Heavyweight boxing

TYSON FURY has been hilariously labelled a “big dosser” by heavyweight rival Luis Ortiz after agreeing a trilogy fight with Derek Chisora.The Gypsy King, 34, who already beat fellow Brit Chisora in 2011 and 2014, will meet him for a third time at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on December 3.
Fury is set to take on Chisora in a trilogy at the end of the yearCredit: Getty
Ortiz has labelled Fury a ‘dosser’ for not fighting himCredit: AP:Associated Press
Promoter Frank Warren defended the match-making by insisting Chisora was the best available option for Fury.
The heavyweight champion’s team dismissed 43-year-old Ortiz because he was beaten by Andy Ruiz Jr in September.
But he has now called out Fury for ducking him, using the WBC champion’s favourite insult – “dosser” – to slam him.
Speaking to Boxing Scene, he said: “I think even less of the big dosser Fury.
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“He claims to want to fight the best. He says Joshua didn’t want to fight him and that Usyk didn’t want to fight him.
“He went down the line of the top 10 on BoxRec and didn’t pick me because I came off a loss? Give me a break.
“You just passed me over because you saw that I went 12 rounds and was only getting better in the late rounds. I was ready for 15 rounds but it’s OK.
“It just makes you look bad that you pass on me to fight Chisora who has 12 losses. This blows my mind.
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“I would think Fury should feel embarrassed to move forward with this fight.
“If you want a real fight, I’m here you big dosser, so stop calling fighters out and then choose the easy pickings.”
Ortiz has a record of 33 wins and three defeats in his professional career.
His losses have come against Ruiz and Deontay Wilder on two occasions – the Bronze Bomber knocking him out on both occasions.
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Meanwhile, Fury is in talks with Oleksandr Usyk over an undisputed clash in the spring.
Providing the Brit comes through the Chisora bout unscathed, he will be on a collision course for a four-belt unification with Usyk in early 2023. More

JOHN FURY walked out of son Tommy’s training camp after he defied orders not to attend his girlfriend’s mum’s wedding.Tommy made his Stateside bow last year against MMA fighter Anthony Taylor on the undercard of Jake Paul’s clash with Tyron Woodley
John Fury revealed he walked out of his son’s training campCredit: Rex
Tommy defied his dad’s orders and attended Molly-Mae’s mum’s weddingCredit: Instagram
But the Love Islander disrupted his training to celebrate the mother of his other half – Molly-Mae Hague – getting hitched.
Doting dad John was sent up the wall by his son’s decision to attend the wedding, telling BT Sport last year: “We had a blow-up the other day.
“He went to his girlfriend’s mother’s wedding and I told him not to go, I said, ‘We’re in camp, if you’re going to do that I’m out of here!’
“I left for two days, it takes me two days to calm down because all these people don’t know nothing about the fight game.
“They’re reality TV people, they know nothing about where I’m coming from and it upsets me because you can only do one thing in the boxing world and that’s perfect what you train to do.
“They don’t call it training for nowt, you can’t go for a party and then come back, it ain’t rehearsal.
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“And then you’re under the bright lights and everybody there wants to see you get knocked out and everybody’s shouting abuse you need to be on top of your game.
“He is on top of his game, with me he is anyway, because if he didn’t want to train how I want to train I’d say ‘there’s the door, go through it,’ and I’d be out of there.”
Tommy’s proposed fight with YouTuber Paul fell through on multiple occasions.
He last fought Daniel Bocianski at Wembley Stadium in April on Tyson’s undercard.
Tommy won a unanimous points decision to improve his record to 8-0.
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ANTHONY JOSHUA is targeting a comeback fight against Dillian Whyte in “January or February”, promoter Eddie Hearn has revealed.The British former champion has fought Whyte before, defeating him at London’s O2 Arena in December 2015.
Anthony Joshua defeated Dillian Whyte in December 2015 and could fight again in 2023Credit: Reuters
Eddie Hearn believes Joshua and Whyte could fight again early next yearCredit: Getty
Joshua, 33, was offered the dangling carrot of a December 3 shot at Tyson Fury – but has now moved on to other targets.
Asked about AJ’s situation on the DAZN Boxing Show, Hearn said: “Probably January or February is where we’re looking at.
“In terms of names, talking to him the other day, he wants to fight Dillian Whyte, really.
“Dillian Whyte fights on November 26 against [Jermaine] Franklin, who is talking a tremendous game, and we’ll see how that plays out.
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“I think Dillian Whyte is the frontrunner [for Joshua] if he comes through.
“Otto Wallin is a guy that has reached out numerous times. That’s a good fight for him as well.
“Then there’s the [Deontay] Wilder situation. I’m not saying that’s going to be the fight for January or February, but it’s definitely a fight that he’s looking at.
“The feeling for AJ is the value of – and by the way, none of them are easy fights – a tune-up is sometimes they’re as dangerous as each other.
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“I don’t think he wants to start dropping out of the top 15 and top 10 of the governing bodies and just looking for an easy touch.
“I think he wants a real fight, and those are all real fights that you could see.”
Asked how he feels about the fight with Fury falling through, Hearn added: “I’m not happy it didn’t happen because I got most of the blame.
“It probably wasn’t the right time. But once he’d taken the bait, once he had it in his mind that it was the fight he wanted, that was it. The decision was made.”
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Whyte’s Wembley Arena bout with Franklin next month will mark his first return to the ring since being beaten by Fury in April.
Joshua, meanwhile, will next lace up his gloves looking to move on from his pair of defeats to Ukrainian Oleksandr Usyk. More

