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      Floyd Mayweather, 45, offers Jake Paul fight and reveals terms to put perfect boxing record on line against YouTuber

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      FLOYD MAYWEATHER has revealed his terms for a sensational “real fight” with Jake Paul. The boxing legend in June 2021 was taken the distance by Paul’s brother Logan in their eight-round exhibition.
      Floyd Mayweather revealed his terms for a sensational fight with Jake PaulCredit: Rex
      Jake Paul does not want to do an exhibition with Floyd MayweatherCredit: Amanda Westcott
      But the YouTuber-turned boxer ruled out facing Mayweather himself unless it was a sanctioned bout on their records.
      That would cause a sticking point with Paul last fighting at 190lb whereas his Hall of Fame rival was 150lb.
      Mayweather, 45, is open to putting his historic 50-0 record on the line against self-proclaimed “Problem Child”.
      But he warned Paul, 25, would have to come down to his weight, which means losing a near-impossible THREE STONE.
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      Mayweather told TMZ Sports: “I think he was doing a sit down on a podcast one time and he talked about it and he said, ‘I don’t wanna do an exhibition against Floyd Mayweather.’
      “He said, ‘I want to put on real fights.’ And of course, I can’t get up high in weight, but I’ll fight him in a real fight, at the weight that I’m at.
      “But, Jake Paul, as of right now for what he’s doing, it’s good for what he’s doing. But once he fights an actual real fighter, it’s going to be bad.
      “But one thing I do like about him, he’s selling it and making good money, he’s entertaining. I like it.”

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      Mayweather has not boxed professionally since 2017, when he beat UFC superstar Conor McGregor, 34, in ten rounds.
      He has since had three exhibitions, with featherweight kickboxer Tenshin Nasukawa, 24, Paul’s brother Logan, 27, and ex-sparring partner Don Moore.
      Mayweather returns over the weekend in Japan against MMA fighter Mikuru Asakura, 30.
      Meanwhile Paul faces UFC legend Anderson Silva, 47, in his comeback fight on October 29 in Arizona.
      Silva has a 4-1 record in the ring and will be the American’s first opponent with prior boxing experience.
      So far he has beaten online rival AnEsonGib, ex-NBA player Nate Robinson, 38, and retired UFC welterweight Ben Askren, 38.
      He also has a points win and knockout over ex-UFC champion Tyron Woodley, 40, most recently in December.
      Mayweather has warned Paul to carry on facing opposition from the internet and MMA world opposed to seasoned boxers.
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      He said: “As long as he continues to fight MMA guys and YouTubers, he’s going to continue to look good and to shine.
      “But once he fights a real fighter, a real fighter that can really fight, it’s not going to be good. It’s not going to be that good.”
      Floyd Mayweather clashed with Jake Paul before his exhibition with brother LoganCredit: AFP More

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      ‘I will beat his f***ing ass’ – Jake Paul vows to defeat Canelo Alvarez if boxing superstar is ‘dumb enough’ to face him

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      JAKE PAUL has vowed to defeat Canelo Alvarez if the boxing superstar is “dumb enough” to fight him. Paul has long named Canelo as one of his dream opponents, despite their skill and experience disparity.
      Jake Paul has vowed to defeat Canelo Alvarez
      Canelo Alvarez was called out by Jake PaulCredit: Reuters
      And the YouTuber-turned boxer risked sounding delusional by insisting that he could beat the four-division champion.
      Paul said: “He looks like he’s on the decline. I said it before guys, Jake Paul versus Canelo, I win. I guarantee you that.
      “You guys thought I was crazy at first but that’s because you guys can’t beat Canelo.
      “I guarantee you that if Canelo and I fight one day – if he’s dumb enough to get in the ring with me – I will beat his f***ing ass.”
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      Paul, 25, is yet to face an opponent with a recognised boxing record but that changes in his next fight.
      He returns on October 29 in Arizona against UFC legend Anderson Silva, 47, who is 4-1 in the ring.
      Meanwhile Canelo, 32, beat Gennady Golovkin, 40, in their Las Vegas trilogy bout, closing out their rivalry.
      The Mexican icon recorded his second win over GGG which followed on from a 2017 draw.
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      Paul was left unimpressed by either and backed David Benavidez, 25, to beat Canelo.
      He said: “Triple G looked old but also Canelo looked old. He started to fade in the later rounds and Triple G took a while to get started.
      “If Canelo goes against someone who is younger, faster and boxes him on the outside and can keep that stamina up for rounds 9, 10, 11 and 12 – someone like David Benavidez for example – then it’s going to be a bad night for Canelo.”
      Canelo Alvarez beat Gennady Golovkin in their trilogy boutCredit: AP More

