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      ‘He’s not a killer’ – Anthony Joshua called out by forgotten rival Jarrell Miller who says Oleksandr Usyk ‘beat him up’

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      JARRELL MILLER claimed Anthony Joshua is “not a killer” after Oleksandr Usyk “beat him up.” Miller, who failed to fight AJ in 2019 after a series of failed drug tests, still wants to settle the score with his old rival.
      Anthony Joshua lost to Oleksandr Usyk for the second consecutive timeCredit: PA
      And he believes Joshua, 33, is damaged goods following consecutive defeats to unbeaten unified champion Usyk, 35.
      Miller, 34, said on the BOXR podcast: “I’ve still got to punch that scallywag, crumpets and tea because if you watching, ever since I punked his a*** in New York he’s never been the same.
      “He lost all his marbles, Andy [Ruiz Jr] smoked him, Usyk smoked him twice.
      “I tell people this, media can be your worst enemy or your best friend. Media was both, it made him be something that he wasn’t.
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      “He’s not a killer, he’s not an animal, he’s not a savage. I know killers and savages in the ring, he’s not one of them.
      “So, I always knew that, and I knew whenever he’s in front of a super tough task he’s going to crumble, he’s going to crack, and Usyk just ran from him and beat him up.”
      Joshua is set to return in the new year after taking a break from boxing to recover mentally.
      Whereas Miller wants to get back in the ring after being granted a professional boxing licence in Las Vegas again.
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      The shamed heavyweight was initially hit with a two-year ban dating back to a positive test ahead of his proposed fight with Jerry Forrest.
      But the Nevada State Athletic Commission have now cleared Miller to fight just over two years on.
      Miller infamously failed three Voluntary Anti-Doping Association pre-fight drug tests before he was set to face Joshua over three years ago.
      He blamed his failed test before fighting AJ on a tainted supplement and stem cell shots in his elbow.
      AJ went on to suffer a shock loss, the first of his career, against stand-in Andy Ruiz Jr, 33.
      Miller in 2020 earned a contract with Bob Arum’s Top Rank stable but again tested positive for a banned substance.
      This time the ex-kickboxer put it down to a SEX PILL and was handed a two-year suspension.
      Miller enrolled in VADA testing in December 2020 and has returned clean drug tests since, which saw him able to return this summer.
      The American beat Ariel Esteban Bracamonte, 29, and Derek Cardenas, 24, in his first two comeback bouts.
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      ‘I don’t like him’ – Tommy Fury says Jake Paul fight is personal and vows to ‘break his face in’ after agreeing new bout

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      TOMMY FURY said his feud with Jake Paul has become personal and vowed to “break his face in” after agreeing to a rescheduled fight. Dad and coach John claimed he shook hands with Paul’s manager Nakisa Bidarian over a bout in February, set for Dubai.
      Tommy Fury fumes at Jake Paul from ringsideCredit: Global Titans
      Jake Paul was a special guest commentator for Tommy Fury’s fightCredit: Global Titans
      The YouTuber-turned boxer was a special guest commentator at the Coca-Cola Arena as Fury boxed late replacement Rolly Lambert in an exhibition.
      Paul, 25, heckled from ringside and the two later clashed post-fight with security having to restrain them as their rivalry hit new heights.
      Fury, 23, told iFL TV: “I don’t like him. At the start it was kind of like, he’s a big YouTuber, I’ve just come off Love Island, it’ll be a massive fight.
      “But as the months have gone down, I don’t like this fella and when I get in the ring with him, I’m going to break his face in.

      “He’s one man I don’t like and that’s not for the camera, there’s no bulls*** involved in that, this is genuine bad blood.
      “I don’t like him and when he gets in that ring with me, I’m going to rearrange his face.”
      Twice the celebrity boxing foes have signed to fight but both times Fury was withdrawn.
      He suffered a rib injury last December and then was pulled out in the rehashed date in August amid a US visa issue, which still persists.
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      Dad John named Dubai as the venue to renegotiate after striking a verbal deal with Paul’s advisor Bidarian.
      He said: “Contracts mean nothing to me but a handshake does and my word, you can build a tower block on it.
      “He’s given me his word, his manager, we fight in February. And where better place? The world of Dubai.”
      Paul beat 47-year-old UFC legend Anderson Silva in his last fight in October, the biggest win in his 6-0 career.
      Fury was set to return against 5-2 American Paul Bamba, 33, but the bout was dramatically scrapped on the day due to a weight disagreement.

