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JOSH WARRINGTON’S top-flight boxing career came to an emotional end after he suffered his third fight on the spin.The Leeds legend was outpointed by Anthony Cacace, whose IBF super-featherweight world title was banned from being at stake because Warrington had lost his last two.Josh Warrington retired after his defeat to Anthony CacaceCredit: ReutersHe laid down his gloves in the middle of the ring at Wembley StadiumCredit: GettyAnd the ace indicated his time in the ring has to come to an end as he laid down his gloves on the canvas before posing for photos.It went the distance, and the doting daddy of two little girls was typically brave.But he fell well short and – for the sake of his health and his legacy – he felt it was time to hang up his gloves after a superb career.After a decent battle between two friends, the judges called it: 118-110, 117-111 and 117-111.READ MORE IN BOXINGThe opener wasn’t cagey, but it was even.The 33-year-old Yorkshireman did his trademark Mexican impersonation and tucked up and walked forward throwing hooks.But Belfast man Cacace caught and countered with long right hands.Warrington had his head knocked back in the opener but he wasn’t hurt, Cacace had his bushy beard skimmed by a left hook.Most read in BoxingCASINO SPECIAL – BEST CASINO WELCOME OFFERSThe second was an early riser, Cacace played Warrington’s game upclose and personal. The two toughnuts rutted and clinched and shythed at each other as soon as they found an inch of space.Cacace was brave to surrender his huge physical advantages – looking like a middleweight compared to his foe.Josh Padley shock Wembley as he beats Mark ChamberlainANTHONY JOSHUA VS DANIEL DUBOIS: All the information you need ahead of huge world title fight at WembleyThe IBF champ boxed his fight in the third but was always tempted back into the firefight where Warrington thrives.The classy warriors touched gloves at the end of the third – a magnificently bizarre symbol of the sport, having battered each other for the previous nine minutes.Warrington got greedy in the fourth pummelling his fists into Cacace’s ribs until he spotted and opening and whacked back.Wazza was hurt and needed to recover but he regained his senses quickly.But with every passing punch and seconds, Cacace’s less frequent blows were looking like the punishing ones.Warrington was never a concussive puncher down at feather, so a step up was never going to help him add to his highlight reel.Rounds five and six went the same way, try as he might Warrington could not put a dent in the hairy giant who towered over him and looped leather into him whenever in range.It was competitive and exciting but there was an air of inevitability that Warrington was on course for a horror hat-trick of losses.The only unknown was wether it would be a points defeat or a late stoppage.It was hard to watch rounds eight and nine, not because Warrington was getting hurt but because – as darkness fell on Wembley –  we were watching the light of his career slowly go out.Three defeats on the spin is hard sell, even for a local legend who packed the Leeds Arena, Elland Road and Headingley in his beautiful heyday.READ MORE SUN STORIESThe twelfth could not come quick enough – and then it was gone. Warrington as a brilliant little wrecking ball, the dental technician turned world champion had to accept his fourth loss in six fights.As usual, he tried to go out on his shield but thankfully it ended with a a good, fair flurry and a huge hug between two brilliant veterans before Warrington laid down his gloves for a final time. More

