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    Simon Eubank dead: Brother of boxing legend Chris Eubank Sr dies as son Harlem posts emotional message

    CHRIS EUBANK SR’s brother Simon has sadly passed away at 61.His son, unbeaten boxer Harlem, announced the news online accompanied with pictures of his dad.
    Harlem Eubank with his dad Simon
    Simon was Chris Eubank’s brotherCredit: Instagram @harlemeubank
    He posted: “Rest easy up there dad. We love you and we’ll try do you proud.”
    Simon and his twin brother Peter were both older siblings to British boxing legend Chris Eubank.
    All three boxed but it was Chris who went on to achieve a world championship career at middleweight and super-middleweight.
    Simon fought lower down at super-welterweight and finished his career in 1992 with seven wins and 20 losses.
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    He was a highly respected journeyman who took on tough challenges up and down the UK.
    Twin Peter retired a year earlier with a record of 14 wins and 21 losses.
    Chris boxed until 1998 and shared one of the most memorable rivalries in British history with Nigel Benn, resulting in a win and a draw.
    He would later coach and mentor his son Chris Jr, who is one of boxing’s biggest stars in the UK.
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    Chris and Simon’s influence also carried over to Harlem, who is currently an 18-0 super-lightweight prospect.
    Harlem received a host of well wishes after announcing the passing of his father on Instagram.
    Boxer Shannon Courtenay said: “Sorry for your loss Harlem sending you and your family lots of love xxx.”
    Irish Olympian Michael Conlan posted: “Sorry for you loss my brother see you soon.”
    Eubank Jr’s former opponent Gary O’Sullivan added: “Sorry for your loss, Harlem. RIP Mr. Eubank.”
    The Eubank family tragically lost Harlem’s cousin and Chris Jr’s brother Sebastian in 2021 following a heart attack at sea in Dubai.
    Both boxers continue to honour Sebastian by baring his name on their ring shorts.
    Harlem – who shared a close friendship with Sebastian – joins Chris Jr in helping care and raise his young son Raheem.
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    Tommy Fury vs KSI: Boxing world predicts outcome of fight as Love Island star and YouTuber clash in grudge match

    KSI and Tommy Fury are putting it all on the line in a celebrity boxing mega-fight. Bragging rights, reputations and unbeaten records will be at stake on October 14 in Manchester.
    KSI and Tommy Fury head to head ahead of their fightCredit: PA
    It comes eight months after Fury beat KSI’s arch rival Jake Paul in their Saudi Arabia grudge match.
    And fans can expect a similar blockbuster event that has captured the boxing public’s attention.
    Here, SunSport runs down some predictions from the fight world.
    Jake Paul
    The American is still waiting to settle the score with KSI, 30, and has expressed an interest in rematching Fury, 24.
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    So he will be a keen viewer next month but he only sees the fight going one way.
    Paul, 26, said: “I think Tommy knocks him out in like less than five rounds.”
    Prediction… Tommy Fury KO
    Fury beat Jake Paul in their grudge matchCredit: Reuters
    Anthony Joshua
    Joshua’s history with the Furys goes back years due to a long-standing rivalry with Tommy’s brother Tyson.
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    And despite being friends with fellow Watford man KSI, it did not stop AJ giving a balanced prediction when asked.
    Joshua, 33, told Misfits Boxing: “That’s where it’s tough, experience plays a massive role in anyone’s approach to success.
    “But with God, with hard work and his raw ability who knows what could happen. With the support of the people that could push him on over the final line.”
    Prediction… Sitting on the fence
    KSI beams next to Anthony JoshuaCredit: Instagram @ksi
    Erling Haaland
    The Manchester City star has just been signed by KSI and Logan Paul’s Prime hydration drink.
    And he went on Paul’s podcast to announce the deal and he awkwardly backed Fury to beat KSI right in front of the YouTuber.
    Asked who will win, Haaland, 23, replied: “The other guy.”
    Prediction… Tommy Fury win  
    KSI welcomed Erling Haaland to Logan Paul and Mike Majlak’s podcastCredit: @impaulsive

