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      Boxer Sam Gilley walks to the ring with an UMBRELLA as rain pours down at Fabio Wardley’s Portman Road fight

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      BOXER Sam Gilley had to walk to the ring with an UMBRELLA as rain poured down in Ipswich. Heavyweight star Fabio Wardley – an Ipswich super-fan – headlines at his beloved Portman Road against Aussie Justis Huni. Sam Gilley had to walk to the ring with an umbrella as rain poured down in IpswichCredit: XWhen Hall of Fame promoter Frank Warren booked the 30,000-seater – he would have expected summer sunshine. But even the veteran matchmaker, who has seen it all in the sport, would have been surprised to see grey clouds in Suffolk. And things soon got worse as the heavens opened up. The ring itself is thankfully covered but the walk to the ropes were not – so Gilley was taking no risks. READ MORE IN boxing He covered his boots with plastic bags and had security cover him with a brolly on his way to fight Gideon Onyenani.Gilley was due to face Louis Greene – but the Commonwealth champion pulled out amid a contract dispute. They previously fought in a 2023 classic – with Gilley winning on points. And after their rematch – scheduled for the vacant British super-welterweight title – collapsed Onyenani stepped in on late notice. Most read in BoxingLIVE – FOLLOW ALL THE ACTION FROM FABIO WARDLEY VS JUSTIS HUNI AS IT HAPPENS AT PORTMAN ROADCASINO SPECIAL – BEST CASINO BONUSES FROM £10 DEPOSITSAnd unfortunately for Gilley – despite covering up with the umbrella – he slipped up by drawing with Onyenani.Referee Kieran McCann scored the bout 76-76. Gideon Onyenani and Sam Gilley fought to a drawCredit: GettyFabio Wardley prepares for dream Portman Road homecoming fight More

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      Moses Itauma to fight Dillian Whyte on August 16 in Saudi Arabia as Brit sensation take huge step towards title shot

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      THE Moses Itauma steam train is on course to collide with Dillian Whyte on August 16.The 20-year-old heavyweight sensation has been struggling to find incremental step-up opponents, after demolishing his last two victims inside three combined rounds.The Moses Itauma steam train is on course to collide with Dillian Whyte on August 16Credit: PAWhyte will fight Itauma on August 16 in RiyadhCredit: PABut the 37-year-old Brixton Body Snatcher has leapt up to the challenge and will face the hottest prospect in world boxing in the scorching Saudi desert on August 16.The clash would come just three months after the Slovakia-born Kent wonderkid battered poor Mike Balogun inside two rounds on May 24 and barked: “I don’t have to worry about doing rounds, but my team wants to see me in a 10-rounder.“And then I want in with the big dogs.”Whyte was scheduled to have a tune-up fight in Ipswich but withdrew as soon as the big-money fight was placed on his table.READ MORE IN boxing The heavyweight – knocked out in his WBC title fight by Tyson Fury – has not boxed in England since November 2022.He was supposed to have a rematch with Anthony Joshua in August 2023 but that O2 sell-out was scrapped when Whyte failed a doping test.Whyte has boxed in Gibraltar and Ireland since that big-money clash was binned, landing underwhelming wins.Itauma meanwhile was also slated to have another litmus test on the July 19 Wembley showdown between Oleksandr Usyk and Daniel Dubois.Most read in BoxingCASINO SPECIAL – BEST CASINO BONUSES FROM £10 DEPOSITSBut Saudi boxing kingpin Turki Al Sheikh is a man on a mission to make the biggest and best bouts that he fancies.And all the best-laid plans and blueprints go up in smoke when he dreams up a fantasy fight and stumps up the Riyals to stage it.Britain’s next Tyson Fury set for world title & Taylor urged to fight on | Split Decision More

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      Deontay Wilder emerges as shock contender for Anthony Joshua’s return fight as Dillian Whyte rematch is ruled out

