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DANIEL DUBOIS’ rematch with Oleksandr Usyk has been moved to a new date due to a scheduling clash.Greenwich gladiator Dubois was set to get his second crack at the former undisputed heavyweight champion in a Wembley war on July 12.Daniel Dubois and Oleksandr Usyk were set to renew their rivalry on July 12Credit: RICHARD PELHAMBut their Wembley war has been rescheduledCredit: RICHARD PELHAMTheir second showdown was set to take place just hours before a stacked Ring Magazine show featuring Edgar Berlanga and Shakur Stevenson in New York City.And organisers have opted to move the Usyk vs Dubois II date back a week, meaning the pair will now trade heavy leather on July 19.The home of English football will still host the fight, in which Dubois will look to exorcise the ghost of his first clash with the former pound-for-pound king.Dubois suffered a ninth-round TKO defeat to the slick southpaw in the Polish punch-up in August 2023.READ MORE BOXING NEWSThe IBF heavyweight king thought he was on his way to winning the fight in the fifth round when he dropped Usyk with a shot to the body.But referee Luis Pabon deemed the punch to be a low blow and gave Usyk the allotted five minutes to recover.Pabon, however, controversially urged Usyk to take more time to recover after the fan favourite said he was ready to fight.Dubois and promoter Frank Warren appealed to the WBA to overturn the result of the fight to a no-contest due to Pabon’s questionable low-blow call. Most read in BoxingJOIN SUN VEGAS: GET £50 BONUSDaniel Dubois thought he had Oleksandr Usyk beat with a body shot in the fifth roundCredit: RICHARD PELHAMBut the Panama-based sanctioned body rejected their protestations and upheld the result of Usyk’s second defence of the unified heavyweight titles.Dubois was heartbroken after coming up short in his first world title fight, with head coach Don Charles telling SunSport the following day: “He’s not in a good state right now, he’s distraught.Daniel Dubois KNOCKS OUT Anthony Joshua in HUGE upset after savage onslaught in front of 96,000 stunned fans at Wembley”He had his dream snatched away from him. From that moment onwards, the momentum shifted.”Usyk using his superior experience and his masterful boxing to get out of that situation.”He was allowed to escape from that situation. The fight was finished, the fight should’ve ended there and then in round five with a KO.”Not even a TKO, a KO. I feel violated, I feel wounded. My fighter, he’s a young guy. He’s not a guy that says a lot.”Luckily for us, he has a nice tight family unit and his father is a very strong character who is going to hold him together.”I’m going to do what a coach does mentally. It’s not even physical, it’s mental.”Dubois would eventually get his hands on heavyweight gold last September with a crushing fifth-round KO of Anthony Joshua at Wembley.Daniel Dubois got his hands on the IBF title with a demolition job of Anthony JoshuaCredit: PA More

A FORMER boxing world champion ate curry and chips in a sulk just one week before fighting on the Eubank-Benn undercard.Back in October 1993, the two boxing legends were ready to meet at Old Trafford for their highly-anticipated rematch.Barry Jones ate curry and chips in a sulk just one week before his big breakCredit: GettyFormer champion got a last minute call to be on the Nigel Benn and Chris Eubank undercardCredit: GettyIn a blockbuster month for boxing, Lennox Lewis was fighting Frank Bruno in Cardiff the week before.Future world champion Barry Jones watched the clash with his feet up after being brutally snubbed of a spot on the undercard.The young Welshman had won the first five professional fights of his career and believed he should have got his big break that night, only for Joe Calzaghe’s debut to be chosen instead.But Jones would get his opportunity sooner than expected, telling DAZN: “I remember it so well, I was having curry and chips from in a rugby club from a polystyrene tray.READ MORE IN BOXING”I was watching Bruno vs Lewis on the screen and I was sulking because I wasn’t on the show because I was undefeated and a big ticket seller. “On the Sunday morning, I got a call from my trainer, not asking me but telling me, I was fighting on the undercard at Old Trafford. “I boxed out my skin and I remember the atmosphere being fantastic.” Jones beat John White on points that evening before Eubank and Benn was judged a draw.Most read in BoxingCASINO SPECIAL – BEST CASINO BONUSES FROM £10 DEPOSITSIt turned out to be just his first huge win and he went on to claim the WBO super featherweight title in 1997.But Jones was stripped of his belt after a routine brain scan flagged an anomaly.Chris Eubank Jr silences press conference with moving speech on