    Eddie Hearn
    Hearn promoted KSI’s professional debut against Logan Paul in 2019, which he won by scrappy split-decision.
    He has since stepped away from the celebrity boxing world but continues to wade in on the debate.
    Hearn told SecondsOut: “I think it’s going to be a good fight, it’s going to do massive numbers and it’s live on DAZN.”
    Prediction… Everyone will make money
    Eddie Hearn promoted KSI’s pro debutCredit: Getty Images – Getty

    Amir Khan
    Khan, 36, is no stranger to a big fight himself and he has backed Fury to do a demolition job.
    He told SecondsOut: “He comes from a boxing family, I think he’s a better fighter and I think he’s definitely got the skill set and the power to knockout these influencers.
    “I think it’s a mismatch, really. Because he’s the fighter and he’s the one who has been doing it from young.
    “I think this is where these influencers can get hurt one day, when they take risky fights against proper boxers. They’re going to get hurt.”
    Prediction… Fury by demolition
    Amir Khan is backing Fury to beat KSICredit: Ian Whittaker
    David Haye
    The Hayemaker has made a name for himself with dodgy predictions over the years so this could be bad news for KSI.
    But Haye, 42, tipped KSI to beat Fury right after he knocked out Joe Fournier with an accidental but illegal elbow in their May fight.
    He said on iFL TV: “I think he beats Tommy Fury. And if he’s allowed elbows as well, for sure.
    “Even without the elbows, I think he definitely beats Tommy Fury. With his timing and rhythm, I was really impressed.”
    Prediction… KSI for the win
    David Haye thinks KSI will beat Tommy FuryCredit: PA
    Derek Chisora
    Chisora has a strained history with the Furys having lost three times to Tyson while he is a friend and training partner of KSI’s.
    So it is no shock that Chisora, 39, told talkSPORT: “It’s not like he’s in and out of the gym, no, no. He wants to win this fight.
    “On top of that, JJ doesn’t have yes men around him. It’s going to be a good fight.
    “This fight, I see a knockout, and I see the knockout coming for my friend JJ. He’s got more power in both hands than before.”
    Prediction… KSI by KO
    Derek Chisora trains with KSICredit: @DerekWarChisora
    Idris Virgo
    Virgo had a scuffle with Fury at KSI’s last fight but he believes his sparring partner will take care of business on his behalf.
    He told Pro Boxing Fans: “I don’t need to worry about him anymore because my boy KSI, he’s going to deal with him on October 14th.
    “I’m going to sit back ringside watch that fight and be like, ‘Told you bro, you just got knocked out by KSI, a YouTuber.’ So I can’t wait.”
    Prediction… KSI by KO
    KSI and Idris Virgo are training partnersCredit: @idrisvirgo
    Conor Benn
    The unbeaten welterweight, 26, reckons the fight is a lot closer than people believe but he just gives the edge to Fury.
    He said on SecondsOut: “It’s a hard fight for both, I think.
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    “It’s a 50-50 fight. I’m not picking, I’m sitting on the fence because I like Tommy and I like KSI.” 
    “You’d think Tommy would win, you’d think. So, I’ll maybe go 55 per cent Tommy, 45 per cent KSI.” 
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    KSI’s secret girlfriend blown away by YouTuber’s boxing skills after being ‘f***ing terrified’ about Tommy Fury fight