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      Jake Paul slams ‘hater’ Freddie Roach’s claim Mike Tyson stopped watching YouTube boxer in sparring because he got bored

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      JAKE PAUL slammed “hater” Freddie Roach for “spreading rumours” about Mike Tyson watching the YouTuber spar for 30 SECONDS. The trainer claimed Tyson had enough of Paul’s sparring session after just half a minute.
      Jake Paul pictured with Mike Tyson in 2020Credit: Twitter @jakepaul
      Freddie Roach was blasted by Jake PaulCredit: Getty
      Roach told FightHype: “Tyson looked at him and left.
      “He saw 30 seconds of him sparring and said, ‘Freddie, can we go down and see the pictures?’
      “He knows that’s where the good pictures are. He wasn’t as interested as I was.”
      But the social media sensation-turned boxer claimed Roach made the entire story up, having never trained at the coach’s famed gym before.
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      Paul, 25, said to talkSPORT: “First and foremost, I saw these things that Freddie Roach was saying – that I was like sparring at his gym.
      “First of all, I’ve never even trained at Wild Card gym, Freddie is a f***ing idiot, he’s a hater.
      “He coached Ben Askren to no avail, literally worthless, he’s off his rocker.
      “He literally trains zero good fighters anymore and is a Jake Paul hater.
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      “Mike Tyson has never watched me spar, Mike Tyson has never been in the gym at the same time as me sparring.
      “I went to Wild Card like once to talk to somebody for a meeting and for my brother’s press conference there.
      “But Mike Tyson wasn’t anywhere in the vicinity, so it’s just Freddie Roach spreading rumours. Especially because me and Mike are friends man.
      “Mike wouldn’t do that, Mike wouldn’t be like, ‘Ah f*** this kid, let’s go and do something else.’
      “Mike respects me and I respect Mike, but it would be dope to fight. I’m down. It could be fun.”
      First of all, I’ve never even trained at Wild Card gym, Freddie is a f***ing idiot, he’s a hater.Jake Paul
      Tyson, 56, helped launch Paul’s boxing career with a spot on his undercard in 2020.
      At the time, the social media sensation had won his professional boxing debut by beating online rival “AnEsonGib” in one round.
      Tyson returned to the ring after 15 years out and drew with Roy Jones Jr, 53, in an exhibition bout.
      But Paul stole the show as he brutally knocked out ex-NBA star Nate Robinson, 38, in two rounds.
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      Since then, he has beaten former UFC pair Askren, 38, and Tyron Woodley, 40, knocking the ex-UFC champion out in their rematch.
      Paul returns on October 29 in Arizona against UFC legend Anderson Silva, 47, who also has a 4-1 boxing record.
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      Eddie Hearn slams Jake Paul for ‘idiotic’ claim Matchroom paid judge to fix Anthony Joshua fight

