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TYSON FURY could beat Oleksandr Usyk “three times in one night” – so long as he uses a simple game plan laid out by Billy Joe Saunders. The Gypsy King was defeated for the first time in May as Usyk was crowned heavyweight boxing’s first four-belt undisputed champion. Oleksandr Usyk beat Tyson Fury in MayCredit: PANow he looks ahead to his December 21 rematch and has been given pointers by good friend and former champ Saunders. BJS told talkSPORT: “I don’t think there’s anyone out there than can outbox Usyk. “Tyson Fury, he can beat Usyk three times in one night with one simple game plan.“It’s very, very simple how to beat him. You have to use your size. You have to use your physical advantages. READ MORE IN BOXING”Every attribute you have you need to use to full effect with this man.” Fury, 36, raced to an early lead before Usyk, 37, came on strong down the stretch to snatch the historic win. But the British superstar claimed in the aftermath that the fight was “TOO EASY” which forced him to switch off – and Saunders agreed. He said: “The first five rounds was like a sparring session for him.Most read in BoxingCASINO SPECIAL – BEST CASINO WELCOME OFFERS“Actually, I’ve seen him have harder spars for the first five rounds than that fight. If he’s getting his own way early on, he tends to switch off. “If he gets knocked out cold on the floor and people don’t think he’s getting up and he gets up, that’s when he switches his gears up.My man would make an epic Gypsy King impersonator – he’s always stopped for pics, but people say he’s ‘more Dyson Fury’“You’ve got to give him credit. I know there’s a lot of speculation about the ninth round, but he didn’t go down and he was still on his feet fighting.“I’m not making any excuses for him, but I know what went on in camp and what didn’t go on in camp.“I know that, even when it came to sparring and other bits and bobs, there was stuff missing out of it that needs to be rectified this time.“He’s asked me to go away [for] training camp with him, so I’m delighted to say I will be going away with him.”Saunders, 35, has not boxed since a crushing 2021 defeat to Canelo Alvarez, 34, but he is training for a comeback bout. Meanwhile he backed Fury to avenge his only ever loss against Usyk. Saunders predicted: “I believe Tyson will win the next fight. And I believe that he will win by knockout as well.”Fury pictured with friend Billy Joe SaundersCredit: Stevenage FC More

EDDIE HEARN was told to “calm down” by Daniel Dubois in an awkward sitdown exchange with the Brit bruiser.”Triple D” is gearing up to make the first defence of his IBF heavyweight title against Hearn’s long-time fighter Anthony Joshua at Wembley later this month.Anthony Joshua faces Daniel Dubois in a Wembley war later this monthCredit: PAAJ promoter Eddie Hearn took part in a sitdown interview with the pairCredit: DAZNIBF heavyweight champ Dubois told Hearn to “calm down” after he poked holes in his win over Filip HrgovicCredit: DAZNDubois and Joshua, 26 and 34 respectively, took part in a heated sitdown interview with their promoters in the shadows of the Wembley arch.And Dubois eventually turned his attention to Hearn after the Matchroom Boxing supremo poked holes in his June stoppage of the previously undefeated Filip Hrgovic.Hearn, 45, said: “He [Hrgovic] was [on the way out], but he also took the kitchen sink from him.”And you took the kitchen sink off him, which was very impressive. And I give you incredible respect for that.READ MORE BOXING NEWS”But you don’t have to take the kitchen sink from him, you just have to take a cocktail stick.”Dubois took exception to Hearn’s critique, chiming in: “All right, I’m not fighting you, Eddie.”Hearn quickly replied: “Well thank God for that. “And with a wry smile on his face, Dubois then said: “Calm down.”Most read in BoxingBEST FREE BET SIGN UP OFFERS FOR UK BOOKMAKERSHearn replied by revealing his delight at Dubois fulfilling his dream of becoming a world champion.”Listen, you deserve your shot,” he said. “You’re world heavyweight champ.Anthony Joshua and Daniel Dubois nearly come to blows as AJ tells rival ‘don’t disrespect me'”And I love that you’re world heavyweight champion.”I love it because I hate whenever AJ wins a belt [it’s], ‘He won a vacant title’ and this and that.”He gets to dethrone you. That’s the beautiful thing about it. Great, you dethrone a champion.”You’ve got my attention, our [attention and] the world’s attention. Well done, well done. Now we’ll see.”The exchange between Dubois and Hearn came moments before AJ threatened to hit the IBF champ with a CHAIR for disrespecting him.After Dubois refused to back down to him in a fiery exchange, AJ stood up and said: “Daniel, don’t disrespect me because I’ll put this chair around your f***ing face.”Security quickly stepped in with Dubois being restrained as Joshua added: “I don’t take disrespect lightly, Dan.READ MORE SUN STORIES”Dan, I don’t take disrespect lightly you know. “Don’t sit on the table telling me we can go now and do all of this and that and try call me out.” More

BOXER Ginny Fuchs did not realise she had horrifically broken her thumb until AFTER her win over Adelaida Ruiz.The American, 36, claimed the WBC interim super-flyweight title with a split-decision victory over compatriot Ruiz, 35, on Saturday night.Ginny Fuchs claimed victory despite breaking her thumb in the first roundCredit: X @MatchroomBoxingShe did not discover the injury until taking her glove off after the fightCredit: X @MatchroomBoxingFuchs beat Adelaida Ruiz by split decision on Saturday nightCredit: Instagram @matchroomboxingFuchs’ gruesome injury was quite horrificCredit: Instagram @perfecting_athletesThat was despite suffering a gruesome injury in the opening two minutes of their 10-round fight.Fuchs, who has now won all four of her professional bouts, only discovered her broken thumb after the final bell when she took off her glove.Speaking to DAZN, she said: “I felt it the first round, I think it was the hook.”I just thought I jammed it really bad, it kept hurting through the fight but I just tried to ignore it.READ MORE IN BOXING”But then when I took my glove off I was like ‘Oh s***, I broke it.”Fuchs was taken to hospital as she shared pictures on her Instagram story.Her boxing manager George Ruiz posted an image of her being carted off on a stretcher.And he added the caption: “Ginny broke her thumb in the first round and then went on to fight 10 hard rounds without complaint. We had no idea until she took the gloves off.Most read in BoxingCASINO SPECIAL – BEST CASINO WELCOME OFFERSShe was stretchered off to hospital following her winCredit: Instagram @georgeruizShe smiled with promoter Eddie Hearn despite the injuryCredit: Instagram @georgeruiz”Absolute warrior. And now world champion.”Another photo saw Ginny smiling alongside promoter Eddie Hearn as she revelled in her victory despite the injury.Inside YouTuber Danny Aarons’ stunning SIX STONE weight loss after ditching junk food to become ‘the next KSI’ of boxingAnd she also posed for a snap from her hospital bed as she waited for “someone to fix her thumb”.Fuchs later shared a picture from her hospital bedCredit: Instagram @perfecting_athletes More