TYSON FURY could reportedly face Oleksandr Usyk in a heavyweight unification fight next March.The Gypsy King is preparing to face Derek Chisora on December 3 at Tottenham Hotspur stadium.
Tyson Fury could face Oleksandr Usyk in a unification fight next yearCredit: Getty
Usyk is confident he will beat FuryCredit: Reuters
But his team already have one eye on his next fight with Fury apparently keen to take a shot at Usyk.
The Ukrainian defended his WBA, WBO, IBF, and IBO titles against Anthony Joshua in August and called out Fury for a fight after that victory.
Talks between the two parties are ongoing over the possibility of a showdown in Saudi Arabia in March, report ESPN.
Top Rank president Todd DuBoef also tipped Fury to face Usyk, claiming both fighters and the fans want it to happen.
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Fury vowed to smash Usyk in four rounds but gave the 35-year-old and his team a short deadline to agree a deal, while also demanding £500million to fight.
Usyk responded by calling Fury a “lunatic” and accused him of robbing fans of “one of the best historical bouts in boxing history”.
If the fight goes ahead it will be the first time all four world titles are contested for in the heavyweight division.
Immediately after beating AJ in the summer Usyk claimed he only wanted to fight one man – Fury.
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But now he is eyeing a fight with Deontay Wilder once he dispatches the Gypsy King, 34.
Usyk said: “After I get rid of Tyson Fury, then we’re gonna talk to Deontay Wilder. I will train hard.” More

DEONTAY WILDER has overtaken Anthony Joshua in the Ring Magazine heavyweight rankings. The Bronze Bomber’s return to the fight game has seen him soar above AJ and into No1 in the rankings behind belt holder Oleksandr Usyk.
Deontay Wilder is now ranked as the number-one heavyweight boxer in the worldCredit: Getty
Anthony Joshua has been demoted to second in the rankingsCredit: Getty
It comes following contrasting results in each of their most recent bouts.
Wilder won by a first-round knockout against Robert Helenius on his boxing comeback in New York, US, last week.
But Joshua was on the end of another defeat from Ukrainian champ Usyk in September as he failed to win the WBO, WBA and IBF belts back and become a three-time world champion.
And despite WIlder not having a belt to his name, he has now overtaken Joshua to be ranked as the world number one heavyweight boxer, according to the publication.
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Brit Joe Joyce comes in at number three ahead of Andy Ruiz Jr. and Dillian Whyte.
Wilder’s victory has paved the way for him to fight Ruiz to decide who will be the mandatory challenger for Tyson Fury’s WBC belt.
Luis Ortiz ranks in at number six, while Joseph Parker – who recently lost to number three Joyce – ranks in seventh.
The top 10 is rounded out by Filip Hrgovic, Frank Sanchez and Zhilei Zhang.
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Fury, who knocked out Wilder in the final two fights of their epic trilogy, vacated the Ring Magazine title following his “retirement” earlier this year.
This meant the belt was left to be won by the victor of Uysk Joshua II and explains his absence from the rankings.
And the Gypsy King revealed that the reason behind this was to emulate icon Muhammad Ali.
After his fight against Derek Chisora in December, Fury is then expected to take on Usyk in a historic unification fight which will see all four belts on the line for the first time in the four-belt era.
Here’s Ring Magazine’s current top 10
Tyson Fury is tipped to fight Oleksandr Usyk next yearCredit: Reuters
Uysk reigned supreme over Joshua in their last two fightsCredit: EPA More