TYSON FURY is still refusing to accept defeat to Oleksandr Usyk and said: “They took my virginity unfairly.” Fury lost his undefeated record and WBC belt via split-decision following 45 minutes of thrilling action in Saudi Arabia in May.Oleksandr Usyk beat Tyson Fury by split-decisionCredit: AFPUsyk was crowned the first four-belt undisputed heavyweight champion after becoming the first to inflict defeat on the Gypsy King.The boxing superstar raged in the ring after the razor tight loss and claimed the Ukrainian hero got a sympathy vote amid the ongoing war with Russia. Now 127 days on and Fury is adamant he did enough to win and feels he has been robbed of the previously shiny zero on his record. He told iFL TV: “I don’t think it was close. READ MORE IN BOXING”Hands down, I will always believe that and Usyk will too. They got a gift decision over the Gypsy King, end of. “If you give him eight, nine and ten and class nine as a two-rounder, he didn’t win any other rounds in that fight. “Even give him round one for the sake of it and how does he win? He doesn’t.”It is what it is, it’s over now. They’ve had my decision, they took my virginity unfairly.”Most read in BoxingCASINO SPECIAL – BEST CASINO WELCOME OFFERSFury, 36, gets his shot at redemption on December 21 in a rematch with Usyk, 37, back in Riyadh. But the beaten Brit reckons his only chance of victory is a knockout with fears any close call will go the way of the champion. Oleksandr Usyk blasts Tyson Fury’s shock career change hint and sends chilling message after starting rematch trainingFury said: “If there wasn’t such big rewards at the end of it, I’d probably feel weird if I’d done it for £50, but considering I got broke in for a lot of money it doesn’t really matter.”It is what it is and in my own heart if I thought I’d have lost the fight after the fight, I’d say I thought I lost the fight.”But I didn’t believe I lost it and I still don’t believe I lost it. Nothing can ever tell me – I’ve watched the fight a million times and come up with the same conclusion every time.But it is what it is you can’t undo a decision, but I’ve got the chance to do it again in December, and that’s what we’ll do.”If it’s close, I’m not going to get it, am I? Like it was last time. So, I will knock him out.”Fury in the stands at Wembley StadiumCredit: PA More

DANIEL Dubois’ dad has revealed how he made a fortune after he started selling posters on a stall at Camden Market in the 1980s.He has also told how a spiritual vision then instructed him to put his unborn child into professional boxing.Daniel Dubois’ dad made his fortune from selling posters and a vision from God told him to put his kids into boxingCredit: GettyDad Dave, whose birth name is Stanley, struck gold after selling millions of copies of a now iconic alien poster.He told The Times: “I had a few artists draw me some images and I came out with a poster called, ‘Take me to your dealer’.”It was an alien landing on earth passing over a Rizla, and it just blew up. “That poster sold millions because people started wholesaling from me. I sold 80,000 copies to someone in France.”READ MORE BOXING NEWSDave printed the posters in 2,000 runs for 5p each and sold them for £2.He said: “We were taking 10 grand every Sunday at Camden Market.”He then brought seven employees with him on a trip to New York and made £30,000 in the first week selling on 125th Street in Harlem.Dave explained that Warner Brothers took him to court over a poster of Bugs Bunny smoking weed dubbed Buzz Bunny.Most read in BoxingBEST FREE BET SIGN UP OFFERS FOR UK BOOKMAKERSDave added: “I used to have a lot of visions when I was young and I always followed them. “When I started doing the posters, that was a vision, and it worked. Anthony Joshua and Daniel Dubois face off one final time before contesting for the World Heavyweight ChampionshipANTHONY JOSHUA VS DANIEL DUBOIS: All the information you need ahead of huge world title fight at Wembley”Then I got another vision saying I needed to have some children and put them into boxing, so that’s what I did.“It was like I had been blessed by God or something. Everything I touched turned to gold.”Son Dubois said: “Dad believed me and here we are. It’s all worked. His word is powerful. He’s almost like a prophet.”Interim champ Dubois faces AJ for the IBF title in front of more than 90,000 fans at Wembley Stadium on Saturday.Joshua, 34, is the clear favourite – the Watford-born boxer seeks to become a three-times world champion.But Dubois has rallied from defeats against Joe Joyce and Oleksandr Usyk that ended in accusations of him quitting.Sister Caroline claimed the WBC interim belt after dropping Uruguayan Maira Moneo in a unanimous points decision in August.READ MORE SUN STORIESThe unbeaten 23-year-old is targeting a future fight against WBC lightweight champion Katie Taylor.And youngest boy Solomon, 12, is one of the best boxers in the country for his age.AJ vs Dubois: Build up to the big fightANTHONY JOSHUA and Daniel Dubois go head-to-head at Wembley THIS Saturday.Ahead of the all-British heavyweight showdown, here’s all the biggest stories and need-to-know information… More

