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      ‘He wanted to kill’ – Tyson Fury’s promoter Bob Arum accuses Eddie Hearn of ‘sabotaging’ Anthony Joshua fight talks

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      TYSON FURY’s promoter, Bob Arum, has accused Eddie Hearn of sabotaging a WBC heavyweight title fight with Anthony Joshua.A fight between the two Brits was the talk of the town last month with the pair seemingly agreeing to fight in December.
      Fury (middle) with US promoter Arum (right) and UK promoter Frank Warren (left)Credit: Reuters
      Arum says Hearn (left) ‘sabotaged’ the Battle of BritainCredit: PA
      Heavyweight king Fury threw AJ a shock championship lifeline after his back-to-back title losses to Oleksandr Usyk.
      However, a contract was not signed by the original September 26 deadline and the Gypsy King is talking up fights with other heavyweights.
      Fury’s promoter, Arum, says the fight wasn’t made as Matchroom chief Hearn, who represents Joshua, “wanted to kill” it.
      Arum says Hearn “sabotaged” the Battle of Britain.
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      The American told Sky Sports: “He wanted to kill it because even as late as yesterday [Monday], if he’d have said let’s all get together and sit in a room and get everything finalised, it could have been done in a couple of hours.”
      Arum added: “I mean, really sad because I really believed both fighters wanted this fight to happen.
      “The first issue was well there’s different networks involved.
      “So, there was a meeting held and, lo and behold, all the networks signed off and they found a way to do it.
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      “Now, Mr Hearn got involved and he didn’t want the fight to happen from the get-go, so he slow-played it.
      “I’ve been in this business almost 60 years so I can tell when somebody doesn’t want something to happen and then slow-plays a negotiation.
      “Here, once the percentages were decided, there were no real issues.
      “You could sit in a room for three hours and get everything finalised, but Hearn refused to do it.
      “I think that was terrible on his part because I know Frank Warren and George, partners from Queensberry, were prepared to meet personally with Eddie and get everything worked out.
      “I mean there were no issues, for a fight not to happen where there are no issues because one promoter doesn’t want it to happen and is in a stalling position is to my mind reprehensible.”
      Hearn ‘still open’ to talk
      However, Hearn says the matter is “still open for discussions”.
      Hearn told Matchroom Boxing: “They gave us terms ultimately in a date they thought we wouldn’t accept. We did accept that.
      “We were ready to go. If they would have signed the contract on Monday, they had a fight.
      “We were asked to agree the deal by Monday, then we were asked to agree it by Wednesday. We got their comments back on Wednesday.
      “We were never gonna sign the fight, and we were told the fight is off.
      “So, it’s still there. It’s still open for discussions. But we’re not gonna play a game with a bloke that’s just coming out telling AJ it’s off and then he’s a dosser and he’s gotta sign it etc.
      “Have your fight if you wanna fight someone else and we’ll do our thing, and we’ll see what happens.”
      Fury could instead have a trilogy fight with Derek Chisora.
      The WBC champion, 34, has already sent Chisora, 37, a deal to complete their unlikely trilogy series.
      Hearn told Matchroom Boxing: “At the weekend, or Friday, Derek Chisora received a contract for the Tyson Fury fight.
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      “So have other fighters, so in our mind he’s not fighting Anthony Joshua.
      “We’re more than happy to continue those conversations, but from what we’ve been told, the deadline has passed.” More

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      Anthony Joshua earns HUGE payday – despite only fighting once last year

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      FORMER boxing champ Anthony Joshua’s fortune hit £130million last year.The heavyweight star banked another £12million despite losing his three world titles.
      The heavyweight star bankrolled another £12million last year even though he had only one fight
      Equity in his business Sparta Promotions rose £8.5million to £106,448,948 in the year to February even though AJ, 32, had only one fight.
      Assets in sponsorship company 258 Marketing Limited also climbed to £23,130,494, up £3.8million.
      In September last year Joshua lost on points to Oleksandr Usyk at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London.
      His rematch loss to the Ukrainian in Saudi Arabia in August is not covered by the accounts.
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      A potential £100million bout with Tyson Fury in December is off.
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      Deontay Wilder shows off stunning body transformation as Bronze Bomber set for ring return after Tyson Fury trilogy KO

