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      Usyk has been holding breath underwater for almost five minutes until he PASSES OUT to prepare for Anthony Joshua

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      OLEKSANDR USYK has been holding his breath underwater for nearly five minutes until he nearly PASSES OUT.The Ukrainian has taken preparation for his rematch with Anthony Joshua to ridiculous extremes as he looks to defend his heavyweight titles.
      Oleksandr Usyk attended today’s pre-fight press conferenceCredit: AFP
      Egis Kilmas made incredible claims about his client’s training methodsCredit: PA
      In today’s pre-fight press conference, Usyk’s manager Egis Klimas lifted the lid about the crazy lengths that the 35-year-old is going to.
      Klimas said: “I’m so proud to represent him.
      “I can tell you, I’ve never seen anybody, I’ve never seen anybody at 45 degrees heat ride a bicycle for 100 kilometres.
      “I’ve never seen anybody swimming the day before press conference in London for 10 kilometres in the pool for five hours.
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      “I’ve never seen anybody holding his breath underwater for four minutes and 40 seconds – almost passing away, shaking himself.
      “And then I ask him ‘What’s wrong with you?’ he said ‘I know I have a trainer behind me, he’s not going to let me drown, he’s going to pull me out.’
      “And I hope all of this is going to be helping him on Saturday night.”
      Usyk himself claimed: “We were born to compete for life, for belts, for everything. The one who does not compete does not live.
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      “All our lives are competition, for anything, for something, for somebody. That’s why we are competing.”
      Joshua admitted that he has to win this fight.
      The Brit, 32, said: “That’s it. Must win.
      “I like the pressure. It’s been tough. [Now] just get the job done. Instinct, stay focused, get the job done, God willing, victorious.
      “I’ve got goals I want to achieve in the ring on the night. That’s competition with myself.
      “You’ve got to have a competitive spirit.”
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      Deontay Wilder poses with Joe Joyce as ex-heavyweight champ watches UFC fights while training for comeback

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      DEONTAY WILDER bumped into Joe Joyce while training in Las Vegas and made another trip to watch the UFC. The American heavyweight star is set to return to the ring on October 15 in New York against Robert Helenius.
      Deontay Wilder watching a UFC event
      And he has been training in Vegas ahead of his first bout since losing to Tyson Fury in their October trilogy classic.
      Wilder has been using the UFC’s facility and even bumped into heavyweight champion Francis Ngannou, 35.
      At the UFC’s Performance Institute, the ex-WBC king ran into British contender Joyce, who returns against Joseph Parker on September 24.
      Wilder was later seen at the UFC’s Apex Center watching another round of Dana White’s Tuesday Night Contender Series.
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      It was the third event he watched in two weeks.
      Wilder, 36, was knocked out in round 11 against Fury, 33, after being floored three times but scoring two knockdowns of his own.
      The ex-WBC champion then went radio silent, leaving his boxing future in doubt.
      But talk of a return soon surfaced as Wilder was seen publicly again and has recently ramped up his training.
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      Former sparring partner Helenius, 38, is in talks to be the Bronze Bomber’s return opponent.
      And the fight is eyed for the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, which would be on pay-per-view in the UK.
      Meanwhile Joyce, 36, and Parker, 30, fight in Manchester as they continue their pursuit of world honours.
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      Tyson Fury had argument with ‘bully’ Anthony Joshua over the phone and says ‘it didn’t fare too well for AJ’