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      DEONTAY WILDER has emerged as a shock contender to fight Anthony Joshua in a bid to settle their storied score. The two spent years in dragged out failed negotiations – leaving an undisputed blockbuster to fall by the wayside. Dentay Wilder has emerged as a shock contender to fight Anthony JoshuaCredit: Richard Pelham / The SunNow they are coming off defeats with Wilder stunned by Joseph Parker in December 2023 and then knocked out last June by Zhilei Zhang. Both times it cost the American a revived clash with Joshua – who is yet to return since being KO’d by Daniel Dubois in September.Wilder, 39, faces Tyrrell Herndon in Kansas on June 27 and Frank Smith – CEO of Matchroom Boxing who promote AJ – says a fight with Joshua is possible. He told Boxing News: “Do you know what fight I love? If he comes through his warm-up, Deontay Wilder. READ MORE IN boxing “This sport is about narrative. It’s about buying into fights that people have interest in and that’s a fight that everyone would still have interest in. “Regardless of whether it didn’t happen five years ago, people still want to see it now. So hopefully he can come through his fight.” Dillian Whyte was mentioned as another potential option for Joshua – who won their bout in 2015 by stoppage. They were due to rematch in 2023 but it was cancelled after Whyte, 37, returned an “adverse finding” in his drug testing. Most read in BoxingCASINO SPECIAL – BEST CASINO BONUSES FROM £10 DEPOSITSHe has since boxed in Gibraltar and Ireland after blaming the failed drug test on a contaminated supplement. Whyte was due to return on Fabio Wardley’s undercard in Ipswich but he pulled out to focus on a summer showdown with Lawrence Okolie and Moses Itauma linked. ‘We never know’ – Tyson Fury refuses to rule out comeback as Anthony Joshua nears new ‘amazing’ fight dealAnd Smith – alongside Whyte’s promoter – ruled out a fight with AJ as a result by telling iFL TV: “No Joshua.” Joshua, 35, recently underwent surgery on an elbow injury that has kept him sidelined since defeat to Dubois, 27. And with Tyson Fury, 36, still retired off the back of two losses to Oleksandr Usyk, 38, AJ has been left to look elsewhere for an opponent. Smith added: “There’s so many options out there. It just also depends on what he wants to do, if he wants to go for the world title again. “What does he want to chase? Tyson Fury is a name that obviously we’ve spoken about a million times but it gets boring after a while saying the same thing. “So let’s get him back in the gym, get him fit, get him active, get him ready and then we’ll go from there.” Joshua rematching Dillian Whyte has been ruled outCredit: Richard Pelham / The Sun More

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      ‘We never know’ – Tyson Fury’s manager refuses to rule out comeback as Anthony Joshua nears new ‘amazing’ fight deal

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      TYSON FURY’S manager has refused to rule out a comeback with Anthony Joshua nearing a bumper new fight deal.Fury announced his shock retirement in January – a month after losing to Oleksandr Usyk for the second time in 2024. Spencer Brown is the manager of Tyson FuryAnthony Joshua is set for a new multi-fight dealCredit: GettyIt has dashed any chance of a huge Battle of Britain bout against AJ – who was knocked out by Daniel Dubois in September. Joshua has since had elbow surgery amid talks with Saudi boxing chief Turki Alalshikh over a new multiple fight deal. And Spencer Brown – Fury’s manager and associate of Alalshikh told Boxing News: “First of all, I think they’ve got to sign the deal first. “That’s the most important part. What they’re very good at, the Saudi Arabians, is a course. A road, and they want to know what road it is. READ MORE IN boxing “And if they can get the road in the right place, then they’ll sign whatever deal you want as long as you’re happy and they’re happy with it. But they think forward“So, it’s a great move for Anthony Joshua, isn’t it? A three-fight deal. Amazing. Amazing. Tyson’s retired. Like I say, we never know though, do we? “But he’s very busy at the moment. He’s actually in the best place I’ve ever seen him. He’s 12lbs above his fighting weight as well. “He looks really well. He’s happy. He’s got his kids with him constantly. Will he fight again? He’s the Gypsy King, who knows?”Most read in BoxingCASINO SPECIAL – BEST CASINO BONUSES FROM £10 DEPOSITSJoshua, 35, snubbed the chance to rematch Dubois, 27, after his brutal KO loss at Wembley. And now Dubois rematches Usyk, 38, on July 19 two years after his stoppage loss to the Ukrainian. Tyson Fury pushes his son around in a shopping trolley as he struggles to keep up with boxerAJ’s promoter Eddie Hearn is still holding out that Fury will return to fight Joshua. But the Gypsy King warned in May: “I hear a lot of talk about the Gypsy King returning to boxing and I ask this question: for what?“What would I return for? More belts? I’ve won 22 of them. I’ve been rumped, that’s it, fair play to them, they got their use out of me.“But I’m happy, I am happy, content with what I have achieved and accomplished. I’ve been around the world and back again.”And this is what retirement looks like for the Gypsy King, not too shabby.”Fury insists he is happily retiredCredit: Getty More

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      Frank Warren leads tributes as iconic boxing trainer James Cook dies just months after tragic cancer diagnosis aged 66