TERENCE CRAWFORD was spotted in Hyde Park as he joined hundreds of people for a morning run.The boxing legend joined the Fight Day 5k run in Hyde Park this morning ahead of the Wembley showdown between Anthony Joshua and Daniel Dubois.Terence Crawford was seen alongside Eddie Hearn for Matchroom Boxing’s Fight Day 5k runCredit: X/ MatchroomBoxingCrawford joined the runners in Hyde Park on Saturday morningCredit: X/ MatchroomBoxingJohnny Fisher, left, and Derek Chisora, right, also turned out for the runCredit: X/ MatchroomBoxingHundreds of runners attendedCredit: X/ MatchroomBoxingPictures shared by Matchroom Boxing on Saturday morning saw multiple world champion Crawford, 36, joined by several big names on the run as well.It saw runners meet at 9:45am at Marble Arch.Promoter Eddie Hearn was pictured in a grey coat for the run.Heavyweight boxers Derek Chisora and Johnny Fisher also tagged along.READ MORE IN BOXINGCrawford shared a video of the run on his Instagram page.He was seen at the front of the pack as music was blasting in the background.A second video showed him jogging alongside Hearn.The American has held multiple world championships in four weight classes.Most read in BoxingBEST FREE BET SIGN UP OFFERS FOR UK BOOKMAKERSThese range from lightweight to light middleweight, and include the undisputed championship at light welterweight and welterweight.Joshua is looking to get a title back under his belt, with Dubois the current holder of the IBF world championship title after having his interim title upgraded.Daniel Dubois out to steal Anthony Joshua’s thunder as he forecasts night of glory at WembleyAJ vs Dubois: Build up to the big fightANTHONY JOSHUA and Daniel Dubois go head-to-head at Wembley THIS Saturday.Ahead of the all-British heavyweight showdown, here’s all the biggest stories and need-to-know information…ANTHONY JOSHUA VS DANIEL DUBOIS: All the information you need ahead of huge world title fight at Wembley More

ANTHONY JOSHUA is one win away from a potential HALF-A-BILLION-POUND Tyson Fury two-fight mega deal.Victory for Watford’s 34-year-old Olympic legend, over Daniel Dubois tonight at a 96,000 sell-out Wembley, will make him the hottest ticket in boxing.Anthony Joshua is a throw’s stone away from fighting Tyson FuryBut must beat Daniel Dubois at Wembley on SaturdayFury himself must avoid back-to-back defeats to Usyk in their December rematchAnd – as long as Fury isn’t violently knocked out and injured in the Oleksandr Usyk rematch on December 21 – the wheels are already in motion for FINALLY making the fight everyone in England wants to see.Our AJ may dream of getting one back on the 37-year-old Ukraine icon who dominated him twice to snatch away his WBA, IBF and WBO belts.And a win over 27-year-old Dubois – with bright young trainer Ben Davison – would rightly make him a confident boost about a shot of revengeBut outside of Team AJ and cheerleader Eddie Hearn – there is no clamour at all to see Joshua vs Usyk 3 – especially when the best he can do is drag it back to 2-1 against a man who would be pushing 40 with four kids indoors to worry about.READ MORE AJ V DUBOISFor all of AJ’s incredible success and downright decency – London 2012’s legacy, his singlehanded revolution of British boxing, and saving of hundreds of local gyms with personal donations in lockdown, when the Government left the sport to die – it is a stain on his record that he never faced a peak and and undefeated Fury or Deontay Wilder.He has been the golden goose and the cash cow in a sport that is usually a bit of a pigsty – his status as a British sport legend is cemented for eternity.But across the Pond in