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      Boxer who helps champions prepare for fights reveals how much he earned sparring Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua

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      SPARRING the world’s hardest-hitters can often be a thankless task.At most, you might get your petrol paid for.A young Dave Allen with Wladimir KlitschkoCredit: @whiterhino_21But on rare occasions, you could pocket a couple of grand and stay on a luxury complex, just ask Dave Allen.Allen has a record of 23 wins, with six losses and two draws in his 31 fights, once challenging for the Commonwealth heavyweight title. But he also made a name for himself by sparring just about every top name both domestically and abroad.On his fascinating YouTube channel, Allen drew back the curtain on life as a sparring partner and how much he earned from certain fighters…READ MORE IN BOXINGWladimir Klitschko, £1,200 per weekAllen sparred the Ukrainian legend in Austria in 2014 – while working as a supply teacher – and made his most as a training partner. He said: “First of all, in terms of where we were put up it was like a mansion in the Alps, it was a beautiful, beautiful, place. “Probably the nicest place I’ve stayed, if not a little boring really. I was only there five days but there was no where to go or nothing to do.CASINO SPECIAL – BEST CASINO WELCOME OFFERS”The food we had on site on the hotel was just an unbelievable place, the food was incredible and on top of that they paid me almost €1,500 a week. Most read in Boxing”I was only there for five days but they paid me in full as well, they could’ve probably paid me less but they paid me the full 1,500.” Tyson Fury relaxes on holiday as Gypsy King prepares for biggest fight of career in Oleksandr Usyk rematchOleksandr Usyk, £840 per weekAllen revealed he went around 25 rounds with Usyk – once almost getting knocked out – but claims he was fuelled on just junk food.He said: “That money’s good, €1,000 a week I was over the moon with. “But where we stayed it was the worst environment, I think it was the Ukraine Olympic training base. “I personally, it wasn’t nice. The food was poor, I was surviving on bread really. “I found this canteen on the second week, I was surviving on bread and chocolate bars and crisps.” Oleksandr Usyk next to AllenCredit: INSTAGRAM@WHITERHINO_21Tyson Fury, £200/£300 per weekThe two first started sparring each other for free under the coaching of Fury’s uncle Peter. But when the Gypsy King made his 2018 comeback, he threw Allen a couple of hundred quid, which helped pay for fuel.Allen said: “We were mates and it was kind of like, ‘Look, come over do the first few rounds. You get something out of it yourself.’ “He’d go on and spar other sparring partner and you could see he was putting a lot more into the shots and the intensity would change. “And I wasn’t expecting to get paid for it, to be honest. I was happy to go over, help out, it was getting me out the house and I would get some rounds. “But he’d always pay me. Maybe between £100-£150 a time, could be two-three times a week so after petrol and that I might make £300 a week.” Allen was a former sparring partner of Tyson Fury’sCredit: InstagramAnthony Joshua, £0 As the two started sparring as amateurs, there was no money paid. But was Joshua was on his ascent to superstardom, Allen claims he never saw a penny for the sparring sessions, leading to confusion and some anger.He revealed: “As time went on, I started getting paid for sparring other boxers and I’m starting to question, ‘Why has he never paid me?'”To be honest in my head in my head I’m thinking, ‘He’s took the p**s out of me here.’ I was sparring two or three times a week and times, six, eight up to ten rounds at a time with him. “I had a broken nose at on point for about a year. Rob McCracken, is that him? I’m not sure. “Over time now I realise I should’ve looked after myself, I should’ve been smarter. I should’ve had someone because a lot of time I’d show up on my own. “I should’ve been smarter, it’s no one’s fault but my own. But yeah, I did think I deserved to get paid. It was professional boxing.” Anthony Joshua and Allen began sparring as amateursCredit: @whiterhino_21Honorable mentions Allen also revealed he was paid £675 a week for sparring Pole Artur Szpilka for two weeks, staying in a plush Warsaw hotel with travel taken care of. READ MORE SUN STORIESRobert Helenius paid £420 weekly. Dillian Whyte also parted with an undisclosed amount but treated camp members to meals as well.Welsh Former cruiserweight world champion Enzo Maccarinelli had a rate of £20 per round of sparring.Allen lost to former sparring partner Dillian Whyte in 2016Credit: Getty More

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      Inside YouTuber Danny Aarons’ stunning SIX STONE weight loss after ditching junk food to become ‘the next KSI’ of boxing

