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      Anthony Joshua hands out drinks to stunned London Marathon runners who stop for selfies as Tyson Fury talks rumble on

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      ANTHONY JOSHUA handed out drinks to stunned London Marathon runners – who even stopped for selfies with the heavyweight ace.Joshua appeared to be unbothered by the ongoing speculation surrounding his fight against Tyson Fury.
      Anthony Joshua was handing out water to the runnersCredit: Not known, clear with picture desk
      Those who recognised him were left stunnedCredit: Not known, clear with picture desk
      Many paused running to take a photoCredit: Not known, clear with picture desk
      England star Jill Scott got in on the actCredit: Not known, clear with picture desk
      Anthony Joshua had a beaming smile as he stood trackside
      The Brit, 32, took time out of negotiations to make a track side showing at the London Marathon to hand out drinks to the competitors.
      He could be seen with a beaming smile as he handed drinks over to the participants as they went past.
      At least 42,000 runners have been confirmed at the event, with a host of celebrity participants among them.
      The former WBO, WBA, IBF and IBO belt holder is scheduled to fight WBC belt holder Fury in December.
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      However, Fury publicly declared the fight was off due to Joshua and his team not signing the fight contract on his Monday deadline.
      Fury branded his compatriot a ‘coward’ is a stunning rant on social media.
      However, negotiations remain ongoing over the December 3 bout.
      Joshua lost the chance to become a unified heavyweight world champion in the Fury fight after failing to recapture his belts with back-to-back defeats to Ukrainian heavyweight Oleksandr Usyk.
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      Fury has reportedly lined up new opponents if the Joshua fight collapses.
      Among them is Andy Ruiz Jr., who handed Joshua his first ever defeat in heavyweight boxing. More

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      Chris Eubank Jr and Conor Benn’s amazing car collection, including a £258,000 Rolls-Royce and £215,000 Lamborghini

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      CHRIS EUBANK Jr and Conor Benn share famous fathers and a love of supercars.The pair go head-to-head at The O2 on October 8 in what promises to be an ill-tempered affair.
      Chris Eubank Jr boasts an amazing car collection, including this £218k McLarenCredit: Instagram
      Conor Benn sits on the bonnet of his stunning £258k Rolls-RoyceCredit: Instagram
      And they will likely take advantage of the huge £3.5million purse by adding to their amazing car collection.
      Both have a love of supercars that are the envy of the boxing world.
      From a £258,000 Rolls-Royce to a £215,000 Lamborghini, here’s the motors that decorate their garages, according to Anglo Scottish Asset Finance.
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      Lamborghini Huracan, £215,000
      This Huracan is Eubank Jr’s favourite car in his collection, and as flamboyant as something his old man might have chosen.
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      Capable of reaching a top speed of over 200mph, it reaches 0-60mph in just 2.3 seconds.
      Eubank Jr’s is covered in a matte black for added effect.
      A Lamborghini Huracan, like this, is Eubank Jr’s favourite carCredit: Alamy
      McLaren 720S, £218,000
      Ordered in 2019, Eubank Jr shared a video of his very rare cherry red McLaren 720S being delivered on social media.
      Modified by German brand Mansory, it’s the ultimate petrol head’s car.
      Better still he custom-plated it ‘EU13ANK’.
      Eubank Jr’s McLaren is pimped out by MansoryCredit: Instagram
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      BMWi8, £116,000
      The only hybrid in the collection of these fierce rivals, Eubank Jr treated himself for his 29th birthday with the BMW i8.
      As electric motors go, it’s 155mph top speed isn’t to be sniffed at. And it has some acceleration being able to 0-60mph in 4.4 seconds.
      That said, it pales into insignificance when compared to the Lamborghini.
      For his 29th birthday Eubank Jr treated himself to a hybrid BMW i8Credit: Getty
      Mercedes-Benz G63, £164,000
      When Eubank Jr appeared on Top Gear in 2019, he called the G Wagon his “dream car”.
      And over the years it’s become quite the footballers’ staple on their driveway.
      With prices starting at £164,000, it’s an expensive ‘dream car’. But a luxury SUV all the same.
      The Mercedes G Wagon is Eubank Jr’s dream carCredit: Instagram
      Range Rover Urban SVR, £115,000
      In 2017, Eubank Jr splashed the cash on a top-of-the-range Range Rover.
      A fan of customisation, he has it decked out in a black paint job with an onyx bodykit.
      They are the ultimate Range Rover money can buy.
      In 2017, Euabnk Jr added a customised Range Rover SVR to his garageCredit: Instagram
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      Rolls-Royce Wraith, £258,000
      Benn’s pride and joy, he regularly shares images on Instagram of this incredible Rolls-Royce.
      It’s the most powerful car they have ever produced – boasting 624bhp.
      Of course, Benn has it pimped out – with a fetching blacked out grill that would not have come cheap.
      Benn’s Rolls-Royce is his pride and joy and regularly shared on social mediaCredit: Instagram
      Mercedes-Benz S63 AMG, £125,000
      After beating former WBO world champion Chris Algieri, Benn gifted himself a stunning Merc.
      He swaps his Rolls-Royce out with this one, getting just as luxurious a drive.
      Another heart-stopper in appearance.
      After beating Chris Algieri, Benn treated himself to a S63 AMGCredit: Instagram

