that is popular in parts of England… clearly here.
      Nichlmao says
      “Thank you Telford. Win or lose it wasn’t about that.
      “You made our dreams come true. Thanks to Telford, to Jay, to Misfits, KSI and everyone so much.”
      Swingler says
      “He’s a tough cookie. He’s been training.
      “Everybody was saying I was going to walk all over this guy but they were wrong and Nick proved everyone wrong.
      “This man is a warrior.”
      .Credit: Getty
      The scorecards
      Swingler got it 39-36, 39-37 on two of the cards while the third was a 38-38 draw.
      That was close, but the home crowd and his better conditioning seemed to get Swingler through.
      Credit to Nichlmao. That decision could’ve gone either way.
      Swingler wins!
      Telford International Centre goes mad.
      It’s a majority decision.
      Nervous wait
      Swingler is up on the ropes to celebrate.
      Nichlmao gets a few more cheers for his efforts there than he got entering the ring.
      Telford holds it’s breath.
      Final bell
      What a round. What a battle. What a fight.
      I give Jay that final round – but will it be enough?
      We go to the scorecards.
      Here we go
      The fighters touch gloves for the fourth and final round.
      This is anyone’s fight still.
      Third round
      This must be driving Swingler crazy.
      His opponent looks like he’s stumbling around the ropes but every time Swingler goes in for a shot he’s met with three or four good ones and forced to cover up.
      This is so tough to score – but I think Swingler needs the final round more than Nichlmao.
      Brutal fight so far.
      Round two
      Swingler is landing and it’s getting huge roars – but Nichlmao is coming straight back forcing the home fighter to cover up.
      If anything it looks like Nichlmao is struggling with the pace a bit more than his opponent.
      Jay might tough this one out. He’s going to need all his stamina and home support in the final two rounds.
      What a round
      Swingler starts it like a house on fire and chants of ‘Telford, Telford’ go up around the arena.
      But Nichlmao comes firing back and embraces the challenge. He has Jay rocked momentarilty.
      An excellent opening round I probably give to Nichlmao.
      Final instructions
      The fighters meet in the middle of the ring one final time for the final instructions.
      The Telford International Centre is rocking. I didn’t even know this place existed, but it’s absolutely buzzing in here.
      The hometown hero
      I think we just got a louder cheer from the crowd than for the tag team match.
      Swingler comes out to ‘Highway to Hell’ in front of his home crowd.
      He skips into the ring and laps up the cheers.
      Telford is pumped for this.
      Here we go…
      It’s main event time.
      First up here comes Nichlmao.
      Next up
      A huge roar from the Telford crowd as it’s announced that local boy Jay Swingler will be coming up next in the main event.
      He’s from this part of the world, so can bank on home support against Nichlmao.
      Plenty to say
      Deen the Great says “Walid only s**t because of his sister.”
      He also adds that Adam Saleh has ducked a bout three times.
      I think Deen has plenty of options on who to fight next, to say the least.
      .Credit: Getty
      Injury news
      Deen confirms he was carrying an injury.
      He dislocated his shoulder five weeks ago and it came out again in sparring three weeks ago.
      He added that he put the tape on both shoulders so his opponent wouldn’t know which one.
      It’s unanimous!
      It’s a 40-35 decision on all three cards for Deen.
      He won every round according to the judges and the knockdown was the cherry on top.
      To the scorecards
      It’s over. Both men think they’ve won it but I think the knockdown will be the key factor here and Deen will get the decision.
      Another close battle on this packed card.
      Tug of war
      Deen is rocked now!
      Pully lands a huge blow and is giving it everything to try and steal this in the final round.
      Survival
      Pully makes it to the end of the round and stumbles back to his corner.
      Deen tried to finish it there and then but couldn’t land the killer blow.
      We go into a fourth and final round.
      Pully is down!
      A massive right hand from Deen leaves him in a heap.
      Pully takes his time to get up but the fight goes on.
      Neck and neck
      This is too close to call.
      Really good work being done by both fighters. Deen’s corner got excited at a combination he threw that seemed to back Pully up.
      Maybe that was just to get the judges’ attention.
      Tough sledding
      Not much to separate them in the opening round.
      And fortunately it looks like Deen isn’t nursing any kind of injury and the tape is just to help.
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      Fans go wild for first ever tag team boxing match as Misfits event descends into ‘total madness’