brother’s death and dad thinking he’s a ‘disgrace’There was a gap in his membrane and doctors were concerned over an increased likelihood of him suffering brain damage as a boxer.The British Boxing Board of Control suspended him and stripped him of his title before he was cleared to fight again a year later.Since retiring, Jones has become a top commentator for the likes of Sky Sports and BoxNation.Chris Eubank Jr vs Conor BennTHE countdown is ON to one of the biggest boxing events of the 21st CenturyFamilial tension and a rivalry that has been brewing for years will finally be resolved when Chris Eubank Jr and Conor Benn meet at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on Saturday night.There has been huge drama in the build-up with the pair engaged in a war of words and multiple clashes in person.SunSport will have full coverage of the blockbuster clash all week and LIVE round-by-round coverage of every fight on a stacked undercard.Latest NewsAll the info More

CHRIS EUBANK JR plans to erase “cheating” Conor Benn from the sport of boxing.The British rivals went face to face ahead of Saturday’s grudge match — two-and-a-half years after the original bout was called off when Benn failed two drugs tests.Chris Eubank Jr plans to erase ‘cheating’ Conor Benn from boxingEubank Jr taunted Benn ahead of their grudge matchBenn and Promoter Eddie Hearn heard heavy words from Eubank JrEubank taunted his opponent on Thursday at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, saying he was out to rid boxing of cheats who cut corners.And Eubank, 35, said: “I know what’s coming. I have prepared my whole life for these moments. “I’ve put the time in and dedicated decades to the sport and did it all without cheating or cutting corners.“I am proud of that. The mentality, experience, fortitude and will that I have are what I’ll use to take him out. Read More on Boxing”We are not doing percentages any more. That was for the first time around before Conor got caught cheating.“Now it’s  about preparing to get this kid out of boxing — we are not taking him lightly.“He should have taken the chance he had in that first fight when I underestimated him. That was his best shot. Now it’s gone.“Now I have a duty to boxing, to the public and to fans who he and Eddie Hearn have lied to for the last two or three years.Most read in BoxingCASINO SPECIAL – BEST CASINO BONUSES FROM £10 DEPOSITS“I have a duty to erase these guys from the picture.”The WBC claimed contaminated eggs were to blame for testosterone-boosting clomifene being in Benn’s system.Chris Eubank Sr astonishingly says his son’s boxing licence should be ‘REVOKED’ after slapping Conor Benn with an eggAnd both the World Anti-Doping Agency and the British Boxing  Board of Control opted not to appeal when the National Anti-Doping Panel lifted Benn’s ban.Eubank smuggled half a dozen eggs in his jacket on to the stage and smashed one into Benn’s face at February’s first press conference.And Eubank  accused Benn of “fleeing” the UK for a training camp in   Majorca.Eubank claimed: “Conor speaks about dealing with  pressure but there is a reason he did his camp in Spain.“The kid had to flee his own country. He couldn’t handle the pressure of  having people calling him a cheat and shouting egg jokes at him.“I have been in the streets and been to gyms all over London. I’ve felt the energy in the UK.”Benn, 28, who has always  maintained his innocence, said: “I’m coming to take his head off.”Read More on The SunEubank also  insulted Benn’s promoter Hearn and tried to force the businessman to take a £1million bet on the result.Eubank said: “I am confident. I want the million-pound bet with Eddie Hearn. His excuse is he will be fined by the Board. He always finds a way to weasel out and not stay to his word.” More

CHRIS EUBANK JR poured his heart out in a moving speech during the press conference ahead of his bout with Conor Benn on Saturday.Eubank Jr opened up on losing his brother and his fractured relationship with father Chris Eubank Sr as he stunned the press room into silence.Chris Eubank Jr poured his heart out in a moving speech during the press conferenceCredit: PAEubank Jr is taking on Conor Benn at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on SaturdayCredit: ReutersEubank Jr, 35, lost his brother Sebastian to a heart attack in 2021 while watching the sunset in the sea in Dubai. While he and his dad have fallen out of each other’s lives in recent years after Sebastian’s death drove a wedge between the pair.Now Eubank Jr has said that the pain of making weight and getting lumped in the face by his opponents is nothing compared to the pain he has suffered in losing his brother and stopping speaking to his dad.He said: “The weight is painful, I’m in pain right now. I’ll be in even more pain tonight and tomorrow morning.READ MORE IN BOXING“But the question I ask myself is, ‘What is pain?’