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      Mercedes-Benz GLE, £68,000
      The cheapest car in either collection, and somewhat of a family saloon.
      His GLE is perfect to cart wife Victoria and son Eli around in.
      They replaced a Range Rover with it and seem very happy with their decision.
      Benn’s family car is a Mercedes-Benz GLECredit: Alamy
      Porsche 911 Carrera 4S, £108,000
      Like father, like son.
      Back in the 1990s, Nigel Benn splashed the cash on a Porsche 911 – when he was at the height of his game.
      Now Conor has done the same – calling it his “weekend car” on social media. He too has opted for a personalised plate – ‘K013ENN’.
      It begs the question; what car will these two motor enthusiasts buy next?
      Like his dad, Benn owns a stunning Porsche 911 CarreraCredit: Instagram More

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      Tyson Fury’s dad John reveals how Eddie Hearn ‘cost Anthony Joshua £100MILLION’ after Battle of Britain collapses

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      JOHN FURY claims that Eddie Hearn cost Anthony Joshua £100million by failing to get a contract signed for AJ to fight son Tyson.Hearn, 43, announced yesterday that the dream match-up between Fury and Joshua is OFF after a breakdown in negotiations.
      John Fury believes that Anthony Joshua could have made £100mCredit: PA
      AJ is represented by Matchroom promoter Eddie HearnCredit: PA
      The Matchroom promoter insists the matter is “still open for discussions” but suggested the fight is “off” as it stands.
      In a direct response, Big John said: “This is a video to Eddie Hearn… Mr Brains of Britain, let me explain it to you my friend, how you cost your man over a hundred million.
      “Fifteen million step aside money, free money. Then Tyson would have gone and done what AJ couldn’t do, is gone and beat Usyk and bring all the belts back to the UK.
      “In the meantime, AJ could have had a couple of easy victories, thirty mil, then he could have challenged Tyson for the belt, well who knows what numbers that would have done?
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      “So yeah, you don’t need to be the brains of Britain to see how you cost him money and put him in a position where you were on a hiding to nothing, Mr Brains of Britain.
      “You’ve got him beat over there when he could have had 15 million free money, step aside money, and Tyson would have gone and beaten his man up for him and brought all the belts back in.
      “He could have challenged him after some easy victories, free money I might as well say.
      “So yeah, you’re a clever man Eddie aren’t you? Very clever.”
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      On exactly why the fight has failed to materialise, Hearn told Matchroom Boxing: “They gave us terms ultimately in a date they thought we wouldn’t accept. We did accept that.
      “We were ready to go. If they would have signed the contract on Monday, they had a fight.
      “We were asked to agree the deal by Monday, then we were asked to agree it by Wednesday. We got their comments back on Wednesday.
      “We were never gonna sign the fight, and we were told the fight is off.
      “So, it’s still there. It’s still open for discussions. But we’re not gonna play a game with a bloke that’s just coming out telling AJ it’s off and then he’s a dosser and he’s gotta sign it etc.
      “Have your fight if you wanna fight someone else and we’ll do our thing, and we’ll see what happens.”
      He even added that Fury has moved on to another, less appealing match-up.
      Hearn added: “At the weekend, or Friday, Derek Chisora received a contract for the Tyson Fury fight.
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      “So have other fighters, so in our mind he’s not fighting Anthony Joshua.
      “We’re more than happy to continue those conversations, but from what we’ve been told, the deadline has passed.”
      Derek Chisora has received a contract for a Fury fightCredit: Getty More

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      Chris Eubank Jr vs Chris Eubank Snr Tale of the Tape: How father and son stack up ahead of next gen bout