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      EDDIE HEARN slammed Jake Paul’s ‘idiotic’ allegation that Matchroom “paid money” to a judge scoring Anthony Joshua’s fight.American Glenn Feldman was one of three officials for AJ’s rematch loss over Oleksandr Usyk in Saudi Arabia in August.
      Promoter Eddie Hearn and Anthony JoshuaCredit: PA
      Jake Paul accused Eddie Hearn’s Matchroom promotion of briberyCredit: Getty Images – Getty
      Feldman scored the bout 115-113 in favour of Joshua despite the other two having Usyk winning, with the Ukrainian ultimately triumphing with a split-decision victory.
      The same judge also had Katie Taylor surprisingly beating Paul-promoted champion Amanda Serrano 97-93 in their April undisputed title bout.
      As a result, the YouTuber-turned boxer accused Hearn’s Matchroom stable of bribery, something the promoter vehemently denies.
      He said: “What he said in terms of his allegations of corruption with Glen Feldman is totally unacceptable.
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      “We all have a laugh with Jake and he’s an average fighter but I’m telling you now, what he said is unacceptable and it will be dealt with because we take this sport, our values as a family seriously and we love the sport of boxing.
      “So, for him to come out with idiotic comments without even thinking of what he said is extremely harmful to me and very disrespectful to us as a business and as a family.”
      It comes after Paul told iFL TV: “Everyone who watched the fight [knows] it’s not a split decision.
      “Usyk had a runaway victory, clearly won the fight. This judge, Glenn Feldman, gives it to Anthony Joshua.
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      “It’s like a repeated crime here. This type of s***, I’m going to call it out here in boxing because it’s bulls.
      “Clearly, this guy is getting paid money by Matchroom Boxing.”
      Hearn worked with Paul to promote the women’s super-fight between Taylor, 36, and Serrano, 33, at New York’s Madison Square Garden.
      And the pair enjoyed a series of back-and-forth verbal spars in the lead up to the the historic title bout.
      But Hearn said Paul’s allegations of corruption was one step too far and warned action will be taken.
      He added: “Jake’s comments will be dealt with appropriately.
      “I’m not prepared, as I would be on many occasions, to take what he is saying with a pinch of salt on this occasion because it’s bang out of order and totally disrespectful to the sport of boxing and to me and us.
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      “I take it extremely personally because they’re questioning our credentials, they are questioning our integrity and I won’t have it.
      “So, he’s going to have to take the brunt of that. Maybe he doesn’t care, but I do.”
      Hearn confirmed to Boxing Social that he will consider legal action if he does not receive an apology from Paul.
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      Tyson Fury blasts ‘sausage s***houses’ Anthony Joshua and Oleksandr Usyk and claims AJ is refusing to sign contract

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      TYSON FURY hit out at Anthony Joshua and Oleksandr Usyk, labelling them “a pair of sausage s***houses”. Usyk, 35, beat Joshua, 32, on points for the second time in the space of 11 months in August out in Saudi Arabia.
      Tyson Fury hit out at Anthony Joshua and Oleksandr
      But he ruled himself out of a unification title bout with Fury, 34, to rest and recover after returning to war-torn Ukraine for the first time.
      So the unpredictable Gypsy King turned his attention to AJ and offered a shock 60/40 deal to fight on December 3 in Cardiff.
      Joshua was sent paperwork last Friday all while Usyk accused the unbeaten WBC champion of being “AFRAID” to fight him.
      But Fury furiously hit back: “Usyk, you little s***house. You little s***bag.
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      “Talking s***e, ‘I’m afraid of you’, I’ll put my first straight through the side of you, you little sausage.
      “And another s***house, that big bodybuilder, Joshua that’s a proper s***house that is.
      “Had the contract for I don’t know how long and ain’t signing it, you little sausage.
      “You do not want to fight, your manager’s a sausage, I’ve never seen anything like ya’s. Both a pack of s***houses.
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      “However, I will be fighting on December the 3rd if this sausage does not sign this contract – which I don’t think he is because I don’t think he’s got the b******s to, because he’s a s***bag.
      “Both of you, a pair of sausage s***houses. Joshua is a s***house, Usyk is a s***house, you are all s***houses.”
      Joshua conceded a lesser financial split in Fury’s favour in return of a title shot at the 75,000-seat Principality Stadium.
      Opposing promoters are still thrashing out contract terms although AJ has been warned he has by the end of next week to sign on the dotted line.
      Usyk, who has turned his attention to former champ Deontay Wilder, 36, then goaded that Fury does not want to fight him.
      He said: “Despite his toughness and how he is generally described, he is afraid. Yes, of me.”
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      I made a bet with KSI for £9,000 I could beat him at rock paper scissors but what he did made me cry