      Instead, 17-bout Lambert, 33, filled in on just hours notice but it was unable to be sanctioned as a professional fight.
      Fury got six valuable rounds under his belt and vowed to become the man to stop Paul’s gravy train.
      He said: “My blood boils when I see him and I’m going to do what everyone wants me to do and that’s end this man.
      “Because Canelo ain’t going to put an end to him because Canelo’s out of his league completely, Canelo ain’t never going to fight him.
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      “All these other big, big professional fighters ain’t going to fight him.
      “I’m the man for him and I’m gonna shut him up for everyone around the world.”
      Tommy Fury and Jake Paul are still linked with a grudge match in FebruaryCredit: BT SPORT More

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      Mike Tyson poses with Evander Holyfield as old rivals release Christmas advert for their ear-shaped cannabis gummies

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      MIKE TYSON has reunited with old rival Evander Holyfield to sell a new EAR-SHAPED cannabis product.The duo first fought in 1996, before taking part in a hugely controversial rematch the following year.
      Mike Tyson and Evander Holyfield have teamed up on a new business ventureCredit: Mike Tyson
      Tyson, 56, infamously bit Holyfield’s ear in 1996Credit: Sky
      Holyfield was the victor after Tyson was disqualified for BITING a chunk of his opponent’s ear off.
      There was no love lost between the fighters after the unbelievable incident.
      But now, two and a half decades later, they have come together in the name of business.
      Tyson, 56, is no stranger to the game – owning a cannabis empire.
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      Earlier this year he released “Mike Bites” – an ear shaped edible cannabis sweet in a nod to his rematch with Holyfield.
      And now his opponent from that infamous night is getting involved himself.
      The pair have come together to record a promo for their product.
      And speaking to the Huffington Post, Tyson said: “If I was on cannabis, I wouldn’t have bit [Holyfield’s] ear!”
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      Holyfield, 60 added: “I didn’t think it was funny at first, but then I realised Mike hadn’t been in more trouble for a while.”
      Until the collaboration, Holyfield had never tried the product.
      On his first experience of sampling it, he said: “I wanted to make sure I got home and didn’t do anything to anyone.
      “I ate it and laid down. I woke up the next morning and was like, ‘Whoa.'”
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      Tyson Fury reveals his ‘death row meal’ as heavyweight champion scoffs incredible twist on kids’ meal before every fight

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      TYSON FURY has revealed what his “death row meal” will be while also letting slip what his pre-fight meal is.The Gypsy King is currently preparing to defend his WBC heavyweight world title against Derek Chisora for the third time on December 3.
      Tyson Fury is currently preparing to fight Derek Chisora on December 3Credit: Getty
      The Gypsy King has revealed the ‘death row meal’ he has before every fightCredit: YouTube / SecondsOut
      That will mark his first appearance in the ring since he destroyed Dillian Whyte at Wembley in April.
      Ahead of his upcoming bout, the 6ft 9in 34-year-old sat down with High Performance podcast to discuss what the must-haves are when it comes to his food before he pulls on the gloves.
      And revealing his favourite dish, he insisted that he has ordered it in some of the world’s most-lavish restaurants while everyone else tucked into more expensive and finer cuisines.
      Fury said: “My three non-negotiable behaviours, or three things that makes me high performance is fish fingers, chips and beans.
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      “It’s my death row meal and that’s what makes me high performance.
      “I have it before every fight. It’s my favourite meal in the world.”
      When asked about whether he had ordered it in a fancy restaurant, Fury said: “Of course I have, obviously.
      “I was in America, in a big fancy restaurant in New York, and everyone was having lobsters and all this fancy truffle and whatever else – all these fancy fish things that I can’t even name.
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      “And I don’t even like any of this like seafood and all that. I’m not a seafood person. She (the waitress) said ‘Well what can our chef make? Anything you want’.
      “I said ‘Tell you what I’ll have – fish fingers, chips and beans’. And she said ‘Beans? Like green beans?’
      “I’m like ‘No – like breakfast beans’. And she said ‘What is this?’ – because they don’t have beans for breakfast in America.
      “So I got a picture up and she’s like ‘Oh, like barbecue beans’ – because they have barbecue stuff.
      “And I’m like ‘Yep, that’s what I want – fish fingers, not crisps, I want like chunky fries, and barbecue beans’.” More

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      British boxing’s only female promoter Susannah Schofield fighting for change and wants the sport BACK on BBC