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      TYSON FURY claims that he encountered the ‘true Anthony Joshua’ during a heated phone call with his rival, labelling the two-time world heavyweight champion a ‘bully’. Fury, 34, told The Lowdown that he once received an angry phone call from Joshua telling him what he was going to do to him when the pair eventually meet in the ring.
      Tyson Fury claims to have held a phone call with AJ where things got heatedCredit: Getty
      Fury said AJ was ‘a bully’Credit: PA
      Fury said: “He phoned me up one day in a mood to say he was gonna do this and do that to me. It didn’t fare too well for him, let’s say that… I just told him the truth. The truth always hurts.”
      The pair had a seemingly amicable relationship until quite recently, having sparred together as youngsters, talked on FaceTime and even bumped into each other on holiday in Marbella.
      Fury even said in an interview with Gary Neville on The Overlap that he respects AJ and reckons his biggest rival would ‘love him’ if they got to know each other.
      He also went on to say: “I respect him not only because of a boxing side of things, I respect him because he’s come from a very rough council estate.
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      “He was a drug dealer and all that sort of stuff in his early life – and he’s changed it all around to become a champion.”
      Despite this, when speaking on The Lowdown about their bust up, Fury elaborated: “Just out of the blue. He decided to give me a call, a telling off call.
      “I don’t think he liked what he heard on the end of it. There’s no telling me off anyway.
      “I just told him the truth and the truth always hurts. I have definitely encountered the true Anthony Joshua. Not a nice person, sort of a bully.
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      “Someone who thought he was gonna put the bluff on me. That’s what type of person he is.”
      The two have often come to blows on social media, with Joshua claiming Fury would never be able to sell out Wembley Stadium without him.
      The 32-year-old said: “If Fury could have sold out 90,000-capacity stadiums, then he would have done. But he never has had the ability to attract those large numbers, not until he fights me.”
      Fury and AJ had previously agreed to go head to head in an undisputed world heavyweight title fight, only for the fight collapse as Fury was ordered by an arbitration judge to face Deontay Wilder first.
      The fight was reportedly due to take place on 14th August in Saudi Arabia, but Fury took on Deontay Wilder in the third chapter of their trilogy fight last year in Nevada, USA.
      Meanwhile, Joshua faced off against Ukrainian heavyweight Oleksandr Usyk at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium and lost his titles.
      Joshua called Fury out on social media after their fight collapsed, claiming that the WBC champion never really intended to fight him in the first place.
      He said: “Tyson Fury the world now sees you for the fraud you are. You’ve let boxing down! You lied to the fans and led them on. Used my name for clout not a fight.”
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      Joshua will attempt to reclaim his belts from Usyk on Saturday in Saudi.
      However, Fury and Joshua may never meet inside the squared circle following the Gypsy King’s retirement.

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      Anthony Joshua ‘more than capable’ of winning Usyk rematch after working on secret technique, says sparring partner

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      ANTHONY JOSHUA is “more than capable” of avenging his loss to Oleksandr Usyk if he implements the “adjustments” he’s made in preparation for their rematch.The Watford warrior will bid to reclaim the WBA, WBO, IBF and IBO heavyweight titles from the Ukrainian in a pivotal Saudi showdown on Saturday night.
      Anthony Joshua will rematch Oleksandr Usyk in Saudi Arabia on SaturdayCredit: GETTY
      AJ was turned over by the slick southpaw in their Tottenham tussle last SeptemberCredit: REUTERS
      AJ has vowed to be more aggressive in their desert dust-upCredit: GETTY
      Training partner Lawrence Okolie believes AJ can get the job done second time aroundCredit: INSTAGRAM@LAWRENCEOKOLIE
      AJ tried to outbox the slick southpaw in their Tottenham tussle last September and ended up suffering a lopsided points defeat.
      But training partner and good pal Lawrence Okolie reckons he can become a three-time heavyweight champion if he sticks to the game plan he’s been honing for the last eight months.
      The WBO cruiserweight champion told SunSport: “Some of those adjustments, which I don’t want to go too much into, are showing a bit in the little techniques that he’s been working on in training with me.
      “I’m obviously an almost opposite style to Usyk, so it’s hard to deal with when he would try those techniques with me.
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      “But it [his most recent training with AJ] was good and I look forward to them clashing again and that’s it.”
      Joshua, 32, has cooked up an aggressive game plan with new trainer Robert Garcia for the desert dust-up.
      And Okolie believes calculated aggression will see AJ detonate one of his trademark right hands flush on the chin of the twinkle-toed Usyk.
      Okolie said of the two-time heavyweight champion: “He’s more than capable of avenging the loss.
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      “He’s a professional, two-time heavyweight world champion and Olympic gold medallist.
      “And he’s a 17-stone man. He hits hard enough to end the fight.
      “So if he can land the shots and set it up properly, he can end the fight.
      “He’s more than capable of doing it. Obviously, it’s a good, hard fight but it’s more than doable.”
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      Joshua doesn’t plan on outpointing his way to revenge against Usyk as he did in his 2019 rematch with Andy Ruiz Jr.
      The Olympic gold medallist said: “I will do my best and win by knockout.”
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      Watch rare moment Anthony Joshua rival Olekasandr Usyk is DROPPED from vicious body shot in amateurs