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      YOUTUBE star KSI left a fan in tears after he bet £9,000 on a game of rock, paper, scissors.Jordan Macmillan challenged the millionaire boxer and rapper to a high-stakes game and won – but what KSI did next left the 22-year-old stunned.
      KSI sent £18,000 to Jordan Macmillan after losing a bet of rock, paper, scissors
      Jordan joked that if he won the game, the star would have to fork out £9,000 for his uni fees.
      And the student offered to give KSI – whose real name is Olajide William “JJ” Olatunji – £5 if he won instead.
      The pair agreed to play best out of three, and Jordan won on the first two games against the 28-year-old.
      Jordan spoke to The Sun about how he approached KSI, who has a net worth of £16million.
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      He said: “It started out as a joke between me and my friends.
      “I just said, ‘I’m gonna ask him to pay for my tuition if I beat him in rock, paper, scissors as it’ll be funny.’
      “I thought the worst that could happen is that he say no and we’d have a laugh about it. I never imagined he would actually agree.
      “I’m someone who takes everything seriously, except myself, so that helps me stay calm in those situations.
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      “He is such a nice guy and was really cool about it as well, which eased the nerves too.”
      Jordan said the social media star and his friends initially all laughed at the bet.
      He said: “JJ asked how long was left in my tuition. I told him two years, so £18,000.
      “Vikk suggested that he pay one year – £9,000 – which is what we agreed on in the end. So we played rock, paper, scissors and I won and just started laughing.
      “I was in shock. He then followed me on Instagram and got my details.
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      “We got pictures and had a chat; they were quite excited when I told them I study football coaching and management.
      “I later got a message from him saying, ‘Enjoy it brother,’ so I checked my account and he sent me £18,000 for both years.”
      Jordan was left speechless seeing such amount in his bank and was eager to let his family know that he will have on less stress about paying his student fees.
      He added: “I was absolutely shocked, I couldn’t believe it.
      “He’s such a nice guy so I had no doubt he’d send it but I was so shocked he sent it that quickly.
      He’s such a nice guy… I still can’t believe it. I’ll probably invite him to my graduation
      “It still hasn’t settled in yet. I’m not sure it ever will. I sent him a message after to thank him trying to keep my cool but I couldn’t.
      “I then phoned my family, tears everywhere.
      “I still can’t believe it, I’ll probably invite him to my graduation.”
      KSI is also famous for his boxing matches against fellow YouTube star Logan Paul.
      The two went head-to-head against each other in 2018 in a boxing exhibition which finished in a draw.
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      A year later, both of them turned professional to have a rematch, with KSI claiming the win.
      KSI aims at making a return to the fighting scene in late 2022 or early 2023.
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      Mike Tyson once punched Frank Warren in a hotel room and left him with bloodied eye over unpaid £2m jewellery bill