    KSI claims his girlfriend was “f***ing terrified” about his fight with Tommy Fury – until watching him in action. The YouTube, music and crossover boxing star returns to the ring on October 14 in Manchester against Fury.
    KSI and Tommy Fury fight on October 14Credit: PA
    And his partner – who has so far remained secret and out of the public eye – was left in fear of the fight.
    So much so that she demanded to watch KSI in sparring to put her at ease and according to the man himself he passed with flying colours.
    KSI told streamer Adin Ross: “I’ll tell you this – my girlfriend was very, very nervous, very, very nervous.
    “She was like, ‘I don’t know about this Tommy fight, I’m f***ing terrified, Tommy’s a big guy, I saw what he did to Jake. I’m not sure about this fight, can I see you spar?’
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    “She saw me spar – I sparred terribly – and she was like, ‘Oh my f***ing God I get it. Oh my f***ing God, you’re going to f***ing annihilate him.’
    “I sparred terribly, mum’s life I sparred terribly. This week I sparred terribly and she was like, ‘Yeah, I f***ing understand.’
    “Fam, even when I spar poorly I still win, I still do well, I still f***ing put my all into it and I still beat people.”
    KSI’s girlfriend has chosen to keep their relationship private despite the superstar fame of her boyfriend.
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    The social media sensation – who has never lost in boxing – opened up on their partnership on Good Morning Britain.
    He said: “For me, I keep my private things very, very private. I have a girlfriend and she’s very private, we keep things quiet. 
    “Whenever I spend time with her, it’s all about her. Even with my family, I like to do things privately and it’s just making sure that whenever I need to be out in the public eye.”
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    Tyson Fury thinks it’s ‘sad’ Mike Tyson is ‘going against him’ after being named after boxing legend

    TYSON FURY thinks it is “sad” that Mike Tyson is coaching against him for his fight with Francis Ngannou. The unbeaten WBC world champion was named after the Baddest Man on The Planet by his dad John.
    Tyson Fury thinks it is ‘sad’ that Mike Tyson is coaching against himCredit: Getty
    Mike Tyson is currently coaching Francis NgannouCredit: Getty
    But they will be in opposite corners on October 28 in Saudi Arabia when Tyson corners Ngannou against the Gypsy King.
    And Fury hit back to Sky Sports: “I think that it’s sad, actually.
    “The man that I am named after, a legend, has to go against me and then come out as a loser, having lost to a man who was named after him.
    “I think that it’s sad and I think that he should be in my corner, not the opposing corner, but business is business and I understand that it’s strictly business.”
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    The two heavyweight superstars will collide in a massive crossover clash in the boxing ring.
    It comes after Ngannou, 37, walked out on the UFC to pursue the mega-money boxing switch.
    But Fury, 35, insisted no matter who will be on his coaching team it will matter little to the outcome of the fight.
    He added: “No matter what he teaches this fella, no matter how much boxing training he does, everyone has got a plan until they get punched in the face.
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    “And I’m not sure who said that, but that is true. They’ve all got a plan until they get smacked in the mouth.”
    Fury guessed that his career is so legendary it has led Tyson to plot his downfall by coaching against him.
    He said: “I must have said something to offend him.
    “I haven’t spoke to him, but it must be that I’ve outdone him, longer-reigning champion than he was. Maybe he’s upset about that. I don’t know.”
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    KSI plans to place outrageous £1MILLION bet on himself to beat Tommy Fury as he eyes stunning upset KO of Love Islander

    KSI wants to sensationally up the stakes for his grudge match with Tommy Fury – with a whopping £1million bet on himself.The YouTuber-turned-boxer locks horns with the younger brother of heavyweight champion Tyson in an eagerly-anticipated influencer showdown next month.
    KSI faces Tommy Fury in an influencer showdown on October 14Credit: GETTY
    There is plenty of bad blood between the pairCredit: PA
    KSI wants to bet £1million on himself to win the grudge matchCredit: PA
    Social media sensation KSI – real name Olajide Olatunji – goes into his showdown with Tommy as a huge underdog.
    But to say he’s brimming with confidence ahead of the Manchester melee would be an understatement.
    During a live stream with the controversial Adin Ross, he said: “I’m trying to put a million down on myself.”
    KSI quickly revealed that bookmakers will allow him to bet on himself, just not the eyewatering figure he wants to lay down.
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    The 30-year-old said: “First of all, a lot of the things, trying to put in that amount, just won’t let me.
    “They’re like 5k maximum.”
    He added: “I can bet on myself. I just can’t bet on the round.
    “So, yeah I think I’m going to have to try and find a way to do it through people or I don’t know.
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    “But then it’s just dodgy so I’m like I don’t know if I want to just do it or if I just leave it.
    “I’m going to just put on whatever I can.”
    Former Love Island star Fury goes into his punch-up with KSI on the back of a split-decision win over Jake Paul in February.
    And he hopes a demolition of KSI will put an end to the influencer boxing scene once and for all.
    He told Sky Sports: “That’s my plan for this year.
    “I want to end YouTube boxing within twelve months. So that’s my plan. So we’ll see.”
    He continued: “I don’t know. I take it one fight at a time. All these guys are the same to me.
    “There’s not one that stands out from the rest. They’re all about the same.
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    “So anyone can get it. I’m not bothered.
    “I’m used to growing up fighting against proper boxers. These guys are a bit of a joke.” More