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      ANTHONY JOSHUA can look to Artur Beterbiev for inspiration ahead of his rematch with Oleksandr Usyk.AJ was beaten by the Ukrainian boxing master in September but they fight once more on Saturday, in Saudi Arabia.
      Artur Beterbiev, floored Oleksandr Usyk with a body shot in the amateursCredit: https://twitter.com/TheOneTwoBoxing/status/1385982780396425219
      The bout took place in 2007Credit: https://twitter.com/TheOneTwoBoxing/status/1385982780396425219
      Usyk has looked near flawless in his 19 bouts in the professional ranks – winning all of them.
      But he did not have it all his own way in the amateurs, where he boxed 350 times, winning two Olympic golds.
      In one particular bout, against current unified light-heavyweight champion Beterbiev, Usyk was knocked down by the Russian.
      He was floored by a sneaky right hook to the ribs and later lost on points.
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      Usyk, now 35, did emerge the victor in his series with Beterbiev, 37, in the unpaid ranks, winning two of their three bouts.
      That included wins in the 2011 World Championship quarter-finals and a year later in the same stages of the London Olympics.
      As a professional, Beterbiev has won all 18 of his fights by knockout, boxing’s only champ with a 100 per cent stoppage ratio.
      And like Usyk, he holds three of the four world belts.

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      Usyk meanwhile is a two-division title holder and reigned as undisputed king at cruiserweight.
      After beating Joshua, he became unified boss at heavyweight.
      Tyson Fury, linked with facing Usyk or AJ, referenced the pound-for-pound star’s body shot knockdown in an Instagram video.
      Fury posted: “This is how Anthony Joshua needs to attack Oleksandr Usyk’s body. I know the blown-up middleweight can’t take body shots.”
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      ‘We lost a fight but not the war’ – Anthony Joshua’s secret dressing room speech after Oleksandr Usyk defeat revealed

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      ANTHONY JOSHUA revealed he told his team “we lost a fight but not the war” following defeat to Oleksandr Usyk. AJ was stunned last September on points by the Ukrainian great, setting up an immediate rematch this Saturday in Saudi Arabia.
      Oleksandr Usyk and Anthony Joshua after their first fightCredit: Mark Robinson Matchroom Boxing
      But Joshua refused to give up and was the one picking up the pieces after the crushing loss.
      He said: “Right after, in the changing room, I knew I would fight again.
      “I was telling everyone, ‘Come on, what the f***? We are warriors, we lost a fight but not the war. This is an ongoing battle. It’s not over ’til it’s over.’
      “That’s how I re-motivated my team. Nothing should dishearten you.
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      “I have to keep that mentality for the rest of my life even if I stumble privately or publicly.”
      Joshua, 32, invoked his right to a rematch right away but amid Ukraine’s war with Russia the fight faced delays.
      It provided AJ with more time to train under new coach Robert Garcia having left Rob McCracken and his Sheffield training base.
      But it leaves Joshua with only one fight in the last year and plenty of thinking time.

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      He said: “It has been a nightmare just sitting on this loss for so many months.
      “The time-frame does change every day, I have dedicated a lot of my life to a very tough sport.
      “I will do this for as long as I can but I think I’m quite smart at business now, I will be 33 shortly and a lot will come down to how long my body can hang on.”
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      Boxing legend Mike Tyson says he wished he smoked WEED before his fights & takes psychedelic drugs every day