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      DEONTAY WILDER is heading into his October 15 fight with Robert Helenius having undergone a stunning body transformation.The American, 36, is making his return to the ring after losing his WBC heavyweight title trilogy with Tyson Fury last October.
      Wilder is coming in leaner for his fight with HeleniusCredit: Getty Images – Getty
      The American expects to come in around the 220s for his October fightCredit: Getty Images – Getty
      Wilder says he felt ‘sluggish’ against Fury last yearCredit: Getty
      Wilder weighed in at 238lbs for his final fight with FuryCredit: Getty
      And he’s coming into the Barclays Center clash leaner, having shedded weight during his time away from boxing.
      Wilder weighed in at 238lbs for his last fight against Fury.
      But the Alabama-born hard hitter says he’ll come in at somewhere in the 220s for Helenius.
      Wilder said during his virtual press conference: “Somewhere in the 220s, somewhere around there.
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      “The weight isn’t what we’re going to worry about in this fight or in fights in the future.
      “We gained a lot of weight for the last fight for others’ expectations to see my body a certain way.
      “I was interested in seeing my body frame at a certain weight as well.
      “At this moment in time, I’m going back to what I’m used to and most comfortable to me and what’s comfortable to my body frame, and that’s going to be around the 220s or maybe under.”
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      Wilder says he felt “a little heavy” against Fury.
      He added: “Yeah, I felt a little sluggish, a little heavy.
      “You have to understand that I’ve never been 240 ever in my life before, but it was an experiment that I wanted to try.
      “We did what we had to do to get the weight put on there, and that’s an experience in the history books for me.
      “The only way to become wise is to apply knowledge to life, and we gained a lot of knowledge from that, and now we know what to do moving forward.”
      Should Wilder get past Helenius, he has ambitions of fighting the top three heavyweights before retiring.
      Wilder wants to take on Fury in a fourth fight – despite losing twice and drawing once already.
      And he would like a slice of AJ as well as WBA, IBF, WBO and IBO champ Usyk.
      Wilder claimed a fourth fight with Fury is ‘”inevitable” and a showdown with Joshua “will get done when it’s time”.
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      A meeting with Usyk has already being called for by the Ukrainian.
      Once his return is complete, Wilder will then retire to focus on making music. More

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      Oleksandr Usyk will only fight Tyson Fury when he runs out of TOILET PAPER, says Gypsy King’s dad John in bizarre rant

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      OLEKSANDR USYK will only take on Tyson Fury when he runs out of TOILET PAPER, the Gypsy King’s father John has claimed in a strange rant.WBC champion Fury, 34, looked to be on a collision course with Usyk after the Ukrainian beat Anthony Joshua for a second time to retain his IBF, WBA and WBO belts back in August.
      Fury looks set to take on Mahmoud Charr on December 3Credit: PA
      Usyk will not be ready to take on Fury until next yearCredit: Rex
      But reports then emerged that Usyk, 35, was not ready to take on the undefeated Brit until 2023, so Fury has sought alternative fights for the end of the year.
      He was heavily linked with a blockbuster bout against Anthony Joshua, but that has collapsed over the past week.
      Now Fury is expected to face Mahmoud Charr at the Principality Stadium on December 3.
      And his father John, 58, bizarrely believes a clash between his son and Usyk will not happen until the former undisputed cruiserweight champion no longer has any toilet roll.
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      Speaking to FreeBets.com, he said: “When Usyk runs out of toilet paper, we might be able to do something good.
      “At the minute they’re terrified, aren’t they? They’ve not come off the toilet thinking about Tyson the Gypsy King because they know the result. They’re going to get beat.
      “Tyson will fight Usyk in his front garden in the middle of Ukraine in front of the Ukrainian President. How’s that?
      “No venues needed, he’ll fight him anywhere on the planet, preferably his back garden or his kitchen or his lounge.
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      “That’s where we’re at with Usyk. Tyson’s not bothered about him at all. That’s what we’re in the game to do. If we have to get to that blown-up middleweight, the Ukrainian, we will do.”
      John continued: “We will chase those belts down. Tyson will chase them down and beat them unmercifully. He’ll tan them up like they’ve never been tanned before in their life, and they know this.
      “Usyk is on about fighting Canelo to avoid a Tyson Fury clash.
      “What Usyk wants to do is make as much money out of the titles that he can before he has to meet the Gypsy King. He knows the belts are gone.”
      Meanwhile, Usyk recently insisted he remains keen to make the Fury fight next year.
      He told Parimatch: “I don’t know anything about what Tyson Fury is doing or thinking. We’re in negotiations talking about a match and we’re doing our best to make this bout happen.
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      “Of course, I really want to have this fight next year. But if Tyson Fury is not interested in a match next year, then it’s not possible to fight against him.
      “I’m not interested in fighting any other boxer, so let’s wait.” More

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      Tyson Fury screams in pain while getting nostrils waxed as Gypsy King finally reveals his weakness