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      FRANK WARREN has led the tributes to boxing trainer and former champion James Cook who has passed away at 66.Cook – who won the British and European super-middleweight titles during his career – was diagnosed with bladder cancer this year. Ex-boxing champion James Cook has passed away aged 66Credit: Rex FeaturesMBE Cook passed away after a short cancer battleCredit: Rex FeaturesAnd after a short battle, he has sadly passed away as boxing mourned the respected coach and former fighter. Promoter Warren posted: “Incredibly saddened to learn of the passing of James Cook MBE. “A true gentleman of our sport who achieved incredible things inside and outside of the ring. “The work he has done for youths in East London will live on forever and he will be hugely missed. READ MORE IN boxing “Our condolences to his family and loved ones for their sad loss RIP.”Eddie Hearn added: “Rest in peace a wonderful man and one of the most selfless you could ever find.” Cook turned professional in 1982 after a successful amateur career and fought British greats in Michael Watson and Herol Graham.He won the British and European titles in the space of a year and retired after losing to Cornelius Carr in 1994. Most read in BoxingCook later became a coach and was awarded an MBE in 2007 for services to youth justice in Hackney.At Buckingham Palace he received the honour directly from Queen Elizabeth II. In later years, Cook joined Anthony Yarde’s camp before the light-heavyweight’s rematch win over Lyndon Arthur in 2021. Anthony Yarde with trainer CookCredit: queensberry promotions More

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      Adam Azim’s fight CALLED OFF just hours before opening bell after rival Eliot Chavez’s ILLEGAL method to make weight

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      ADAM AZIM’s showdown with Eliot Chavez has been cancelled just hours before the walk-ons. The pair were due to fight on the undercard of Callum Simpson’s European title fight in Barnsley tonight. Adam Azim was due to box in Barnsley on Saturday nightCredit: Richard Pelham / The SunAzim’s bout has been cancelled after his opponent used a sauna to weight cutCredit: GettyAzim, 22, boasts an unbeaten record and secured the IBO light-welterweight title in February. He took Saturday’s fight at short notice after beating former world champion Sergey Lipinets. But Chavez was left in hot water after it emerged he’d used a sauna to make weight. Promoters Boxxer said in a statement: “The British Boxing Board of Control has withdrawn permission for Eliot Chavez to face Adam Azim tonight in Barnsley following concerns raised by the Mexican Boxing Commission relating to Chavez’s use of a sauna to make weight – a practice that is prohibited by the board.”READ MORE ON BOXINGAzim immediately reacted on social media, posing an angry face emoji. One fan sympathised: “Sorry to hear that champ. Was looking forward to it.”While another said: “This is what happens when you fight someone on like a week or two notice.”Chavez went nine rounds with Harlem Eubank in 2022.Most read in BoxingBEST ONLINE CASINOS – TOP SITES IN THE UKAnd Azim was hoping to use the bout to show off his credentials in the division. The 22-year-old declared he would fight anyone on a week’s notice – even two-weight world champ Devin Haney. Three-weight world champion Vasily Lomachenko retires after more than 400 FIGHTS in lengthy videoAzim, 22, told Sky Sports: “I would fight Haney next week. “I just feel he’s moving around more and doesn’t want to initiate attacks.”He is a top-level fighter but I don’t think he’s the same fighter that he was before.”If he’s running on the backfoot, throwing one jab every two rounds, why not?”For me I can fight front foot and back foot.”Haney, I think he’s got enough power just to keep someone off, but I don’t think he has that one-punch power.”But I think if I was going to fight him I think I’d beat him with speed.”Read More on The SunTonight’s main event at Oakwell sees Simpson face Ivan Zucco for the European super-middleweight championship.The pair are expected to ring walk in South Yorkshire around 9.30pm. More

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      Fabio Wardley reveals the fight he would never agree to and claims he would even ‘take a knee in the first round’

