Heavyweight boxing

ANTHONY JOSHUA has been told there are “two great fights” for him on the table… if he wants them.Tyson Fury’s promoter Frank Warren has challenged AJ to take on either Joe Joyce or Daniel Dubois in his comeback bout.
Anthony Joshua is yet to confirm his next opponentCredit: Getty
Joe Joyce has been tipped as a potential fight for AJCredit: Richard Pelham / The Sun
Frank Warren reckons Daniel Dubois is another candidateCredit: Getty
British boxing fans had been hoping for a mouthwatering clash between Joshua and Fury.
But after talks broke down, Fury is now set for a trilogy bout with Derek Chisora, while AJ’s next opponent remains unconfirmed.

And Warren has told Joshua, 32, to take on either Joyce or Dubois, two potentially dangerous fights.
Warren told iFL TV: “If [Joshua] wants to fight, there’s two great fights there with Joe Joyce and Daniel Dubois.
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“Both hold very significant positions in their respective organisations.
“They’re both mandatories. One is the interim champion, that’s Joe Joyce. Daniel is the WBA ‘Regular’ champion.
“There’s another way back if he wants to talk about it.”
Joyce and Dubois have previously faced each other, with the latter taking a knee in the 10th round of their British title fight in 2020.
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Joyce brutally knocked out Joseph Parker last month and is now mandatory challenger for Oleksandr Usyk’s WBO heavyweight belt.
Dubois meanwhile is reportedly expected to take on South African Kevin Lerena next month.
But Warren reckons both Brits would be good match-ups for AJ, who has lost his last two fights against Usyk.
And a fight with Fury will not happen until Joshua makes himself a mandatory challenger.
Speaking on the failed clash between Fury and Joshua, Warren said: “It’s off the table.
“If you look at it, AJ has to get himself in the mandatory position. To get into the mandatory position, he gets 20 per cent of the purse bid, whereas he would have gotten 40 per cent.”
Warren has said a fight between Joshua and Tyson Fury won’t happen until AJ is mandatory challengerCredit: PA More

TYSON FURY is hard at work preparing for his comeback bout on December 3rd.The Gypsy King has started his training camp ahead of his trilogy bout with Derek Chisora.
Tyson Fury has shard behind-the-scenes footage from his training campCredit: https://www.instagram.com/tysonfury/
Fury is working hard ahead of his return to the ringCredit: https://www.instagram.com/tysonfury/
The Gypsy King is set to face Derek Chisora on December 3rdCredit: https://www.instagram.com/tysonfury/
After talks with Anthony Joshua failed to materialise, promoter Frank Warren confirmed Fury is now set to face Del Boy in just under two months time.
And Fury, 34, is already putting in the work ahead of his return to the ring.
The WBC heavyweight champion shared behind-the-scenes footage of his latest camp to his Instagram page.
Fury is training in his hometown, Morecambe, but the gym could be mistaken for Sydney as Fury blared out a remix of the song ‘Down Under’ while he worked out.
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In the video Fury can be heard saying as the tune boomed out over the speakers: “This song is a special edition for my brother Joseph Parker, who comes from a land down under.”
Parker is from New Zealand, but is a close friend of Fury’s and often trains with him in Morecambe.
Fury listened to music as he taped up his handsCredit: https://www.instagram.com/tysonfury/?hl=en
The Gypsy King dedicated the song to pal Joseph ParkerCredit: https://www.instagram.com/tysonfury/?hl=en
Fury trained alongside younger brother TommyCredit: https://www.instagram.com/tysonfury/?hl=en
The Gypsy King added: “It feels fantastic to be the heavyweight champion of the world baby. Get up there! Sometimes you forget who you are!”
Fury trained alongside younger brother Tommy, 23, who himself is due to fight on the undercard of Floyd Mayweather vs Deji on November 13.
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Footage shows the pair being put through their paces in a gruelling workout regime.
The two brothers worked up a sweat as they practised on the pads inside a training ring.
WBC champ Fury also showed off his nimble footwork in some shadow boxing, and leathered a punchbag that dangled from the ceiling.
Fury has not fought since brutally knocking out Dillian Whyte at Wembley in April.
The Gypsy King vowed after the fight that he had retired, but he has now reversed that decision and is set to take on old pal Chisora in December.
Fury has not fought since AprilCredit: PA
The Gypsy King is poised for a trilogy bout with ChisoraCredit: Getty More