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      TSYON FURY was filmed screaming in agony while he had his nostrils waxed ahead of his return fight.Fury has beaten them all throughout his glittering 14-year boxing career, but he may have finally found his match.
      Tyson Fury appears to have finally found his match, and it’s not a boxerCredit: Instagram
      Tyson Fury decided to have a nose wax as he prepares for his return fightCredit: Instagram
      Tyson Fury cried in agony when he had his hair pulled out of his nostrilsCredit: Instagram
      The Gypsy King decided to have his nose waxed but the pain proved to be too much even for an undefeated heavyweight legend.
      The 34-year-old Brit posted a story on his personal Instagram page that saw him getting two q-tips up his nostrils before the aesthetician pulled them with force.
      Fury has endured tremendous pain throughout his career, who could even forget the way he immediately got back up to his feet after a knockout punch by Deontay Wilder back in 2018?
      But the suffering caused by the nose wax proved to be too much as the boxing star cried in pain.
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      Buit that won’t stop the Mancunian from returning to the ring after his retirement U-turn.
      Fury claimed he had hung up his gloves after beating Dillian Whyte in April but quickly changed his mind and has now returned to training camp.
      The heavyweight great expected to take on Anthony Joshua in an all-British showdown but it seems like the fight has been called off over a failure to sign contracts in time.
      Fury initially wanted to unify the belts against Oleksandr Usyk, who twice beat Joshua, but the Ukrainian superstar ruled himself out until next year in order to rest and recover.
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      The undefeated fighter’s camp originally set a deadline on 5pm on Monday, September 26 but then extended it by a couple of days.
      AJ’s promoter Eddie Hearn claimed he returned a final revised contract last week but had not heard from Fury’s camp and has now declared the fight dead.
      Hearn remains open to reviving talks, while Fury’s US promoter Bob Arum claimed Joshua’s rep is “stalling everything, because he doesn’t want the fight to happen”.
      The Gypsy King still has a fight date booked for December 3 but has no opponent.
      Reports suggest he may soon share the ring with German heavyweight Mahmoud Charr. More

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      Anthony Joshua’s net worth rises by £20m to £106m as boxing star enjoys gains outside ring despite losing world titles

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      ANTHONY JOSHUA saw his fortune soar to £106million after making almost £20.2m in just 12 months.Figures for his company Sparta Promotions Limited show he earned £14.6m from his first fight with Oleksandr Usyk, which he lost in September last year.
      Anthony Joshua has seen his fortune riseCredit: Getty
      AJ rides a jet ski in BarbadosCredit: Mega
      The bout at Tottenham Hotspur’s North London stadium was the only one he fought during the period covered by the accounts which run from March 1, 2021 to the end of February this year.
      The 32-year-old also made a further £5.6m from sponsorship deals in the UK and around the world in the same period.
      The fighter celebrated with a monster dividend payday of £4,507,500 compared to the £3,166,136 he paid himself last year.
      After taking off the dividend, a whopping £3.8m tax bill and other costs, Sparta Promotions was left with a profit for 2022 of £13m which boosted company coffers to £106m.
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      The figures do not include his rematch with 35-year-old Ukranian Uysk, which took place in August in Saudi Arabia and which he also lost.
      His take from that encounter will be covered in next year’s figures with predictions saying each fighter was paid around £30m.
      Anthony Joshua’s much anticipated fight with Tyson Fury appears to now be OFF after Eddie Hearn revealed that talks had broken down.
      Last week Fury pulled out after Joshua’s team failed to agree a contract in time to meet the Gypsy King’s self imposed deadline.
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      In an Instagram post, Fury said: “Well guys, it’s official. D-day has come and gone. It’s gone past five o’clock, Monday. No contract has been signed. It’s officially over for Joshua. He is now out in the cold with the wolfpack. Forget about it.”
      Prior to that Joshua was adamant the fight would go ahead but wanted to get the contract ironed out.
      He posted an Instagram Live video saying: “It ain’t in my hands – it’s with a legal team. That’s why you hire lawyers.
      “You know the history of boxing – make sure you get your legal terms right. That’s why you get good management and good lawyers.
      “So of course I’m going to sign the contract – it’s just with some lawyers at the minute.”
      Joshua, 32, has an endorsement deal with Hugo BossCredit: The Mega Agency More

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      I survived an assassination attempt after being shot, I’m not afraid of Tyson Fury and will KO him, says Mahmoud Charr

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      MIRACLEMAN Mahmoud Charr refuses to be intimidated by Tyson Fury – having overcome far more devastating fights in his life. The Germany-based, Lebanon-born Syrian is in talks to face Fury in December, after negotiations with Anthony Joshua broke down.
      Mahmoud Charr still bares the scars of his assassination attemptCredit: Instagram
      Mahmoud Charr was shot four times in 2015Credit: Instagram
      Charr at one point was considered the forgotten man of the heavyweight division, despite remarkably escaping death.
      The 37-year-old survived an assassination attempt in 2015 and amazingly returned to the ring nine months later.
      So he finds it fitting comeback king Fury – who beat depression to win back the world title – wants to fight him.
      Charr told SunSport: “Fury, the Gypsy King, and me, the Arab King, have one thing in common: we both never give up.
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      “Fury had severe depression, wanted to take his own life. My life was almost taken. I survived a shot in the stomach.
      “I decided to have two hip operations in one evening. After that, I became a world champion.
      “Fury and I are ambassadors for never giving up, believing in yourself and fighting for your dreams. A person without a dream has no life.”
      Even before Charr was shot four times in the stomach, he had to overcome hardship, fleeing from civil war that claimed his father’s life.