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      FABIO WARDLEY has floored the baffling suggestion that he could fight his mentor and pal Dillian Whyte.After following all of Wardley’s career, we were stunned to hear the idea even mooted from some clumsy pundits. Fabio Wardley has ruled out fighting his manager and mentor Dillian WhyteCredit: @fabiowardleyBut Wardley told SunSport with a laugh: “From the second it would be announced, everybody who knows the sport and who knows us, would know it would be fake and not something I would ever do, because of the amount of love, respect and admiration I have for Dills.“People go on about my story, white-collar, coming from nowhere, sparring Usyk.”But none of that is possible without Dillian at the beginning, giving me all of these opportunities.“So I would never spit in his face and fight him.READ MORE IN boxing “Even if all the sanctioning bodies called for the fight and somebody was silly enough to put all the money up, I would take a knee in the first round and give him the win.”Ipswich’s 30-year-old former recruitment worker and white-collar boxer headlines Portman Road on Saturday night against tough Australian Justis Huni.Whyte was due to feature on the Ipswich undercard but pulled out to secure a summer showdown with Lawrence Okolie.He has not boxed in England since November 2022 and was supposed to have a rematch with Anthony Joshua in August 2023.Most read in BoxingFABIO WARDLEY VS JUSTIS HUNI: ALL THE DETAILS YOU NEED AHEAD OF HUGE BOUTCASINO SPECIAL – BEST CASINO BONUSES FROM £10 DEPOSITSBut that O2 sell-out was scrapped when Whyte failed a doping test.Whyte has boxed in Gibraltar and Ireland since that big-money clash was binned, landing underwhelming wins.Fabio Wardley prepares for dream Portman Road homecoming fight For Wardley, on June 16 his partner is scheduled to give birth to his first child, a bouncing baby girl.For anyone else, the nail-biting fortnight would be a crippling rollercoaster of emotions impossible to combine. But the Suffolk Puncher – who went on an Oleksandr Usyk sparring trip to Ukraine in 2018 when he barely knew how to throw a jab – is loving the chaos.The class act told SunSport: “June 2025 is going to be a wild month I talk a lot about, for the rest of my life.“I will be an old man in a rocking chair, telling people about it and wondering how we pulled it off.“Everything has come together at the same time, it might seem a bit hectic but I wouldn’t have it any other way. I thrive on it, I love the chaos.”Nine months ago, the 18-0-1 ace got the wonderful news he would be a dad for the first time.And a few weeks later he got the offer of a lifetime, to headline at his boyhood football club, a chance that some Olympic and world champions never get.It seems like a psychological and logistical nightmare that would be destined for the divorce courts but Team Wardley is way too tight.“If my little girl is anything like me, then she’ll be chilled out and late, which will give me a little bit more time to decompress from the fight,” he grinned.“The flight date has been moved around a few times but my missus has been unbelievable.“I have just promised to her that, as soon as Saturday night is over, I am all theirs.“This week, though, is just my week. I need to be totally focused on me and then it’s all on them.”Wardley – who cracked 2020 Olympic bronze winner Frazer Clarke’s skull in their one-round rematch in October – somehow combines being a brutal boxer with being a lovely bloke and he insists that won’t change with another win or a baby.“I don’t know how parenthood will affect me,” he said. “I do plan to be the fun-dad though. Read More on The Sun“I want mum to do the telling off. I think I will always be driven to push myself in everything, though. “That’s something just innate in me. And I am sure I will need to feed and stoke that fire regularly.”Wardley and his girlfriend are expecting their first child togetherCredit: Instagram @fabiowardleyWardley facing off with Aussie Justis HuniCredit: Getty More

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      Fabio Wardley vs Justis Huni EXACT ring-walk time: What time will the fight start in UK?

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      FABIO WARDLEY will return to the ring TONIGHT as he takes on Justis Huni in a blockbuster clash.Boyhood Ipswich Town fan, Wardley, headlines the huge bill at the Tractor Boys’ 30,000-seat stadium, Portman Road.Fabio Wardley will headline tonight’s huge bill from Portman RoadCredit: GettyFabio Wardley brutally knocked out Frazer Clarke in his last boutCredit: GettyThe 30-year-old British heavyweight was due to face Jarrell Miller, but the American was forced to pull out due to a shoulder injury he sustained during training camp.Huni jumped in at a month’s notice and will be looking to pull off a huge shock in the biggest bout of his career so far.Dillian Whyte was also meant to be on the card as chief support but was forced to withdraw earlier this week.There is some interest in on the undercard in Lewis Richardson, as the Olympic bronze medallist makes his pro debut.READ MORE IN BOXINGWardley and Huni will go head-to-head for the vacant WBA interim heavyweight title, but what time will the bout take place?What time are the ring-walks for Wardley vs Huni and when will the fight start?The ring-walks for Wardley vs Huni are expected to take place at approximately 10pm BST.The main event will likely get underway at around 10.20pm BST.Timings could be subject to change depending on the length of the undercard fights.The undercard is set to begin at 7pm BST.How to watch Wardley vs HuniFabio Wardley vs Justis Huni will be broadcast live on DAZN.You can subscribe to DAZN in the UK for £9.99-a-month, which commits you to an entire year of action.A flexible pass, worth £19.99, is also available, and you can cancel at any time with 30 days’ notice.You can also pay £119.99 for the year upfront, which is the lowest cost option.Alternatively, you can follow SunSport’s live blog of the event to keep up with all the latest on the card.Are tickets still available for Wardley vs Huni?Fabio Wardley vs Justin Huni tickets are on sale on StubHub.Tickets are priced from £36 at the time of writing.Most read in Boxing*Please note that StubHub and similar secondary ticket resale sites may list tickets above face value.Wardley vs Huni undercardHere is tonight’s card in full:Fabio Wardley vs Justis Huni – for the interim WBA heavyweight titlePierce O’Leary vs Liam DillonMike Perez vs Steven WardNelson Hysa vs Patrick KorteSam Gilley vs Gideon OnyenaniUmar Khan vs Moises GarciaBilly Adams vs Alexander MoralesLewis Richardson vs Dmitri ProtkunasLillie Winch vs Katerina DvorakoaJack Williams vs Fernando ValdezDillian Whyte vs TBC More