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      CHRIS EUBANK JR faces Conor Benn this weekend in a fight dubbed the next generation bout.The pair’s dads Chris Eubank Snr and Nigel Benn fought in 1990 and 1993 with Eubank winning the first and a the second meeting ending in a draw.
      Chris Eubank Snr is often seen in his son’s cornerCredit: News Group Newspapers Ltd
      How Eubank Jr compares to Eubank Snr
      Now, their sons will go head-to-head on Saturday night at the O2 Arena.
      With Eubank Snr undefeated against Benn we have compared him with his lad – and there are many similarities.
      Father Eubank, 56, fought considerably more than his 33-year-old son but their styles are somewhat similar.
      Both use the orthodox stance and have an identical reach of 185cm.
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      They are also very alike in height with just one inch separating the younger from the elder, and shorter, Eubank.
      Additionally, both competed in the middleweight and super-middleweight categories.
      Perhaps most surprisingly, like father like son, they have both secured 23 knockout wins.
      Eubank Jr has done this in far fewer fights and will be aiming to overtake his dad’s record versus Benn.
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      But if his father had has way then Benn and his son would not be stepping into the ring at all on Saturday night.
      Eubank Snr has called for the fight to be scrapped voicing concerns over his son having to weigh in at a career-low.
      He said: “You know what three pounds beneath the middleweight limit at 33-years-old can do. This is how brain injuries occur.”
      Eubank Jr is a normally a middleweight at 160lb and has even campaigned at the super-middleweight limit of 168lb – never at the 157lb he will be for this fight.
      Whereas Benn, 26, comes up 10lb from welterweight as the two settled on a compromise. More

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      Watch Tommy Fury land massive right hand on punch machine… but fall just short of brother Tyson’s score

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      TOMMY FURY showed off his punching power with a massive right hand on a punch machine – but could not match brother Tyson.The 23-year-old connected brilliantly with the punch bag and recorded a score of 948.
      Tommy Fury scored an impressive 948 on the punch machineCredit: Instagram @TysonFury
      Fury is preparing for his next fight against Paul Bamba in NovemberCredit: Reuters
      Tyson Fury scored 993 on the same punch machine using his weaker handCredit: Richard Pelham / The Sun
      Tommy seemed please with his effort and rightly so, since Anthony Joshua could only manage a score of 848 on the Graham Norton show in 2017.
      Although in AJ’s defence, each machine is different making any comparisons hard to gauge.
      However, Tyson did use the same machine as his brother in a recent video and used his weaker left hand.
      Yet the Gypsy King managed a very impressive 993 to send a message to his rivals.
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      Tommy will be working on ways to improve his power as he prepares for his ring return.
      The ex-Love Island star is confirmed to be fighting Paul Bamba on the undercard of Floyd Mayweather Jr v Deji on November 13.
      It will be Tommy’s first bout since April and comes days after his proposed fight with Tyron Woodley fell through.
      Meanwhile, Tyson will NOT be fighting AJ after promoter Eddie Hearn confirmed talks are off.
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      Tyson, 34, slammed Joshua for not agreeing to the deal before the deadline last week and Hearn revealed he is not willing to play games with the heavyweight champion.
      Hearn also claimed Tyson has sent Derek Chisora a contract to fight on December 3 instead despite previous talks between the pair collapsing in August. More

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      Tyson Fury sends Derek Chisora trilogy fight contract after talks with Anthony Joshua COLLAPSE, says Eddie Hearn

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      EDDIE HEARN claimed Tyson Fury has sent Derek Chisora a trilogy fight contract after talks with Anthony Joshua collapsed. Hearn officially declared that AJ’s proposed Battle of Britain on December 3 with Fury was OFF after a breakdown in negotiations.
      Tyson Fury has sent Derek Chisora a trilogy fight contractCredit: News Group Newspapers Ltd
      And he said the WBC champion, 34, has already sent Chisora, 37, a deal to complete their unlikely trilogy series.
      Hearn told Matchroom Boxing: “At the weekend, or Friday, Derek Chisora received a contract for the Tyson Fury fight.
      “So have other fighters, so in our mind he’s not fighting Anthony Joshua.
      “We’re more than happy to continue those conversations, but from what we’ve been told, the deadline has passed.”
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      Fury, who beat Chisora in 2011 and 2014, initially wanted to unify the belts against Oleksandr Usyk, 35, who twice beat Joshua, 32.
      But the Ukrainian hero ruled himself out until next year in order to rest and recover having returned home to his loved ones for the first time.
      That led to Fury surprisingly calling out AJ and offering him a 60/40 financial split in his favour.
      Contracts were being exchanged by promoters, all while the Gypsy King grew increasingly frustrated.
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      He originally set a deadline on 5pm on Monday, September 26 but then extended it by a couple of days.
      Hearn claimed he returned a final revised contract last week but had not heard from Frank Warren’s son George.
      So he has declared the fight dead but remains open to reviving talks.
      He said: “As far as we’re concerned, the fight’s off. I mean, we’re happy to continue the discussions, we haven’t had any of those discussions.
      “Again, no bad words to say about George Warren anyway, and I’ve seen some of Frank Warren’s comments.
      “At the end of the day, you’ve got a guy putting in deadlines, telling us that the fight is off.”
      Anthony Joshua looks set to miss out on a fight with Tyson FuryCredit: Getty More