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    Tyson Fury blasts Anthony Joshua as ‘big bum-dosser’ and sends him to ‘back of the queue’ as he says megafight is ‘dead’

    TYSON FURY insists a historic Battle of Britain with Anthony Joshua is “dead” in the water until his rival proves himself worthy of another world title shot.The Gypsy King has twice been close to locking horns with his Brit rival but the mouthwatering showdown has, so far, failed to come to fruition.
    Tyson Fury has twice been close to fighting Anthony JoshuaCredit: GETTY
    The pair’s eagerly-anticipated dust-up has yet to come to fruitionCredit: PA
    The Gypsy King claims to no longer be interested in fighting his fellow BritCredit: REX
    British boxing fans are still eager for the pair to settle their feud, although Fury currently has no interest in the once-in-a-lifetime domestic dust-up.
    The WBC heavyweight champ, 35, told The Daily Mail: “I don’t really care what he says. He’s a bum in my opinion.
    “He’s just one big bum-dosser that has been knocked out three times.
    “He’s been knocked out twice and had three losses. He can’t even compare in my league any more.
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    “It’s not even a fight I am thinking about any more. I’m not even interested.”
    Fury and Joshua were on course to take part in a two-fight series before Deontay Wilder won his arbitration for a trilogy fight with the former.
    AJ went on to suffer back-to-back defeats to unified heavyweight champ Oleksandr Usyk after the fight collapsed.
    Fury said of the Watford warrior’s recent woes: “That bubble has been burst.
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    “His virginity has been taken away so it’s not interesting for me any more.
    “He’s been spanked by Usyk twice and been beaten by a fat man.
    “So it’s not in my interest to beat him.”
    Fury has held up the division by taking a controversial crossover clash with former UFC heavyweight champion Francis Ngannou, who he meets in Saudi Arabia on October 28.
    And he insists the Predator poses more of a threat than AJ ever would, saying: “I am fighting a guy who is in his prime, who is a champion.

    “Who is bigger than him, who is stronger than him and who is a bigger knockout puncher than him.
    “He needs to get to the back of the queue. That fight is gone, it’s dead.
    “That fight was off the cards as soon as he got beaten.”
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    Joshua, 33, is currently eyeing a long-overdue grudge match with Wilder after bouncing back from consecutive defeats to Usyk.
    The fight was expected to take place in January but AJ promoter Eddie Hearn is frantically trying to find a new site for the bout after Saudi Arabia withdrew their interest. More

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    Shock Tyson Fury vs Oleksandr Usyk date revealed by Gypsy King’s promoter who insists Ukrainian star ‘wants the fight’