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      The boxer spent time in prison in his teenage years, before turning his life around with a career in the ring.
      Charr said: “I survived a bullet in the Libyan civil war when I was four years old. I lost my father in that war.
      “In Germany, I spent a total of three or four years in prison. I had a very hard life, had no money.
      “I was always on the street, having to struggle, fight my way through life.
      “Finally, it was martial arts that taught me discipline and made me a better person.
      “Yes, I have experienced a lot. The abdominal shot I mentioned, the bilateral hip surgery.
      “I am probably the only professional athlete who is still active with two artificial hip joints and plays so far above.”
      Youssef Hassan was given five years in prison for shooting Mahmoud CharrCredit: Alamy
      Mahmoud Charr returned to boxing after surviving the shootingCredit: Instagram
      Charr was 28–4 when his life was almost taken from him, following a cowardly assault from a Facebook troll.
      The attacker had been provoking the fighter online, posing videos of his losses on social media.
      But when Charr offered to face the man behind the screen in person, he was subject to a drive-by shooting in a kebab shop in Essen.
      He miraculously survived and lived to see his shooter, Youssef Hassan, sentenced to five years in prison.
      Charr had two tune-ups fights afterwards but later needed a double replacement, undergoing surgery in 2017 at the age of just 32.
      The same year, he went on to win the WBA’s secondary world title and has won his last five bouts.
      Charr’s biggest fight to date was a 2012 loss to Vitali Klitschko, but challenging for Fury’s WBC crown would top that.
      And despite the British star’s unbeaten record and fine winning-form, Charr remains unnerved, after conquering much more outside the ring.
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      He said: “I am not afraid of anyone.
      “Fear is a feeling and feelings can be controlled. Fear exists only in your mind.
      “Everyone who knows me knows that I would even fight a T-Rex. I will knock out Tyson Fury in four rounds.”
      Tyson Fury turned to Mahmoud Charr as talks with Anthony Joshua collapsedCredit: Jamie McPhilimey
      Mahmoud Charr has won his last five fightsCredit: Instagram
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      Tyson Fury rival Mahmoud Charr slams ‘small b****’ Eddie Hearn and calls out Anthony Joshua with crude nickname

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      MAHMOUD CHARR hit out at Anthony Joshua and Eddie Hearn as he continues talks to fight Tyson Fury. Talks between Fury and Joshua’s side for a December 3 Battle of Britain officially collapsed this week.
      Mahmoud Charr hit out at Anthony Joshua and Eddie Hearn
      Promoter Eddie Hearn pictured with Anthony JoshuaCredit: Mark Robinson Matchroom Boxing
      And promoter Hearn slammed the decision to have Charr in place as an alternative opponent.
      But the Lebanese-born German-based heavyweight has hit back, aiming a dig at ex-world champion Tony Bellew, 39, too.
      Charr, 37, said on Instagram: “Eddie Hearn, don’t stick your nose where it doesn’t belong. 
      “Go out from our business. You got your chance from p******* [Anthony Joshua] to fight the king, the Gypsy King.
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      “You had over 20 days. You not signed. Now you want to tell Frank Warren or Tyson Fury who they have to fight.
      “If that’s not enough, you bring your dogs, Tony what’s his name? Tony Bellew. Who is this motherf***er? I don’t know him.
      “Listen, guy. Go out from the business; you are nothing. You have no world champion now. Joshua is broken mentally.
      “After I beat Fury, I will take care of p*******. I promise. You are nothing, Eddie Hearn. You are small b***ch.”
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      Fury, 34, is in training for his return fight, expected to still be at Cardiff’s Principality Stadium.
      Meanwhile Joshua, 32, could be back by December 17 although the only available venue is the Wembley Arena, which has a max capacity of 12,500.
      AJ was recently beaten on points by Oleksandr Usyk, 35, the second time in the space of 11 months.
      And Fury knocked out Dillian Whyte, 34, in April when he announced his retirement only to backtrack soon after.
      Tyson Fury is in talks to fight Mahmoud CharrCredit: Getty More