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      Francis Ngannou CONFIRMS talks with Jake Paul after leaving the UFC and reveals he could sign for MMA rivals PFL

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      FRANCIS NGANNOU has CONFIRMED talks with Jake Paul after leaving the UFC and revealed he could sign for a rival MMA promotion. Ngannou walked out on the UFC while still heavyweight champion after failing to agree a contract extension.
      Francis Ngannou is open to signing for the PFLCredit: Getty
      Jake Paul has expressed an interest in signing with Jake PaulCredit: Getty
      YouTuber-turned-boxer Paul is among those to have voiced interest in signing the heavyweight to his Most Valuable Promotions banner.
      And Paul has recently signed a deal with the UFC’s competitors the Professional Fighters League – which could be Ngannou’s new MMA home.
      He told TMZ Sports: “It depends on where I am but I do think we can work together [with Jake Paul].
      “Also speaking of the PFL I have had a conversation with them too, so yes this is something in the near future that could happen very quick.”
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      Ngannou, 36, is open to a boxing switch and revealed he is negotiating a two-fight deal with Deontay Wilder, 37.
      And the pair of hard-hitting former world champions could take the crossover mega-fight to Africa.
      Ngannou said: “He’s ready for that. He’s very excited about it. He wants it. So, we are looking into that.
      “That’s something I’m very excited about. We even discussed a potential fight in Africa and one fight somewhere else.
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      “Why not even the two fights in Africa?”
      Ngannou added: “I can knock everybody out. I have to be clear about something.
      “To hit that person you have to get a clear shot, which is more about technique and experience I don’t have. So, I’m very aware of that aspect.”
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      Logan Paul tried to ‘talk s*** and get in Tommy Fury’s head’ during fight with brother Jake… but admits it backfired

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      LOGAN PAUL admitted he tried to “talk s*** and get in Tommy Fury’s head” during his brother Jake’s fight – only for it to backfire. The American watched from ringside in Saudi Arabia as Fury won the celebrity grudge match by split-decision.
      Logan Paul tried to ‘talk s*** and get in Tommy Fury’s head’ during his brother Jake’s fight
      Tommy Fury beat Jake Paul on pointsCredit: Getty
      But Logan did his best to try and goad his brother’s opponent during an interview mid-fight.
      In full voice, he shouted: “Tommy, if you can hear me, you a b****, bro and you’re gassing out.
      “You a b****, the whole Fury family are a b****.”
      Fury, 23, responded in the best way possible by dominating Jake, 26, that round on his way to a points win.
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      And Logan, 27, admitted his masterplan proved to only inspire Fury.
      He said on his podcast: “Some people seem to be upset that I cut a promo mid-fight.
      “What I was trying to do was – because I was on the mic – and you can hear it in the arena and I knew Tommy was sitting in his corner.
      “And Jake was losing, so I just tried to talk s*** and get in Tommy’s head. The issue is, it just p***ed him off.
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      “Because the round started and he just f***ing unleashed a gnarly combination on Jake. I was like, ‘I just made him mad.'”
      Fury’s dad John was also left fuming with Logan’s comments and accused the YouTube star of looking for attention by any means necessary.
      John told The Express, via Free Bets: “Absolutely disgusting.
      “Him piping up in a fight like that is not professional, but it just shows you that you are dealing with adolescent children, aren’t you?
      “Because the comments during the fight are just ridiculous. That’s not professional.
      “It doesn’t work, it’s bad for the viewers, it’s bad for everybody involved in it, in the game.
      “But it is what it is, they are what they are, they’re YouTubers. They’ll do anything.
      “They’ll give their left nut up for a viewing figure and he obviously thought it would enhance his status as a YouTuber coming out with all that stupidity. But we knew it was coming anyway.” More

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      Watch Kell Brook and Conor Benn in heated leaked sparring session amid rumours of all-British grudge fight

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      FOOTAGE of Kell Brook and Conor Benn’s heated sparring session has been leaked amid rumours of a fight. Brook sparred Benn just weeks before he challenged but lost to pound-for-pound star Terence Crawford in November 2020.
      Kell Brook after sparring Conor Benn