DEONTAY WILDER has thrown down the gauntlet to Anthony Joshua by calling for a blockbuster showdown in Africa. Wilder, 36, is marking his boxing comeback with a fight against Robert Helenius this weekend a year on from his defeat to heavyweight champ Tyson Fury in Fury vs Wilder III.
Deontay Wilder is eyeing a showdown with Anthony JoshuaCredit: Getty
Following defeat to Oleksandr Usyk, Joshua then saw fight talks with Tyson Fury collapseCredit: PA
And following the bout he wants to face off against Brit Joshua in “the motherland” Africa.
Wilder, who wants to reclaim his title as world champion, told BBC Sport: “I would love to do that fight in Africa.
“It’s still the number one fight in the world for everyone. Everywhere I go, people always talk about me versus Joshua. We both have roots from there.
“I think it would be an amazing place to have it, to go back home.
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“To go back to the motherland. A continent full of our people. I can just see that being an amazing fight, win, lose or draw.
“I think we’ll get the respect and love from all the people over there.”
The Bronze Bomber has refused to rule out a fourth fight against Fury, whose own fight talks with Joshua broke down last month.
Oleskandr Usyk is also hopeful of throwing his hat in the ring in a bid to become the unified champion after beating Joshua twice in succession.
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As it stands Usyk and Fury look set to throw down for a unified heavyweight title fight so long as Fury completes a hat-trick of wins when his trilogy against Derek Chisora happens on December 3.
But for Wilder to earn a clash with Fury, he would first need to beat former sparring partner Helenius and then Andy Ruiz Jr in a final eliminator.
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DEONTAY WILDER admitted he originally intended to KILL the internet troll who abused his daughter online.The former heavyweight champion in 2014 travelled to a gym in Los Angeles to confront renowned troll Charlie Zelenoff.
Deontay Wilder has revealed he intened to kill an internet troll in 2014
Deontay Wilder travelled to LA and beat up internet troll Charlie Zelenoff back in 2014…Wilder said Zelenoff racially abused him and made threats about his daughter. pic.twitter.com/fnNohDnnns— Michael Benson (@MichaelBensonn) July 4, 2022

Zelenoff, who signed a legal waiver assuring that he would not sue for any damages, had attacked Wilder’s daughter online.
And he was later battered around the gym by the Bronze Bomber, who a year later won the WBC world title.
Now eight years on, Wilder, 36, opened up about the incident and revealed he would have shot Zelenoff, had it not been for his cameraman.
He said on the Pivot Podcast: “I really went there to kill him, to shoot him to be honest.
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“And the Devil got in me at one point of time because we were in some alleys and my voice changed, cuz was there with me, I brought cuz with me too.
“One point in time my whole demeanour about myself changed, I was like, ‘Come in this alley.’
“I knew what I was gonna do, even cuz will tell you. My whole demeanour, my face changed because I knew what my capabilities were.
“But I knew I couldn’t do it because my cameraman was one of my good friends and I had a vision of him snitching on us and I would’ve had to shoot him too.
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“I told him, I said, ‘I couldn’t do it, because I would’ve had to shoot you too. Because I saw you telling on us.’
“And he started, ‘Oh no, D.’ And I’m like, ‘No, I’m serious. I would’ve had to shoot you too.'”
Zelenoff had made a name for himself by picking on strangers at gyms, before trying to fight them, even doing so with Floyd Mayweather’s dad.
But Wilder claimed in a 2014 interview with The Ring Magazine, that he only agreed to confront the troll after being racially attacked.
The American, who returns this weekend against Robert Helenius, was in LA to watch a fight when he taught Zelenoff a lesson.
Wilder said: “I really wanted to do more than what I did, but I’m at a point where I have opportunities and I’m blessed, man. I’m aware of that.
I really went there to kill him, to shoot him to be honest.Deontay Wilder on confronting his internet troll
“But, basically, this dude, man, he’s been harassing me and he’s been sending insulting messages to me where he was threatening me and went overboard.
But the only reason I went this far with it was that he went overboard. He threatened to murder me, and he called me the N-word.
“Then what took it over the top is that he said that he was going to duct tape my daughter’s mouth and when I was reading that, I was picturing that actually happening.
“One way that you can get to me is to talk about my kids in a manner like that. Then, it’s personal and I’m a different guy.
“There’s one part of Deontay Wilder who is the silly guy, the humble guy and the funny guy with a nice smile.
“But there is another part of me that I really don’t want people to see. That’s the part will come and get you.
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“But I really held back, because my original plans were to really hurt this dude, man.
“Some people don’t really know that side of me, but I brought it out and I don’t like to bring that out for people to see.”
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TYSON FURY has revealed just how hard Deontay Wilder REALLY hits – as he made his Robert Helenius fight prediction. Wilder makes his return to the ring over the weekend against ex-sparring partner Helenius.
Tyson Fury revealed just how hard Deontay Wilder really hitsCredit: Getty Images – Getty
It will be the American’s first fight since his brutal knockout defeat to Fury in their October 2021 trilogy classic.
The heavyweight rivals shared three fights in their series, firstly ending in a draw with Wilder losing the subsequent rematches.
And Fury, who was floored four times overall by the ex-WBC champion, opened up on Wilder’s famed power in a warning to Helenius.
He told ID Boxing: “I think that Helenius is a good fighter.
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“I think that he’s No1-ranked with the WBA or he should be if he’s not.
“I think he did an eliminator with Adam Kownacki and I just think that Wilder is a monster puncher and as soon as he lands on Helenius he’s out.
“I’ve seen Gerald Washington knock Helenius out, and Wilder knocked him out, so.
“He didn’t do much good with Dillian Whyte, Helenius, couldn’t really hurt him and Wilder punches like five times harder than Whyte so, yeah, KO for sure.”