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      ‘P*****s’ – Ebanie Bridges blasts Aston Villa after Steven Gerrard’s side draw with her beloved Leeds team

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      BOXING world champion Ebanie Bridges has hit out at Steven Gerrard’s Aston Villa after Sunday’s dire 0-0 draw with Leeds.Aussie featherweight Bridges, 36, was at Elland Road to watch her beloved Whites in action.
      Ebanie Bridges was at Elland Road to watch Leeds take on Aston VillaCredit: https://www.instagram.com/ebanie_bridges/?hl=en
      Bridges is a huge Leeds fanCredit: PA
      The boxing world champion hit out at Steven Gerrard’s side after the gameCredit: Getty
      Unfortunately for Bridges there weren’t as many fireworks on the pitch as there are when she enters the ring.
      The home side were held to a boring stalemate, with Luis Sinisterra sent off for Jesse Marsch’s side after picking up two yellow cards.
      Bridges was left fuming by the result, and took a dig at Gerrard and Co after the game.
      She blasted on Twitter: “Aston Villa are p*****s.”
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      Bridges was also left frustrated by the way in which Villa’s players went to ground when they were fouled.
      She retweeted a post from a fellow Leeds fan that said: “[They] Spend more time laid on the grass than playing football.”
      Bridges branded Villa “p*****S” on social mediaCredit: PA
      Bridges dressed up in Leeds colours for Sunday’s gameCredit: https://www.instagram.com/ebanie_bridges/?hl=en
      The IBF bantamweight champ is now set to turn her attention to her next fight.
      Bridges faces Shannon O’Connell on December 10th at Leeds’ First Direct Arena on the undercard of hometown hero Josh Warrington’s clash with Alberto Lopez.
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      Bridges captured the IBF title with a unanimous decision victory over Maria Cecilia Roman back in March, also at Leeds’ First Direct Arena.
      Last week she revealed the three weirdest requests she has ever had from fans.
      Bridges admitted to being asked for her own toenail clippings as she hit back at “jealous” trolls.
      Bridges returns to the ring at the end of the yearCredit: PA
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      Floyd Mayweather’s bodyguard wants rematch with kickboxing star who knocked him out despite FIVE STONE disadvantage

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      FLOYD MAYWEATHER’S bodyguard wants a rematch with the kickboxer who knocked him out. Security man Ray Sadeghi – known as Jizzy Mack – faced Koji ‘Kouzi’ Tanaka on Mayweather’s recent undercard.
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      Tanaka fights in the 9st 9lb lightweight division, whereas Sadeghi usually weighs over 14 STONE.
      That means he had a FIVE STONE weight disadvantage, but it mattered little.
      Tanaka knocked out Sadeghi in the third round with a brutal left hook, but Mayweather’s right hand man now wants a rematch.
      Sadeghi  told World Boxing News: “I want to thank RIZIN and my boss Floyd Mayweather for giving me this opportunity to be in [an event of] this kind of magnitude and to fight.
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      “It was a great match. I want to run it back. Because I felt like I had him. But I got tired in the third round, and my hands dropped.
      “He caught me with a good shot, and we can run it back.”
      Later that night, Mayweather, 45, knocked out Japanese MMA fighter Mikuru Asakura, 30, in two rounds of his latest exhibition.
      Days later he announced another exhibition with YouTuber Deji, 25, on November 13 in Dubai.
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      Mayweather has had four non-sanctioned bouts since retiring in 2017 after beating UFC superstar Conor McGregor, 34.
      He first returned in 2018, against featherweight kickboxer Tenshin Nasukawa, 24, in Tokyo.
      Mayweather then went eight-round with both YouTuber Logan Paul, 27, and ex-sparring partner Don Moore.
      Floyd Mayweather knocked out Mikuru AsakuraCredit: AFP More