      The former welterweight world champion is now retired but considering a comeback after being captured in the gym.
      Sparking an online row, Benn, 26, commented: “Last time we tried to make the fight he chose retirement instead.
      “Must have been that sparring session…”
      Brook, 36, responded: “Who are you kidding you’re the one who cut the sparring short don’t flatter yourself p***y.”
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      Benn replied: “Stop talking s***. You know the footage begs to differ!”
      And Brook hit back: “Put it out then let’s see it and don’t just put snippets on we want it all babi.”
      Now, footage released by Boxing King Media has shown the two in the back-and-forth sparring session in Benn’s Essex gym.
      Brook announced his retirement after beating long-time nemesis Khan, 36, ending almost two decades of rivalry.
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      But Brook has considered a return ever since and is now back training.
      Benn meanwhile is set to return in June following a doping scandal that has kept him out of the ring and fighting for his reputation.
      He tested twice for female fertility drug clomifene in the build-up to his catchweight contest with Chris Eubank Jr, 33, which was later axed.
      The British Boxing Board of Control cancelled the bout and have since been embroiled in a spat with Benn, who is without a license.
      Welterweight Benn provided a 270-page document to the WBC, who work with Voluntary Anti-Doping Association.
      The WBC found “no conclusive evidence” that the boxer intentionally cheated and placed him back in the rankings.
      Benn as a result is able to box abroad if he is licensed and is currently in talks to fight Manny Pacquiao, 44, in Abu Dhabi.
      Conor Benn is in talks to fight Manny PacquiaoCredit: Richard Pelham / The Sun More

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      Hulking Anthony Joshua poses with Eddie Hearn as promoter stops off in Texas to watch heavyweight in training for return

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      ANTHONY JOSHUA posed with Eddie Hearn as the promoter stopped off in Texas to watch the heavyweight in action ahead of his return. Joshua is fighting to revive his career following consecutive defeats to pound-for-pound star Oleksandr Usyk.
      Promoter Eddie Hearn with Anthony Joshua in Dallas, TexasCredit: @eddiehearn
      And he will do so on April 1 against Jermaine Franklin back at the O2 Arena for the first time in seven years.
      And for the first time in Joshua’s career, he will complete his whole training camp away from home after linking up with Texas’ Derrick James.
      Hearn is in America to promote Canelo Alvarez’s May 6 undisputed super-middleweight world title fight with Britain’s John Ryder.
      And he used the Stateside trip to meet up with AJ in James’ gym.
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      He posted on Instagram: “Popped to Dallas to see the big man @anthonyjoshua finish off his US camp..ready to fly back to the U.K. to prepare for April 1st.”
      Joshua, 33, lost the unified titles to Usyk, 36, in September 2021 and failed to regain them in the Saudi Arabia rematch last August.
      But he looks to bounce back against Franklin, 29, who was controversially beaten by Dillian Whyte, 34, in November.
      Hearn warned to expect a rejuvenated Joshua when he returns from his training camp in America.
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      He told DAZN in January: “This guy is out there, he’s in Texas, he’s working and grinding every day.
      “This guy’s got money in the bank, he’s got world championship belts on the wall, he don’t care about either of them.
      “He cares for the sport of boxing, he cares for regaining his world heavyweight title, and I’m telling you, he’s coming back with a vengeance.”
      Anthony Joshua in training to fight Jermaine FranklinCredit: Instagram More

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      ‘Who actually watched that?’ – Joshua Buatsi launches blistering attack on Eddie Hearn after leaving DAZN for Sky Sports