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      DANNY AARONS has gone from overweight gamer to the next KSI of Misfits Boxing with a sensational life turnaround. Aarons was over 17 STONE while rising to fame on YouTube playing FIFA video games. Danny Aarons has gone through a huge body transformationAarons makes his debut against former footballer Danny SimpsonBut amid the rise of celebrity-style crossover bout with Misfits Boxing, the 22-year-old fancied getting in on the action. He now makes his debut on Saturday night in a headline fight against Premier League winner Danny Simpson in Dublin. It marks a stunning contrast as Aarons told SunSport: “Obviously there’s physical changes yes but you don’t realise how much of it is mental.”I was waking up at stupid o’clock doing nothing with my life being so unproductive, eating a bunch of junk food, and it was just not not healthy and not a sustainable way to live.READ MORE IN BOXING”So you had to make good change. It’s a mental change, but I’m not a doctor or anything but honestly, just get out, get outside, do some walks, eat clean.”Aarons is now down to 11st 7lb having put in hours of training under the guidance of coach Huzaifah Iqbal in Surrey. He said: “It’s easy to to get in there one day and do it cos it’s fun, you know, it’s new. “But when you have to wake up again, do it the next day and then the next day and the next day it’s just being consistent with it is the is the tough bit.Most read in BoxingCASINO SPECIAL – BEST CASINO WELCOME OFFERS”The easiest part, I think just my coaches and that they just feel like family, like it’s not like I have to go to training.”It’s like I’m just hanging out with the boys, man, it feels good.”Aarons has welcomed being compared to KSI – having gone from content creator to boxer. He said: “I love pressure. I love pressure. To be compared to KSI, can’t be a bad thing. So I’ll take it.”Danny Simpson agrees to put Premier League winner’s medal on the line in boxing fight against YouTuber Danny Aarons More

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      Man City star Erling Haaland splashes out £15,000 on red-light therapy bed to treat muscles

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      MANCHESTER City star Erling Haaland appears to be switching sides — by trying out a £15,000 red-light therapy bed.The goal machine, who already uses blue light glasses to counter the effects of phone and tablet screens, shared an Instagram snap of his latest passion yesterday.The therapy the footballer is trying out uses infrared rays to penetrate deep into tissues and joints to help prevent injuriesCredit: GettyHaaland shared an Instagram snap of his latest passion yesterdayThe £15,000 red-light therapy bedThe Norwegian, 24, captioned it: “Red light bed. Happy Monday!”The therapy uses infrared rays to penetrate deep into tissues and joints.Experts recommend a five-minute session before workouts to help prevent injuries, and then a further one of up to 20 minutes afterwards to aid muscle recovery.Haaland has previously revealed he has a 6,000 calories-a-day, “caveman” diet including cow heart and liver.READ MORE ON ERLING HAALANDThe footballer regularly drinks milk mixed with spinach, which he calls his “magic potion”, and has confessed to only consuming water that’s gone through a complicated filter system.He is a fan of ice baths and even has a £50,000 cryotherapy chamber at his Cheshire mansion.A string of other footballers have adopted unusual health trends to improve their performance on the pitch.Atletico Madrid’s Marcos Llorente, 29, swears by the Paleolithic diet which involves swerving favourites such as pasta, bread, rice, and ultra-processed foods, opting for the likes of potatoes, sweet potatoes and cassava instead.Most read in FootballCristiano Ronaldo, 39, scoffs six meals a day and is staunchly against sugary drinks and alcohol.Erling Haaland spotted limping in Norway training as doctor provides injury update ahead of title six-pointer vs Arsenal More

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      Anthony Joshua’s extreme measures to avoid being ‘called a CHEAT’ and having his legacy ruined revealed by Eddie Hearn