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      BRITISH BOXING’S only female promoter is fighting to get the sport back on the BBC.Susannah Schofield OBE invested thousands of her own pounds to get her Unified Promotions show on in Rotherham’s Magna Carta arena last month.
      Susannah Schofield is heading up Unified promotions in her effort to promote women’s boxingCredit: Unified Boxing
      Schofield with another female trailblazer in boxing, world champ Ebanie BridgesCredit: Unified Boxing
      And the former Royal Mail director delivered the card to the BBC’s iplayer platform, in the hope of convincing the terrestrial giant to return to the sport.
      Casual fans and broadcasters get turned off when the biggest mega-money fights fall through because of doping scandals or clashing egos and companies or end with dodgy scorecards.
      But the trailblazer for women’s business has seen enough of the sports positive side to know she wants to help return it to our primetime screens and she’s ready to KO some of the dusty old scams that are holding the sport back.
      Schofield, 47 – who is focused on growing the female code but runs mixed cards – told SunSport: “I did twenty years at the Royal Mail so I am used to a very male, testosterone-fuelled environments.
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      “And I have always been a boxing fan and loved watching the era of Lennox Lewis, Evander Holyfield and Mike Tyson.
      “I set Unified up a couple of years ago and did a couple of small shows and thankfully the BBC came and took a look at our last show and said they liked what they saw.
      “They were honest enough to say it will be an uphill struggle but we had brilliant viewing figures and now we want to move forward.
      “Now we need people to put their money where their mouths are because male sports are still very well sponsored but when you go looking for investment in female sports, the reaction is usually very different.
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      “I funded the last event personally and privately to help with our long-term goal but that cannot go on forever so we hope to make it a commercial success soon.”
      Schofield has done more than her fair share of research too and shared the rancour among boxing fans who watched the Government spurn the sport during the pandemic when they dished out £300million.
      Vote-hungry politicians like Boris Johnson race to local gyms to slap pads when they want more working class voters in their corner.
      But when gyms were closed down it took personal donations from the likes of Anthony Joshua to keep them afloat.
      Niche sports like basketball, ice hockey and badminton got handouts while boxing starved.
      “What was that about?” she added? “That was absolutely crazy.
      “Research tells you that if you put a boxing gym in a London town it can halve the crime rate, almost overnight because it teaches kids controlled aggression and how to work as a team.
      “I love that part of boxing but it does come with some other parts – in the professional sphere – that are not so easy to love.”
      Former Royal Mail director Susannah Schofield wants to deliver more for female fightersCredit: Unified Boxing
      Female fighting enjoyed a surge in popularity during lockdown – at behind-closed-doors shows – but there remains a huge gender gap in pay and support that Schofield wants to shorten.
      “My job is to normalise womens boxing,” he said. “You don’t think twice about seeing a woman in MMA, or taking a karate class, on a horse or behind the wheel of a car.
      “If people watch more womens fights – ours and everyone else’s – they will realise the quality is there.
      “I have had female friends who are put off by the idea, then they watch – mainly in support of me – and they change their minds completely.
      “Hopefully we and the BBC can work together to get more and more eyeballs on the female sport.”
      Certain things have to change at the British Boxing Board of Control, with some of the regulations still archaic.
      Schofield – with a hint of humour – explained: “The groin protector is still one fixed height for men and women.
      “That might protect a bloke’s crown jewels perfectly, but one punch in the wrong place could do more damage to a woman’s ovaries than her not wearing at all.
      “That needs to be changed and maybe we need a new rules and regulations book for women because the current one – printed in 2021 – still lists what HE must and must not do, what HE can and cannot do.
      “We are not an add-on anymore, we are part of the industry, it’s a serious sport and we want to be a serious part of it.
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      “We want to follow rules and regulations, we want to gurantee the wellbing of ALL boxers and get them all fairly paid.
      “This should be a much cleaner and healthier business and the idea of doing any other way is just wrong because it’s such a dangerous sport.” More

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      Watch John Fury rip off top and challenge Jake Paul in amazing ringside footage before being branded ‘Shrek’