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      JOSHUA BUATSI has launched a blistering attack on Eddie Hearn after leaving him for Sky Sports.The 30-year-old was the quiet and respectful man of the light-heavyweight division, after clinching bronze at the 2016 Olympics and climbing to 16-0 as a pro under the Matchroom boss.
      Joshua Buatsi has launched a blistering attack on Eddie HearnCredit: PA
      Eddie Hearn has lost Joshua Buatsi to Sky SportsCredit: Getty
      But the Ghana-born Croydon ace – who has had his career stalled by injuries and inactivity – was raging when Hearn took his stable to upstart streaming app DAZN in 2021.
      And he was even more furious recently when Hearn claimed he had ducked a £1million world title shot against Russian champion Dmitry Bivol, leading him to jump ship back to Sky Sports and their new promoters BOXXER.
      At his hometown unveiling, Buatsi fumed: “Matchroom promised me a world title shot over and over again; ‘Beat Ricards Bolotniks (August ‘21) and you’ll get it’. Then it was: ‘Beat Craig Richards (May ‘22) and you’ll get it’.
      “But there were always excuses about writing to the WBA and then it never happened.
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      “I wanted to avoid this topic too but Eddie came out and said I turned down the Bivol fight for £1million.
      “But we had a conversation in confidence that he went public with but he only publicised half of the sentence.
      “He left out all the caveats they wanted included; the contract extensions and extra fights with Matchroom.
      “I took those unmentioned extras as two or three more years on DAZN, two more three years of no publicity and nobody seeing my fights.
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      “I thought I might win a world title on a channel that hardly anybody has access to, let alone watches.
      “So when Eddie comes out and just says ‘he turned down a world title offer and £1m’ that is not the truth.
      “There was a lot more to that offer but he just doesn’t want to tell the public, he just wants to shape their minds.
      “It’s unfortunate because most of the public believes what Eddie says but if you were to track and trace everything Eddie says everyday, you would go mad!
      “The story changes so frequently that people need to look a bit deeper.
      “If you just pick up and notice the pattern of this guy you cannot believe everything he says.”
      SunSport has contacted Matchroom and DAZN for a right to reply to Buatsi’s stinging criticism and he is not usually such a controversial or confrontational speaker.
      But he has been quietly fuming with his once-sparkling career nosediving under the radar since Hearn took a mega-money deal to leave Sky and take his table around the globe online – and he claims he is not the only one.
      We were in a great fight and then I wondered ‘who actually watched that?’ I didn’t even have the app!Joshua Buatsi on fighting Craig Richards on DAZN
      He said: “I understand why other fighters at Matchroom are getting frustrated because I felt that after Craig Richards.
      “We were in a great fight and then I wondered ‘who actually watched that?’ I didn’t even have the app!
      “If it had been on Sky Sports, all those well-known channels and numbers, it would have been widely watched.
      “After being in such a good fight, an all-English fight, I realised that I needed to be more seen in England.
      “I want the people of England to be saying to their friends and family ‘tune in to Spy Sports on Saturday, Buatsi is fighting’.
      “Even though I am young, I don’t want to be downloading apps and entering bank details every time I want something. Boxing fans need to be able to access the fights and the fighters.
      “I didn’t want to have to deal with this stuff really, around the new announcement, but it all links in.
      “When Matchroom left Sky and joined DAZN they took all of their fighters with them, the fighters did not get a say, they were not allowed to question the fact that it was a new app that needed time to grow and develop.
      Joshua Buatsi after signing with Eddie HearnCredit: News Group Newspapers Ltd
      Promoter Ben Shalom with Joshua BuatsiCredit: PA
      “None of that was offered, we were told we had to go.
      “My last two fights were good fights against good opponents but not many people saw them. So it’s not a strange idea to see what I am here.
      “Fighters work hard to get here, we have the skills and the heart to get here and then we want the recognition for it and I think that is fair.”
      Hearn is in Mexico promoting the undisputed super-middleweight fight between superstar champion Canelo Alvarez and Islington’s John Ryder.
      But he has claimed on his trip that his company has matching rights for Buatsi’s next bout, suggesting this battle is far from over.
      Buatsi said: “I was a free agent who has just now signed with BOXXER so Matchroom will say whatever they want to say.
      “Matchroom had matching rights for my next fight and I gave them third-party notice, they matched some parts of it but I stated they must match all of the points and they didn’t.
      “They can’t match some of the requests and not all. It doesn’t work like that.
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      “I told them what the important matters to me were and that they had to match them – because I am the fighter.
      “I chose to go with BOXXER because they could provide the certain things that I wanted.”
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      Tommy Fury’s dad predicts when Jake Paul rematch will happen but reveals there have been NO talks since son’s win

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      JOHN FURY revealed there have been NO talks for his son Tommy to rematch Jake Paul. Tommy edged the celebrity grudge match in Saudi Arabia by split-decision in February.
      Tommy Fury beat Jake Paul on pointsCredit: Reuters
      And Paul has maintained his desire to exercise his rematch clause to guarantee a second bout between the rivals.
      Rumours circulated for a date in July but Tommy’s father and coach John predicted the fight WILL happen despite negotiations not yet surfacing.
      He told The Express, via Free Bets: “It depends on what they want to do, but at the moment, Tommy’s put a hard training camp in.
      “We spent 10 weeks in camps, one, two months ready. So, you know, it’s probably going to be later on in the year.
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      “I’ve not spoke to people connected to either, you know, so I think Jake Paul’s having a rest, just like we are, and his team and his people, we’ll be on it in due course.
      “We’ve not spoken about anything yet.”
      Tommy had vowed to bury his bitter feud with Paul in the Diriyah desert before continuing to build up his boxing record the hard way.
      But after getting a taste of a mega-money payday, John wants his boy to cash in while he can.
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      John said: “I think at this moment in time conventional boxing will have to go on the backburner because boxing is a business, and you have to go where the money is.
      “Whoever is a big name, who brings stuff to the table we’re interested in. Yep, we’re interested in KSI, he can have it next if he wants.