    TYSON FURY’S long-overdue undisputed heavyweight title fight with Oleksandr Usyk could take place as early as December.Fury’s constant moving of the goalposts during negotiations earlier this year laid waste to the pair’s proposed April Wembley war.
    Tyson Fury was on a collision course with Oleksandr Usyk earlier this yearCredit: REUTERS
    Fury and Usyk’s undisputed heavyweight title fight collapsed after failed talksCredit: GETTY
    Fury’s co-promoter Bob Arum reckosn the fight could take place in DecemberCredit: GETTY
    That paved the way for the Gypsy King to throw down with former UFC heavyweight champion Francis Ngannou in a controversial crossover clash next month.
    Team Fury are treating the lucrative Saudi showdown as a potential warm-up fight and aren’t ruling out a quick turnaround for an end-of-year straightener with boxing’s former pound-for-pound king.
    When asked for a potential date for the fight, Fury co-promoter Bob Arum told Sky Sports: “Probably be early next year, but it could happen as early as December.”
    Arum expects both sides to come to a quick and amicable agreement when talks eventually resume – despite the farcical public negotiations that took place earlier this year.
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    The 91-year-old Top Rank chief insisted: “It won’t be hard to make. I know the Usyk people, they’re nice people.
    “His manager, his promoter, they’re terrific people. Usyk himself is a terrific guy. I think he wants that fight.
    “I think that fight’s going to happen and hopefully it will happen sooner rather than later.”
    Should Fury become the first undisputed ruler of the heavyweight division since Lennox Lewis 24 years ago, Arum expects him to have “two more fights” before calling it quits.
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    The veteran promoter said: “I would like to see him (Fury) fight Usyk.
    “I think once he fights Usyk, and assuming he beats Usyk, then I think he’ll do a victory lap, maybe two more fights, and let the younger guys take over.”
    Arum’s hopes to have Fury unify the division once and for all, however, could be scuppered by the Wythenshawe warrior himself.
    Fury, 35, recently told The Daily Mail: “I am not interested in fighting Usyk, he’s a little Ukrainian dosser.
    “That’s all he is to me. No interest in unifying the division. It doesn’t mean s*** to me.

    “All that stuff about unifying and whatever, it really doesn’t mean anything to me.
    “I am looking for the biggest payday. Most of the time, Usyk doesn’t cut it.
    “He’s just a foreign person who doesn’t speak good English, so you can’t really sell him.
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    “I am looking for probably another American.
    “Probably looking to fight Jon Jones in a boxing fight.” More

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    Meet Amber Field, the stunning Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship ring girl who is Playboy model and loves sexy selfies

    BARE Knuckle Championship fans have been wowed by stunning ring girl Amber Field.The lead ring card girl for the organization, Fields has seen her stardom continually rise of late.
    Meet Amber Field (pictured), the stunning Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship ring girl who is also a Playboy model and loves sexy selfiesCredit: Instagram/missamberfields
    Field graced the cover of Playboy Denmark in MarchCredit: Playboy
    Formerly a pageant star, in 2017 she won both the Miss IBMS Orlando pageant and the Miss Winghouse pageant.
    Now Fields is a social media sensation having amassed 960,000 followers on Instagram and another 290,700 on TikTok.
    She regularly shares clips from behind the scenes at events, lifestyle content, and plenty of glamorous and often risque snaps.
    One of Fields’ latest reels saw her working the ring in a skimpy grey bikini captioned: “Practicing my ring girl walk. What do you think?”

    This led to one of her adoring fans labeling her the “Best ring girl out there.”
    Another said she was “Perfection.”
    While a third added: “I love it. Can’t take my eyes off of you.”
    Labeled BKFC’s original “knockouts girl” by the organization, she also describes herself as a “combat sports spokesmodel.”
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    Fields has also taken the modeling world by storm, appearing on the cover of Playboy Denmark in March.
    Stunning in a lacy set of lingerie, she shared the news on Instagram, captioning the post: “Thank you @playboymagdenmark for this incredible experience.
    “It has been a lifelong dream of mine to be featured in a Playboy Magazine and I cannot thank you enough for giving me the opportunity to be Denmarks Playmate of the month.”
    Fields added that she hoped her “presence in the magazine inspires other women to embrace their unique beauty and to be themselves unapologetically.”
    And now Fields is also working toward a potential career move into the ring.
    In a post on Facebook in July, she wrote: “I have been training tirelessly with the best coaches to see if I have what it takes to get in the ring..
    “That’s right! I am going to partake in Influencer boxing matches with @efcboxing and with a lot of hard work, I’ll take home some titles.”
    Always looking to improve, Fields has recently shared an insight into her training on TikTok.
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    The reel saw her sparring with a coach, captioning the clip: “I sped this up to fit in my story! I still have lots of hard work ahead!
    “I film myself to see where I need work because in the moment you don’t really see your mistakes.”
    Field regularly shares sultry selfied on InstagramCredit: Instagram/missamberfields
    Field has recently tried her hand at boxingCredit: Instagram/missamberfields More