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      BOXING legend Mike Tyson says he wishes he smoked weed before his fights – but is now making up for lost time by taking psychedelic drugs every day. The former heavyweight champ uses both magic mushrooms and cannabis, but says he’d have been an even more fearsome fighter if he’d done so in his heyday.
      Boxing legend Mike Tyson has revealed how he prepares for fights these days – by taking magic mushrooms and cannabisCredit: SWNS
      The champ says he wishes he’d been smoking spliff in his heyday
      In an interview with Muscle and Health Magazine, Tyson said he now runs his own weed company, Tyson 2.0.
      He said: “Cannabis is good to workout on for me.
      “I just wish I was smoking back when I was fighting – I really lost out there from an athlete’s perspective.
      “[But] if I’d smoked during my boxing career, I probably wouldn’t have been so aggressive.
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      “I also like taking mushrooms and smoking before fighting. I take psychedelics every day, mushrooms.”
      Tyson is perhaps now best known for the controversy that followed his 1997 match with Evander Holyfield.
      Contested for the WBA Heavyweight Championship, the match was originally billed as ‘The Sound and The Fury’ – but is better remembered for the shocking moment in the third round when Tyson bit part of Holyfield’s ear off.
      At the time, it was considered the end of Tyson’s career and saw him suspended from the sport indefinitely.
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      But, in the 25 years since, the native New Yorker has been able to parlay the incident into a lucrative business that combines his other love – cannabis.
      Tyson’s cannabis brand flogs THC edible ‘Mike Bites’ – sweets shaped exactly like Evander Holyfield’s ear.
      He said: “I can now regain what I lost because I’ve been so successful with Mike Bites and other ear-related merchandise.
      “It’s like making lemons out of lemonade when you think about it, because I got severely fined for the ear bite and all these years later it’s turned into a blessing.
      “People see it almost as slapstick comedy.
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      “I’ve been making hundreds of thousands of dollars just from images of biting people’s ears. It’s just incredible and I’m very grateful.
      “It could have been bad. It could have turned out really bad.”
      Tyson’s varied career has also seen him dabble in film, with Hollywood under his belt – and Bollywood next on the hit list.
      He said: “I’ve just finished filming Vendetta with Bruce Willis.
      “I didn’t have the chance in our movie to interact personally, but we’re good friends.
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      “I was acting alongside Thomas Jane who played the lead role in The Punisher, I got to play with some really fun guns.
      “I’ve also been working on a Bollywood movie. I enjoy being on a stage, I like being on stage. I could even belly dance if someone taught me!”
      Editor Danni Levy, who spoke with the boxing star for Muscle and Health Magazine, added: “If ever I was looking for a way to enliven my life, spending an afternoon with Mike Tyson eating THC edibles would probably have been top of my list, albeit a far-fetched notion.
      “Tyson’s personality is contagious.
      “He emulates warmth and family charm. His smile makes you smile.
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      “And it’s easy to see why, 25 years after an event that could’ve ruined his career, he’s flipped the coin and turned mincemeat into millions.
      “Sharing an afternoon with Tyson was undoubtedly one of the most memorable moments of my career.”
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      Carl Froch reacts to Oleksandr Usyk’s stunning body transformation after piling on ‘two STONE’ for Anthony Joshua fight

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      CARL FROCH has doubted Oleksandr Usyk’s rumoured weight gain will increase his punch power. Amir Khan raised eyebrows when he claimed Usyk had put on over TWO STONE during training for his rematch with Anthony Joshua.
      Oleksandr Usyk ahead of his rematch with Anthony JoshuaCredit: Mark Robinson Matchroom Boxing
      But Froch, 45, said: “Possibly he might be thinking that if ‘I put some weight on that my punch is going to have a little bit more impact’.
      “But it’s the fast punches that hurt more and the timing of the punch because it’s not always the weight.
      “Look at Prince Naseem Hamed, he was a featherweight, and he could punch like a heavyweight, Julian Jackson, you go over the history, you can either punch or you can’t and putting weight on doesn’t make you punch harder.
      “Obviously there’s more weight behind the punch but an actual hard punch doesn’t come from having bigger biceps or bigger lats or whatever.
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      “Usyk knows this, he’s not stupid, he’s a master. He’s got an honorary degree and how many masters in boxing.”
      Usyk, 35, outclassed Joshua, 32, over 12 rounds last September after weighing in at 15st 11lb.
      But in training material heading into the rematch on Saturday in Saudi Arabia, the Ukrainian appeard to have bulked up.
      And if the ex-undisputed cruiserweight king is to have piled on the pounds, Froch believes it would have happened naturally.

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      He said: “I think it’s a natural progression, a natural development of someone that is 35 years old.
      “I put a bit of weight on when I retired at 36, I’m sitting here at 14 stone.
      “I was two stone lighter when I boxed, where has two stone gone off me now.
      “I just think that Usyk’s getting bigger because he’s not making cruiserweight anymore.
      “He’s up to heavyweight, he’s eating what he wants which is a good thing.
      “So naturally, with his age and with his diet now and with his training, he’ll being doing some more weights.
      “He’ll be doing some more compound exercises like deadlifts and clean and press – well he should be if his strength and conditioning coach knows what he’s doing.
      “So, he’ll naturally get bigger, he’s probably put a stone on, he’s not put two stone on. I don’t think it’s going to be a massive advantage or disadvantage.”
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