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      A CRAZY John Fury ripped his shirt off and confronted Jake Paul from inside the ring after Tommy Fury’s fight with Rolly Lambert.Paul was in Dubai commentating on the fight and he had some very disparaging words for nemesis Tommy.
      A furious John Fury had to be held back from getting to Jake Paul
      Paul mocked John by likening him to Shrek
      The YouTuber insulted John after mocking his son during the fight
      Tommy Fury also tried to get at Paul after the boutCredit: Twitter / @IFLTV
      The YouTuber taunted Tommy by saying: “You f***ing suck.
      “You are a f***ing amateur still. This is embarrassing. You have no d***!”
      After Tommy’s win on points an incensed John Fury noticed Paul ringside, and launched a fiery tirade at the 25-year-old.
      Fury said: “Come in here! Forget my son! I’m the king of the bare knuckle man!
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      “I could fight Mike Tyson to the death! Put the mic down and look me in the eye!”
      Both John and Tommy tried to get at Paul but had to be held back by other members of their team, while the American continued to mock them.
      He hit back saying: “You’re a miserable old man. Come fight me right now then.”
      He later added: “That was madness. Honestly, I thought damn…he should start an OnlyFans.”
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      Paul then continued the altercation on social media by colouring a topless John Fury green and dubbing him “Shrek”.
      The 6-0 fighter also went face-to-face with potential opponent Andrew Tate once again – days after he hinted he was in talks to fight the controversial influencer.
      But it appears Tommy could finally be up next for Paul after the duo agreed to reschedule their grudge fight once again.
      John revealed he and Paul’s manager Nakisa Bidarian shook hands on an agreement.
      He said: “I’ve locked him down, backed him into a corner and checkmated him. He’s agreed to a February bout.
      “He shook my hand, he gave me his word of honour his manager, it’s happening in February.
      “I said, ‘Listen, if you back out, you’ll never live it down in your life and you can’t break a man’s handshake.’
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      “Contracts mean nothing to me but a handshake does and my word, you can build a tower block on it.
      “He’s given me his word, his manager, we fight in February. And where better place? The world of Dubai.” More

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      Tommy Fury repeatedly booed during Floyd Mayweather undercard fight and savaged by honorary commentator Jake Paul

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      TOMMY FURY was repeatedly booed during his fight on Floyd Mayweather’s undercard – while being savaged on commentary by Jake Paul. The former Love Island star was one of the warm-up acts before the big headline fight in Dubai.
      Tommy Fury did not put in his most convincing performance in DubaiCredit: instagram
      First Youtube, then combat sports and now commentary – Jake Paul was relentless as he criticised his old rivalCredit: Rex
      But he faced a late opponent switch as the boxer he was originally supposed to take on, Paul Bamba, refused to accept the bout.
      His change of mind came after Fury weighed in seven pounds heavier than Bamba.
      Instead Fury took on late-replacement Rolly Lambert – and fans were far from impressed with the quality of fighting.
      Six dreadful, uneventful rounds of two minutes each followed where the two fighters barely laid a glove on each other.
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      The late opponent change meant the fight went from being a professional to an exhibition bout, which took away incentive for either fighter to risk too much.
      And it means both Fury and Lambert largely coasted their way through the contest, aiming jabs which lacked power.
      By the fourth round the crowd were booing in frustration at the lack of a fight.
      But the jeering seemed to make no difference to either fighter who saw out the six rounds without major incident.
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      It was after the bout that Fury became involved in a tastier fight.
      The former Love Island star exchanged words with Jake Paul, who had joined commentary ringside.
      Fury called Paul a “b****” after the fight but Paul had already dished out his own insults over commentary, being heard to say “you f***ing suck Tommy.”
      He added: “You are a f***ing amateur, this is embarrassing. You have no d***! You have no d***.”
      And at one point Paul stopped speaking, leading to the commentator beside him to claim the boxer had fallen asleep from boredom.
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      Fury has been scheduled to fight Paul on two occasions but both times plans fell apart.
      It was an all-round ill-tempered night outside the ring with a topless John Fury later confronting Paul over his behaviour towards his son. More

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      Jake Paul and Tommy Fury agree to reschedule celebrity grudge match AGAIN for February in Dubai

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      JAKE PAUL and Tommy Fury have an agreement in place to reschedule their grudge fight once again. Paul was a ringside guest for Fury’s boxing return on Floyd Mayweather’s undercard in Dubai.
      He went six exhibition rounds with last-minute replacement Rolly Lambert, who filled in for Paul Bamba.
      Paul was unimpressed and heckled Fury before and after the fight, causing a row between the pair.
      Fury’s dad John ripped off his shirt and called out the YouTuber-turned boxer, before security intervened.
      John later told press after the fight that he shook hands with Paul’s manager Nakisa Bidarian over a rescheduled date for February.
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