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Wilder, 36, can earn another shot at Fury’s WBC belt by beating Helenius, 38, in New York.
A win puts him in line to face Andy Ruiz Jr, 33, in a final eliminator for the title.
Whereas Fury, 34, is set to return on December 3 following talks for a trilogy with Derek Chisora, 38, who he beat in 2011 and 2014.
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ANTHONY JOSHUA can still revisit his Deontay Wilder rivalry even though the heavyweight pair are now beltless.After 32-year-old AJ gobbled up the WBA, IBF  and WBO belts his team spent six months haggling with the former WBC king but could never get an undisputed deal done.
Deontay Wilder said a fight with Anthony Joshua must happenCredit: Getty Images – Getty
Anthony Joshua was accused of rejecting a £40m offer from Deontay WilderCredit: Getty
The Watford icon eventually beaten by Andy Ruiz Jr before Wilder lost two magnificent clashes with Tyson Fury.
Bad blood between the two power punchers remains as both teams blame the other for blowing the mega-money deal that should have happened in 2018.
The 36-year-old – who claims AJ turned down around £40m ($50m) at the time to fight him – told The Good Fight: “Me and Joshua should have fought years ago, I could have been the undisputed champion.
“The chance isn’t gone, we are both still in the business of fighting so that opportunity will always be there.
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“People still always stop me and ask when I’m fighting Joshua. Some people still think that’s the biggest fight in the world, between us two.
“It is the No1 match-up that people still always ask me about.
“It’s not a matter of ‘if’ the fight happens. It’s a matter of when, we just need the tight timing.”
Joshua promoter Eddie Hearn always insisted Team Wilder’s offer for a US showdown was not legit.
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And he soured any working relationship with childish name calling of Wilder’s veteran manager Shelly Finkel.
The Bronze Bomber will entertain the AJ battle again but they will not get caught up in Hearn’s tricks.
“We will not fall in line with Eddie Hearn’s games?” Wilder said. “They drained us.
“We dealt with Eddie Hearn for around six months and they just gave us the round around.
“They have their story, which they tell everyone, but I know the facts and he is a big manipulator.”
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TYSON FURY claims Derek Chisora is as dangerous as heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk.The Gyspy King is close to finalising a deal with Chisora to complete their trilogy.
Tyson Fury has claimed Derek Chisora is as dangerous as Oleksandr UsykCredit: Richard Pelham / The Sun
Usyk defeated Chisora via unanimous decision in 2010Credit: The Sun
Fury beat Del Boy in 2011 and 2014 but believes he is still one of the toughest opponents he could face.
But the Brit refused to confirm it is Chisora he will face in Cardiff on December 3.
Fury told Secondsout: “In my opinion Chisora at least got a draw with Oleksandr Usyk, so I see Chisora as every bit as dangerous as Usyk – if it is Chisora.
“I thought Chisora deserved a draw at minimum. Chisora is no pushover. If you’re not on your A-game, Derek will beat you.
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“There’s a few southpaws that I’m looking at, which would obviously help.”
Usyk beat Chisora in convincing fashion in 2020 via unanimous decision.
The judges scored the bout 115-113, 115-113, and 117-111 in the Ukranian’s favour, with Usyk going on to beat Anthony Joshua twice.
Unlike Chisora, who boasts an 33-12 record with three defeats in his last four bouts, Usyk is unbeaten.
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Chisora has also lost twice to Dillian Whyte in 2016 and 2018 – another fighter Fury beat easily this year in front of a record crowd at Wembley.
Fury hopes to face Chisora after their summer of feuding, which involved slinging insults at one another after a proposed fight fell through.
Speaking about the potential match-up, Fury said: “After his latest antics, I hope it is him.
“Unfortunately for him, if he signs a contract I’m going to have to severely smash his teeth in. We’ll see.”
Fury’s promoter Warren has said since that a deal for the Chisora fight was looking increasingly likely.
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“We’ve been struggling to get an opponent but we’ve got the highest-ranked opponent which is Derek Chisora.
“That’s where we’ll be going and that’ll be on December 3. We were just trying to find someone and it’s been very difficult.” More