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      SATURDAY night’s Misfits event included the first ever boxing TAG TEAM match.And based on the reaction, the format could be here to stay.
      B Dave and Luis Pineda won boxing’s first ever tag team boutCredit: Getty
      Fighters on each team could tag each other into the ringCredit: Getty
      Los Pineda Coladas won thanks to a second round stoppageCredit: Getty

      Fans went wild for the bout between Los Pineda Coladas (B Dave and Luis Alcaraz Pineda) and D-Generation Ice (IcePoseidon and Anthony Vargas) at Misfits Boxing 005.
      The rules of the tag team match meant one member of each team had to wait on the ring apron while the other was inside fighting, but they could tag each other in by touching gloves.
      Los Pineda Coladas won an utterly chaotic fight thanks to a second round stoppage.
      Viewers were quick to praise the format following a thrilling encounter in Telford.
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      One wrote on Twitter: “TagTeam boxing is actually really entertaining….”
      Another added: “Okay I’ll admit it.. a few bugs here and there but DAMN tag team boxing is entertaining!!!”
      A third said: “I am very on board with Tag Team Boxing.”
      And Misfits CEO KSI wrote: “THIS IS ONE OF THE GREATEST THINGS IVE EVER SEEN. I NEED MORE TAG TEAM FIGHTS MAN”
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      While talkSPORT writer Michael Benson tweeted: “Tag team boxing is complete and utter chaos. Luis Alcarez Pineda currently beating up two blokes alternately.”
      Part of another tweet from Benson said: “Total madness as expected, but quite entertaining nonetheless.”
      However, others were far from convinced by the tag team bout.
      One said on Twitter: “Tag team boxing, what a farce.”
      And another blasted: “Tag team boxing needs to crash and burn.”
      Los Pineda Coladas’ win came ahead of the ahead of the headline fight between Jay Swingler and NichLMAO in a huge bill that also saw Astrid Wett beat former Love Island star AJ Bunker. More

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      Bloody Astrid Wett overcomes AJ Bunker to set up Elle Brooke mega-fight after Telford war

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      ASTRID WETT extended her record to 2-0 with victory over former Love Island star AJ Bunker.An entertaining fight saw both fighters ferociously throwing punches throughout.
      Astrid Wett extended her record to 2-0 with victory over AJ BunkerCredit: Getty
      Astrid secured a majority decision winCredit: Getty
      Astrid’s win saw her crowned the first female Misfits championCredit: Getty

      The Telford bout went the full three rounds, with neither fighter able to score a KO win.
      But they were both left feeling the damage from the encounter.
      Astrid’s nose was bloodied, while AJ’s face was marked from the three-round clash.
      In the end it was Astrid who came out on top via majority decision.
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      Two of the cards had the fight 29-28, while the other was a 29-29 draw.
      Victory for Astrid saw her crowned the first female Misfits champion.
      It also potentially set up a fight with rival Elle Brooke, who was watching ringside.
      Although settling on a weight will be the main sticking point on agreeing a showdown between the pair.
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      Speaking on the potential of a mega bout with Astrid, Elle said on DAZN: “I think I want bigger [and] badder things, no offence.
      “Ronda Rousey or Astrid Wett?”
      While Astrid said to Elle: “The weight class is difficult. If you want the belt, you’ll come down.
      “If you win a belt at your weight, I’ll have to come up. So yeah, I’m happy with mine.”
      Astrid also said on the fight: “It was tougher than I thought. It’s annoying about my nose it bled recently it’s so easy to cut open. Fair play to AJ, she brought it.
      “I was very confident. I trained so hard for this and was so well conditioned. I’m very proud of myself.
      “If AJ wants to prove she’s on my level – she was very close – I’m more than happy for a rematch. I’m looking forward not backwards.”
      Astrid was quick to take to social media after her victory, tweeting: “I AM SO HAPPY.”
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      Misfits CEO KSI was entertained by what he saw and wrote on Twitter: “Congrats to Astrid Wett but WHAT A FIGHT MAN!!!”
      Astrid’s win came ahead of the headline fight between Jay Swingler and NichLMAO in a huge bill which also featured the first ever TAG TEAM boxing match. More