“I have a 31-year-old brother, he is buried in the desert in Dubai. That’s pain. “I have his son Raheem, three years old, he asks: ‘Why can’t I see my daddy, why can’t he take me to school?’ That’s pain.“My own father, a man I idolised for my entire life, doesn’t speak to me. We haven’t spoken for years. He thinks I’m a disgrace.Most read in BoxingEubank Jr’s brother Sebastian Eubank passed away in 2021Credit: Instagram @chriseubankjrThe boxer has lost touch with father Chris Eubank SrCredit: GettyCASINO SPECIAL – BEST CASINO BONUSES FROM £10 DEPOSITS“These things are what pain is to me. “If I can deal with all of these trials and tribulations, then the weight-cut and the rehydration clause… these are all things that are not an issue.”’My brother lost his life from boxing’ – Chris Eubank Sr’s emotional fight vs Conor Benn brawl fuelled by tragic deathEubank Jr revealed last month that his brother’s passing was a huge factor in the breakdown of his relationship with his dad.He said: “You have the situation with my brother passing away. That affected him in a deep way – it affected all of us. Mental health is a real thing.”That incident, coupled with the fact that we were already not seeing eye to eye, destroyed a large part of the relationship. And it still doesn’t seem to have recovered.”Despite that, Eubank Jr is still continuing his father’s legacy as he takes on Conor Benn in the reignition of a 25-year-old rivalry between Eubank Sr and Benn’s dad Nigel Benn on Saturday.Benn Sr and Eubank Sr came to blows twice in the early 1990s, sparking one of British boxing’s biggest rivalries.And Nigel Benn has been by his son’s side through all the build up to the next generation bout, something that can’t be said for Eubank Sr.The 58-year-old has voiced his disapproval of the fight, revealing that the tragic death of his own brother Simon is one of the main reasons.Discussing his son’s dramatic changes to make weight, Eubank Sr told SunSport: “I am more concerned about that than anything else.”I don’t want my son getting down to 160lb. And that is why I have spoken about people trying to murder my boy by boiling him down to 157lb.“Trying to boil my son down to 157lb a few years ago, would have killed him.“You might think the word ‘killed’ is a bit strong but my brother is dead from boxing.Read More on The Sun“He lost his life from boxing, with frontal lobe dementia.“In the end, Harlem was feeding him with a baby bottle, he had to feed his own father.”Simon Eubank passed away following a battle with frontal lobe dementia after his boxing careerCredit: Instagram @harlemeubank More

BRANDON GLANTON was slammed for shamefully vowing to give opponent Chris Billam-Smith “brain damage”.The cruiserweight rivals meet on the undercard of Chris Eubank Jr vs Conor Benn’s grudge match at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on Saturday.Brandon Glanton has been slammed for his comments about Chris Billam-SmithCredit: PAGlanton vowed to give Chris Billam-Smith ‘brain damage’Credit: GettyAnd American Glanton branded Billam-Smith a “b***h” for not shaking his hand in 2023 after the Brit’s victory over Lawrence Okolie.He said: “I stuck my hand out, he walked straight past me. It’s disrespectful. “I said in interviews, we’re men before we’re fighters, right? And he’s a father before he’s a fighter so your son has a b***h as a father.”I don’t care about these cameras, these lights, I’m going to f*** you up. That’s why I’m here. It’s not a show everyone knows, I’m going to give you brain damage.”READ MORE IN BOXINGGlanton’s disgusting comments were rightly slammed by fans online as one said: “Brandon Glanton should be reprimanded for his comments on Chris Billam-Smith.”Absolutely no need for that sort of language.”Another added: “Brandon Glanton is a clown. Scummy thing to say in an already dangerous sport.”Why’s he going in that much on CBS? One of the nicest guys in boxing.”Most read in BoxingCASINO SPECIAL – BEST CASINO BONUSES FROM £10 DEPOSITSOne fumed: “In a sport like boxing there needs to consequences for saying you want to give someone brain damage. Appalling.”Another said: “Brandon Glanton absolutely sucks.”EXCLUSIVE: Chris Eubank Jr’s promoter teases stunning Conor Benn rematch at Old Trafford over 30 years after dads’ famous fightClassy Billam-Smith – the former WBO champion – hit back: “I’ll leave my talking to Saturday.”The Bournemouth boxer beat Okolie for the WBO and made two defences of the title until losing it to Gilberto Ramirez in November.Glanton meanwhile is 20-2 with 17 knockouts.Chris Billam-Smith and Brandon Glanton face off ahead of the Cruiserweight fightCredit: Getty More