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      EDDIE HEARN has revealed the extreme measures Anthony Joshua goes to in order to avoid ever failing a drugs test.Countless fighters in both boxing and MMA have tested positive for banned substances due to accidental ingestion of tainted food or supplements.Ryan Garcia is one of several high-profile boxers to have recently failed a drugs testCredit: GettyAnthony Joshua is incredibly paranoid about failing a drug testCredit: GETTYEddie Hearn has revealed AJ goes to extreme lengths to protect himself from a potential anti-doping infringementCredit: GettySome combatants have even popped for PEDS as the result of having their food or drink SPIKED, a fact which has prompted AJ to implement an incredibly strict approach to what he puts into his body.Matchroom Boxing chief Hearn told GRM Daily: “Whenever I go to a restaurant with AJ, I’m looking at the food thinking, because there’s some horrible f*****s out there.”You put something in that food and your career is over.”And imagine, everything that you built, all because of one evil individual, comes crumbling down.”READ MORE ON AJJoshua, 34, is so concerned about potentially ingesting a banned substance that he won’t drink anything other than pre-approved and sealed beverages after his fights.Hearn continued: “Here’s another example. After a tough fight, you might get in the ring and someone – either from the other team or wherever – and they’ll come up to you and offer something to drink.”What’s in that? Do you know what I mean? I’m not saying that there is anything in there, but there could be.“So at the top level, like AJ, every bottle is tested. Most read in BoxingBEST FREE BET SIGN UP OFFERS FOR UK BOOKMAKERS”Every bottle is sealed. Nothing comes in the changing room.”You have to because you’re correcting your career, your brand, your reputation.What really happened in Anthony Joshua and Tyson Fury’s secret sparring session for Gypsy King’s Rolex”The worst thing in the world is testing positive for having not knowingly taken a substance. “Then you’re called a cheat for the rest of your life despite never having done it.“I’m paranoid in that world because I know what people are like.”Boxing has been rife with failed drug tests over the last two years, the most recent and high-profile being Ryan Garcia’s failed tests ahead of his clash with Devin Haney.And Hearn believes the majority of positive tests are the result of fighters trying to give themselves an unfair advantage in the ring.He said: “I think 20% of failed drugs tests are legitimately fighters that are unlucky or have unknowingly taken a substance”I think 80 per cent of people cheat. And establishing what’s what is very difficult to do.Anthony Joshua throws down Daniel Dubois in a domestic dust-up at Wembley next monthCredit: GETTY“Because fighters are never going to take illegal substances themselves. “Someone will come up to them and say, we need to improve your strength and what we can do is take some of this.” And maybe they won’t even tell them it’s a banned substance. But a lot of the time people are genuinely cheating.“And we’re talking about testing to minute trace levels that would be in your blood. “And in Mexico, there is a genuine thing where some meat contains testosterone.READ MORE SUN STORIES”And fighters test positive for that. Things like eggs, you don’t know what people are putting in animals.”Former two-time unified heavyweight champion Joshua will be back in action on September 21 when he locks horns with IBF titleholder Daniel Dubois in a huge domestic dust-up at Wembley. More

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      The incredible McDonald’s perk every Premier League player got which ‘shouldn’t have been allowed’

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      FORMER West Ham and Chelsea full-back Scott Minto has revealed every Premier League player was handed FREE McDonald’s when the company became a sponsor almost three decades ago.Nowadays, top-level footballers are given detailed nutrition plans to optimise performance on the pitch.Scott Minto has revealed he once received free unlimited McDonald’sCredit: News Group Newspapers LtdThat means fast food is largely off the table most of the time.But when McDonald’s became the official restaurant of the Premier League back in the 1990’s it was a regular for many stars.That’s because they had access to free unlimited food all year round.Ex-Prem star Minto has recalled the time he received his very own card and how it made him even more popular among friends.READ MORE IN FOOTBALLSpeaking at the launch of Ladbrokes’ ‘Gaffer of all Accas’, he said: “I’ve forgotten most of the things that I got up to, back in the day, which is probably a good thing!”I do remember the McDonald’s card I got given, though. I was at West Ham at the time, so I was in my late twenties.”Obviously, McDonald’s sponsored the Premier League, and so we were all given a McDonald’s card, where it was basically free McDonald’s, for Premier League footballers, which shouldn’t have been allowed, really!”I think some of the really professional guys will have given the card away to their friends; you know, I can’t imagine Paolo [Di Canio] walking into a McDonald’s at three o’clock in the morning in London… but I did!Most read in FootballFOOTBALL FREE BETS AND SIGN UP DEALS”I told my mates I’d got this card, and so we used to go out, up in London, and we used to do Titanic, and Sugar Reef, those type of places, and then we’d come out at three or four in the morning. ‘Scotty, Scotty… you got the card?'”‘Yeah, I’ve got the card!’SunSport’s Latest Transfer Headlines”So we’d go into McDonald’s – it wouldn’t be every week! – and I’d order, like, seven Big Mac meals with milkshakes, or whatever, and they’d just look at me like ‘who are you?!’ That was a great time.”Minto kicked off his career with Charlton and went on to play for Chelsea, Benfica, West Ham and Rotherham.He made 105 Premier League appearances in total. More

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      Chelsea fans warned they face ‘prison food’ as opponents for Europa Conference League confirmed