      “We’re interested in the Salt Papi’s of the world, everybody with a name who thinks they can have a go, can have a go. Even with conventional boxing.
      “If they want to pay the same sort of money as these guys are paying, we’ll do the conventional boxing as well, but, after where we’ve been you can’t really box at York Hall, can you?”
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      John Fury slams Logan Paul’s ‘absolutely disgusting’ mid-fight rant and says YouTuber ‘will do anything’ for views

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      JOHN FURY slammed Logan Paul for his “absolutely disgusting” mid-fight rant and said the YouTuber “will do anything” for views.John was cornering his son to victory against the American’s brother Jake in Saudi Arabia when Logan was interviewed between rounds.
      Logan and Jake Paul react to Tommy Fury’s winCredit: Reuters
      And in full voice, he shouted: “Tommy, if you can hear me, you a bitch, bro and you’re gassing out.
      “You a bitch, the whole Fury family are a bitch.”
      The comments did not go down well with John, who told The Express, via Free Bets: “Absolutely disgusting.
      “Him piping up in a fight like that is not professional, but it just shows you that you are dealing with adolescent children, aren’t you?
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      “Because the comments during the fight are just ridiculous. That’s not professional.
      “It doesn’t work, it’s bad for the viewers, it’s bad for everybody involved in it, in the game.
      “But it is what it is, they are what they are, they’re YouTubers. They’ll do anything.
      “They’ll give their left nut up for a viewing figure and he obviously thought it would enhance his status as a YouTuber coming out with all that stupidity. But we knew it was coming anyway.”
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      Logan, 27, revealed he tried to get into Tommy’s head with the goad only for it to backfire.
      He said on his podcast: “Some people seem to be upset that I cut a promo mid-fight.
      “What I was trying to do was – because I was on the mic – and you can hear it in the arena and I knew Tommy was sitting in his corner.
      “And Jake was losing, so I just tried to talk s*** and get in Tommy’s head. The issue is, it just p****d him off.
      “Because the round started and he just f****g unleashed a gnarly combination on Jake. I was like, ‘I just made him mad.'”
      Fury, 23, edged past Paul, 26, by split-decision and although they remain linked with a summer rematch, John said NO talks have taken place.
      He revealed: “It depends on what they want to do, but at the moment, Tommy’s put a hard training camp in.
      “We spent 10 weeks in camps, one, two months ready. So, you know, it’s probably going to be later on in the year.
      “I’ve not spoke to people connected to either, you know, so I think Jake Paul’s having a rest, just like we are, and his team and his people, we’ll be on it in due course. We’ve not spoken about anything yet.”
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      Tommy Fury to put ‘conventional boxing on the backburner’ after Jake Paul win as dad John calls out TWO YouTube stars

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      TOMMY FURY could put conventional boxing on the backburner with his dad John calling out a pair of YouTube boxing stars instead. John cornered and coached his son to victory over social media sensation-turned prizefighter Jake Paul in Saudi Arabia.
      Tommy Fury celebrates his win over Jake PaulCredit: Reuters
      Tommy had vowed to bury his bitter feud with Paul in the Diriyah desert before continuing to build up his boxing record the hard way.
      But after getting a taste of a mega-money payday, John wants his boy to cash in while he can.
      John told The Express, via Free Bets: “I think at this moment in time conventional boxing will have to go on the backburner because boxing is a business, and you have to go where the money is.
      “Whoever is a big name, who brings stuff to the table we’re interested in. Yep, we’re interested in KSI, he can have it next if he wants.
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      “We’re interested in the Salt Papi’s of the world, everybody with a name who thinks they can have a go, can have a go. Even with conventional boxing.
      “If they want to pay the same sort of money as these guys are paying, we’ll do the conventional boxing as well, but, after where we’ve been you can’t really box at York Hall, can you?”
      KSI, 29, has had six bouts with no defeats and one draw while Salt Papi, 29, is 3-0 with two knockouts.
      John said: “I think that Salt Papi is quite good. I’ve only seen bits of him, but he brings a lot to the table.
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      “So, if he wants it call me. If KSI wants it call me. Whoever wants it, call me. As long as the money is right and it makes business sense we are there.”
      Tommy, 23, is linked with a summer rematch against Paul, 26, but John admitted no official talks have yet taken place.
      He said: “It depends on what they want to do, but at the moment, Tommy’s put a hard training camp in.
      “We spent 10 weeks in camps, one, two months ready. So, you know, it’s probably going to be later on in the year.
      “I’ve not spoke to people connected to either, you know, so I think Jake Paul’s having a rest, just like we are, and his team and his people, we’ll be on it in due course.
      “We’ve not spoken about anything yet.”
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