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      FRANK WARREN has revealed how a £2million jewellery bill led to Mike Tyson PUNCHING him.While helping the American get this career back on track with a pair of UK-based fights at the turn of the century, Warren came into very close contact with Tyson.
      Frank Warren was unimpressed by the ‘petulant’ Mike Tyson on his visit in June 2000Credit: News Group Newspapers Ltd
      Tyson developed a bad reputation for his actions outside of the ring
      The promoter encountered ‘The Baddest Man On The Planet’ at the height of his infamy, with an unpaid jewellery bill coming back to haunt the fighter.
      And Warren has opened up on the ‘pandemonium’ the ‘petulant’ Tyson caused when flooring him inside a Park Lane hotel.
      Speaking on Andy Coulson’s Crisis What Crisis Podcast, the 70-year-old recalled: “First time he came over, no problems, he was great.
      “And then he went into a jewellers and walked out with an invoice for, I can’t remember the exact amount, £1.5m, £2m something like that.”
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      He continued: “They never paid the bill and the jewellers, quite rightly, wanted to get paid and they kept ringing me.
      “And I was ringing the States. They’re telling me, ‘Don’t worry, we’re going to do another fight here let’s pay it out of that’.
      “When he came back the second time he was just awful. Beyond awful.
      “He was petulant, aggressive, totally different scenario.”
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      Warren continued: “The bill hadn’t been paid still and he’d gone into the jewellers – because there was a girl in there that he had met and he was basically showing off to her.
      “And to cut a long story short, he got p***ed about it.
      “I get a call. Someone tells me, ‘Mike’s not happy’.
      “I go up to the hotel. Next minute, you stand there talking and he’s taken a swing at me. He actually caught me. There’s a lot of commotion. I didn’t expect it.
      “It was a cheap shot. I got up and it’s pandemonium, madness in the room.
      “When I say it’s my fault, I should have known. I should have pulled out of that situation from the start.”
      Warren, who released his ‘Frank And Fearless’ book detailing his 40-years in the sport in December 2019, insists he exacted revenge on the ‘bully’ Tyson.
      Fortunately for the London-born promoter, the blow from one of boxing’s all-time hardest hitters left him with just a bloodied eye.
      He added: “I was fuming. The lawyer at Showtime wanted to call the police, I told them not to.
      “All the newspapers said my jaw was broken, ribs were broken, it was all b******s, nothing was broken. My eye had a burst blood vessel, that was it.
      “I made sure that he paid for what he did, hit him where it hurt.
      “And he went berserk after the fight, the police actually ran him out of town. After the fight he went straight to Gatwick and they left the country.”
      Warren had the last laugh, helping to set the New York bruiser up for a memorable defeat to Danny Williams four years later.
      He said: “Years later, they wanted to put a fight on against Kevin McBride, Irish guy, and they wanted to sell the rights to Sky.
      “I told them to put him against Danny Williams, an English guy, and I could do a better deal.
      “I said to [Danny], ‘For two or three rounds this will be World War Two. Get through it and you’ll knock him out’. And that’s what he did.”
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      ‘He’s full of s***’ – Conor McGregor blasts Floyd Mayweather’s claims he earned $100m to ‘spar’ YouTuber Logan Paul

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      CONOR McGREGOR blasted that Floyd Mayweather was “full of s***” after claiming he made $100million to “spar” Logan Paul. Mayweather made the boast both before and after going the eight-round distance with YouTuber Paul in their June 2021 exhibition.
      Floyd Mayweather beat Conor McGregor in 2017Credit: Getty Images – Getty
      And the boxing legend also said he will be making up to $20m (£18m) for his latest spectacle bout, over the weekend in Japan.
      But McGregor doubted Mayweather’s maths and jibed not since their 2017 fight has the American seen such a payday.
      In a now-deleted tweet, he wrote: “He also said he made 100m to spar the Logan guy yet never made the Forbes list top 100.
      “He hasn’t cleared 20 million in 1 full year since 2017. When we fought the last time. Otherwise he’d have been on the list.
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      “He hasn’t made the list since 2017. In other words he’s full of s***.”
      Mayweather and Paul sold over 1million pay-per-views for their bout, priced at $50, meaning $50m (£45m) was generated at the box office.
      And the 50-0 icon also claimed he made $30m (£27m) in sponsorships on his trunks alone, although his overall purse was never confirmed.
      Mayweather is said to have made almost $300m (£270m) the night he beat McGregor, 34, in ten rounds.
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      It also signalled the end of his career as a professional fighter but the Hall of Famer has boxed in three exhibitions since.
      He beat featherweight kickboxer Tenshin Nasukawa, 24, in 2018, faced Paul last year and then dominated ex-sparring partner Don Moore in May.
      Mayweather returns against MMA star Mikuru Asakaura, 30, and is in talks with YouTuber Deji, 25, for a November exhibition in Dubai.
      He then wants to rematch McGregor in 2023 at the 70,000-seat Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas and for no less than $100m (£90m).
      Mayweather told TMZ Sports: “Hopefully me and Conor McGregor can lock up in 2023 in a real fight.
      “If the price is right, of course, they already talked to me about the number that I’m going to receive, and of course, it’s nine figures.
      “You know we gotta start at least $100 million for Floyd Mayweather. I’m always the A-side. My philosophy is ‘never stop getting it.’
      “But if I’m not taking any bodily harm or if I’m not taking any abuse, then I can go out there, have fun and entertain the people.”
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