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      CHELSEA fans face being served grub ‘worse than prison food’ when they play their Europa Conference League play-off at the end of August.Enzo Maresca’s men must win the two-legged tie against Swiss side Servette if they are to enjoy group stage European football this season.Chelsea fans have been warned they face ‘prison food’Credit: Instagram @footyscranAs Cole Palmer and co. head to Switzerland on August 29Credit: GettyBut the Chelsea faithful should brace themselves for an unappealing bland hotdog when they play in Switzerland.A picture resurfaced of the paltry portion offered up at Servette after it was shared on popular football food account “Footy Scran” last year.The photo shows a sausage on its own with no bun and nothing else but a single small piece of bread – no sauce or toppings.And they’ll have to pay at least £7.20 for the privilege.READ MORE FOOTBALL NEWSAt the time of posting, 89.1 per cent of a 18,000 strong poll said they would refuse to eat it.Taking to X, one fan wrote: “I’ve seen prisons with better food.”A second said: “Pretty sure that violates the Geneva Convention😭.”A third added: “For £7.20 you’d expect a bun or two slices of bread at least FFS.”Most read in FootballFOOTBALL FREE BETS AND SIGN UP DEALSDespite a sixth-place finish Chelsea dropped into the Europa Conference League after Manchester United claimed the FA Cup against Manchester City in May and took their Europa League place.Supporters also blasted the prices charged for a matchday snack at Stamford Bridge on Thursday.Every Premier League stadium ranked by the number of pubs nearby with one boasting over 130 local boozersThe masala potatoes available have been slapped with a £7.50 price tag as their team continues to splash the cash on players.Chelsea have signed nine new faces for Maresca so far this window, with former Wolves winger Pedro Neto’s £54million arrival their latest bit of business.The Blues kick off their Premier League campaign on Sunday at home to champions Manchester City.Changes to the Premier League for 2024/25NOTHING stays the same forever.And that includes the Premier League, which is making a number of tweaks this season.Team news will now be released 75 MINUTES before kick-off, 15 minutes earlier than had been the case before.Things could get crowded on the touchline, with the number of substitutes permitted to warm-up boosted from three players per team to FIVE.There’s also a change to how added time is calculated when a team scores a goal, an update to the ‘multiball’ system and the introduction of semi-automated offsides – but not straight away.Go here to read about all the changes to the Premier League for 2024/25. More

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      Moment Derek Chisora HEADBUTTS Deliveroo rider as row erupts outside restaurant

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      DRAMATIC footage captures Derek Chisora headbutting a Deliveroo rider during a heated row outside a restaurant.SunSport understands the footage, published by The Upshot, was taken as the fan favourite pro boxer was enjoying a meal with his two daughters along a narrow pedestrianised Hampstead street.SunSport understands the fan favourite was enjoying a meal with his two daughters along a narrow pedestrianised Hampstead street when the delivery cyclist enteredCredit: YouTube/CityBanterThere have been no arrests following the incident.It is believed the Zimbabwe-born Brit politely asked the fast-food delivery cyclist to dismount as there were dogs and children in danger of being hit.The cyclists refused and an argument followed, Chisora was physically attacked first and then retaliated, it is understood.The footage, filmed from a few feet away by a diner, shows Chisora and the Deliveroo driver during the confrontation.Read more SportShouts of “get the f*** off me, bro” and “I swear, get off me now” can be heard as witnesses look on. The confrontation appears to escalate with the Deliveroo driver flinging his hands in the direction of Chisora’s face, and the pro boxer headbutting him. Police were called and attended the scene.It was agreed that Chisora was not at fault for the situation and no further action was taken toward any parties, The Sun understands. Most read in BoxingRepresentatives of Chisora and the Met Police have been contacted for comment. Derek Chisora pictured fighting Tyson Fury in.2022Credit: Jamie McPhilimey More

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      Vegan burger bar chain backed by huge sports star and A-list actor is slammed by health inspectors 

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      A VEGAN burger bar backed by F1 ace Lewis Hamilton was quick to clean up its act after being deemed the pits.The Neat Burger branch was rated just two out of five for food hygiene in a recent inspection.A vegan burger bar backed by Lewis Hamilton was rated just two out of five for food hygieneCredit: AlamyA council team inspected Neat Burger in Camden, LondonCredit: InstagramAlthough the report said food handling and management on site were satisfactory, it also stated “improvement was necessary” in other areas.Bosses were quick to tackle the issues, caused by a pest problem, and challenged the rating.A spokesman said: “Following a reassessment, our branch received a five-star rating, reflecting our commitment to maintaining the highest standards of hygiene and safety.”A council team had inspected Neat Burger in Camden, North London, in May.READ MORE IN SPORTSIt is one of four in the capital operated by the celeb-backed chain.Investors include seven-time F1 champ Sir Lewis, who adopted a plant-based diet in 2017, and Oscar-winning actor Leonardo DiCaprio.Neat Burger launched in 2019 with a mission “to create sustainable delicious dishes”.Sir Lewis, 39, said: “I believe we need a healthier high street option that tastes amazing and offers something exciting to those who want to be meat-free every now and again.”Most read in MotorsportBut last year the company posted substantial losses and confirmed half of its eight outlets in London would close.At the time, a company spokesman said: “We are concentrating our efforts on our best performing restaurants — we believe that sometimes taking a step back is necessary to make a bigger leap forward.”The report stated ‘improvement was necessary’ at Neat BurgerCredit: InstagramLewis Hamilton grimaces as he ‘eats a dog biscuit’ in NFL schedule release video for team F1 star part owns More