America – which will return as the boxing Mecca when Saudi get bored or achieve their goal with funding fights – he is seen as a dud.Most read in BoxingThe violent knockout loss on his one and only trip to the Big Apple, left a bitter taste over there and snatching a win back over Usyk will not help his reputation outside of his diehard fans.BEST FREE BET SIGN UP OFFERS FOR UK BOOKMAKERSAJ will challenge interim title holder Dubois for the IBF world heavyweight beltCredit: ReutersANTHONY JOSHUA VS DANIEL DUBOIS: All the information you need ahead of huge world title fight at WembleyBut taking on Fury – in what would most likely be a two-fight deal with the opener in Riyadh and the return leg in England – might charm any of his remaining critics and doubters.The great men from previous eras – that AJ studies and admires – did all face their finest rivals, some – like George Foreman and Larry Holmes – even across generations.Anthony Joshua and Daniel Dubois face off one final time before contesting for the World Heavyweight ChampionshipBut if he hangs up his gloves with the Gypsy King and Wilder on his record, then people will have the right to frown when his name is mentioned among the pantheon of greats.But two great Fury fights – each likely to do around 2m pay-per-view sales at a guess of £30-a-pop – with one likely to sell out a 100,000 seater UK stadium at an average of maybe £500 a ticket – would be a spectacle right up there with the Fight of the Century, Thrilla in Manilla and Rumble in the Jungle.The world will stop to watch the build-up – let alone the fight.Imagine the antics John Fury would get up to, what Team Fury’s Brady Bunch of brothers and pals would say to AJ and his boardroom brotherhood.The brilliant old stories will be dragged up.The 2010 sparring session at Finchley where rising pro Fury offered his Rolex watch to any man who could floor him and an uppercut from the reformed bad-boy bricklayer almost clocked him.The fight was almost made twice but collapsed over money and ego.Joshua vs Dubois fight predictions THIS weekend Wembley will witness one of the biggest all-British fights of all-time.But who will emerge victorious under the famous arch? Some of the biggest names in boxing have been having their say…Oleksandr Usyk: “My favourite is Anthony Joshua but I am very bad at predictions. But I will predict Anthony Joshua.”Dillian Whyte: “I just think that it’s one of those fights where it is a genuine 50/50 fight in my opinion.”Joe Joyce: “I was initially edging with Joshua but I don’t know, Dubois is coming on.”Frazer Clarke: “As heavy-handed as Dubois is and as good a fighter as he’s becoming, I still have to go for Joshua.”Francis Ngannou: “Even though Joshua lost against Usyk twice and Dubois fought Usyk and almost knocked him down and almost won, I would still give this to Joshua.”Click here for more fight predictions for Anthony Joshua vs Daniel DuboisAJ watch Fury’s defeat to Usyk sat alongside Cristiano RonaldoThe bizarre time they bumped into each other in Marbella and – despite all his tirades and taunting – Fury was polite to his verbals victim.Us hacks will definitely drag up the hilarious times Fury would video call Joshua totally unannounced and wind him up.Carl Froch will back Fury and say Joshua is useless, John Fury will offer Froch a fight. Wladimir Klitschko will land back on the scene and support Joshua.It would be magnificent, hilarious, historic, slapstick, tense, dark and drenched in Saudi slush funds.And every man, woman, child and dog and duck will want to be there – the trendies who reckons Oasis were never that good – might pretend they don’t care.READ MORE SUN STORIESBut the PPV sales and the ticket revenue and the sponsorship deals and the broadcast offers will not.Joshua versus Fury in the Spring of 2025 will kickstart the filthiest richest fight of the modern era – AJ just has to survive Dynamite Dan to light the fuse.AJ vs Dubois: Build up to the big fightANTHONY JOSHUA and Daniel Dubois go head-to-head at Wembley THIS Saturday.Ahead of the all-British heavyweight showdown, here’s all the biggest stories and need-to-know information… More