OLEKSANDR USYK has called out Deontay Wilder but only after he “gets rid” of Tyson Fury first.Wilder, who turned 37 on Saturday, said he is ready to fight Usyk next, after dispatching Robert Helenius in brutal fashion in New York.
Usyk called out Wilder but only after he ‘gets rid’ of Fury next yearCredit: Rex
The 37-year-old returned to the ring and knocked out Robert Helenius earlier this month
And the 35-year-old Ukrainian is already looking beyond Fury, setting his sights on Wilder.
The heavyweight champ sent a message to his rival on his birthday, via an interview with ESNEWS.
Usyk said: “After I get rid of Tyson Fury, then we’re gonna talk to Deontay Wilder. I will train hard.” 
He has called out the American before and warned that he could gatecrash the massive comeback bout with Helenius.
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But the unified champ was a no-show, as Wilder questioned who on earth would want to fight him after leaving his opponent out cold.
He said: “Who’s next? I’ve been hearing rumours about Usyk and he isn’t even in the building, or is he?
“You know most the time when guys say they want me and come to a show of mine and see a devastating knockout that they turn the corner on me, I’ve had many.”
The Bronze Bomber was geared up to face Ruiz, 33, for the mandatory challenger spot.
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The two are both signed to Al Haymon’s Premier Boxing Champions stable, making negotiations for the showdown that much easier.
But Fury, 34, and Usyk WILL “without a doubt” fight next year in a historic undisputed title decider.
Never in the heavyweight division have all four world titles been contested for.
But that is set to change in the early part of 2023 as the pair set up for a huge bout.
Fury wanted to fight Usyk next after the Ukrainian beat Anthony Joshua, 32, on points for the second time.
The Englishman lost on a split decision, before going on a bizarre rant post-fight in the ring.
It left Usyk baffled – especially when AJ threw his belts out of the ring – but the heavyweight remained respectful.
The boxing hero ruled himself out of fighting Fury until next year, having returned to his war-torn home for the first time after a period training away.
So Fury made the shock decision to call out AJ and talks for the pair to fight in Cardiff on December 3 followed.
However, a deal could not be agreed and Derek Chisora, 38, is now the unlikely alternative to challenge for the WBC title.
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That is despite twice losing to Fury in one-sided fashion, in 2011 and 2014.
Meanwhile, former WBC champ Wilder has released a music video for his debut single. More

ANTHONY JOSHUA will be offered domestic dust-ups against Joe Joyce and Daniel Dubois for his return to the ring next year.The former two-time unified heavyweight world champion is looking for a new opponent after a shock December showdown with Tyson Fury fell through.
Anthony Joshua is set to return to the ring early next yearCredit: GETTY
Frank Warren plans to offer AJ a fight with surging contender Daniel DuboisCredit: GETTY
Warren also plans to gauge Joshua’s interest in a domestic dust-up with Joe JoyceCredit: GETTY
A number of veterans are in the mix to be AJ’s dance partner early next year, although Queensberry Promotions chief Frank Warren is hoping to secure the gold ticket for Joyce or Dubois.
He told Sky Sports: “Now I’m going to be able to start throwing Daniel Dubois at him and Joe [Joyce].”
Warren, however, doesn’t believe the Olympic gold medallist would accept fights with his surging heavyweights.
He said: “If he don’t fight one of them I think they’ll find it hard to sell anything and he can’t say, ‘Why should I do that?’.
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“‘ll tell you why, he’ll become a mandatory.”
Joyce and Dubois, 37 and 25 respectively, scored big knockouts over Joseph Parker and Trevor Bryan in their last outings.
And Warren firmly believes the duo would batter Joshua if given the chance to face the Golden Boy of British boxing.
He witheringly said of AJ: “He’s liable to get knocked over by anybody. I’d put any of my guys in with him.
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“Any of them. Joe Joyce would knock him out and Dubois would do the same.”
Putney pounder Joyce is currently the mandatory challenger for Oleksandr Usyk’s WBO heavyweight title.
Warren said: “We’ve worked very hard over the last few years on this heavyweight scene and we’ve guided our guys in different organisations and we’ve boxed it off a bit so I’m pleased.
“Joe done extremely well [against Joseph Parker], got great reviews back from America because his fight done big numbers over there.
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“It was a good fight to watch. He’s set himself up. Him and Tyson [Fury] will be a huge fight, [Deontay] Wilder will be a huge fight, AJ.
“He’ll be out in February. He’s in a real good spot.” More