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      I was targeted by online trolls over beloved Tyson Fury tattoo – now I’m getting rid of it because of something he did

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      A TYSON FURY superfan has revealed she had her tattoo of the Gypsy King covered up with a giant skull because he was “rude” to her.Mum-of-two Anna Sinclair, 34, was trolled mercilessly when she first had the portrait tattoo done, with people claiming it looked nothing like him, but she had the last laugh when the boxing champ gave it his seal of approval when they met back in January.
      Tyson Fury posed for pictures when Anna first met herCredit: Anna Sinclair
      But she decided to get the piece covered up after he was too busy to chat when she met him a second timeCredit: Anna Sinclair
      Before: Close up of the tattoo when she first had it done last yearCredit: The Sun
      After: The portrait is now covered up with a giant skullCredit: Anna Sinclair
      Now Anna said she felt disappointed after she bumped into Fury a second time – claiming he brushed her off and was too busy to speak to her.
      The next day she went to a tattoo studio and had the portrait covered up with a large black and grey skull.

      “I removed Tyson tattoo removed because I felt he was rude to me,” Anna, who lives in Tenerife, told The Sun.
      “He was in Tenerife last week because he had a gig here for fans. It was 250 euros per ticket entrance and me and my boyfriend were planning to go.
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      “The day before we parked the car and I heard someone say, ‘Tyson, Tyson.’
      “I came out from the car and he was just there, literally walking towards me, pushing a pram while on the phone.
      “I just greeted him and said, ‘Hi welcome back to Tenerife’, he looked at me angrily and said, ‘Don’t you see I am on my phone?’
      “I felt a bit bad but then I saw his wife Paris coming from the back and she remembered me from the first time I met them a few months ago.
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      “She said ‘Hi Anna’. Oh she is an angel. We gave each other a kiss and a hug.
      “I told her immediately, ‘Sorry we won’t be coming for the event’.
      “I just felt a bit disappointed.. because I think he doesn’t really know how to speak to his fans. Only at those expensive shows where he gets paid to perform.
      “So I went and covered him up with a skull.”
      Anna originally got the tattoo on her arm last year to pay homage to the heavyweight champ – after saying he was her “idol” and even inspired her to quit booze.
      But she was bombarded with mean comments when she posted it on a Tyson Fury fan page on Facebook with people saying the inking looks nothing like the Gypsy King and she should have it removed.
      Anna managed to shut the haters up after she met Fury while he was on holiday with wife Paris and their kids at an all-inclusive resort in Tenerife, and they both loved the tattoo.
      The boxer even posed for a picture with Anna while she showed off the tattoo.
      Anna says although the cover-up was “very painful” she has no regrets over the tattoo and said feels “stronger” after having him inked on her arm for the past year.
      “He lasted one year. I think he gave me a lot of inspiration … but like everything, it doesn’t last forever I guess,” Anna said.
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      “I definitely feel stronger after having his tattoo for a year and I don’t regret any of it but he should work on his social skills.
      “It was painful but it felt like the right thing to do.”
      Tyson was in Tenerife for a meet-and-greet fan eventCredit: Getty
      Fury often enjoys trips to Tenerife with wife Paris and his kidsCredit: Not known, clear with picture desk
      Anna shows off her tattoo after she first got it doneCredit: The Sun More

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      Tyson Fury wears amazing custom suit to watch best pal Joseph Parker race to outrageous 89-SECOND KO win vs Faiga Opelu

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      TYSON FURY cheered best pal and training partner Joseph Parker to an 89-second victory on Wednesday in Australia wearing a stunning custom suit.The 34-year-old WBC Gypsy King flew Down Under to support his New Zealand pal as he waits for his next defence to be decided.
      Joseph Parker needed just 89 seconds to knockout Faiga OpeluCredit: EPA
      Tyson Fury wore a stunning custom suit to cheer on his pal from ringsideCredit: EPA
      Parker put on an outrageous display in front of his training partnerCredit: EPA
      The 6ft 9in Morecambe mastermind played with the Aussie media all week, promising to fight over there soon and drink the place dry on his flying visit.
      So it was down to Parker – who reigned as WBO heavyweight before Anthony Joshua dethroned him back in 2018 – to focus on serious and fast business.
      The Samoan slugger kept up his rebuild – after last year’s bloody and brutal KO loss to Joe Joyce – with a win over Faiga Opelu 1min and 29 seconds.
      Before Fury even had a chance to bark any advice, Parker landed booming right hands and a couple of chopping left hooks.
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      Opelu tried to bob and weave but he got peppered with a range of blows before he turned his back on the attack and fell to the floor.
      Without even starting to count, the referee helped pick dazed Opelu off of the canvas and helped him into a corner before waving the brief one-sided fight off.
      This was Parker’s latest step towards re-joining the division’s biggest names, although Fury has insisted he would rather give the Kiwi his belt rather than fight him, as he took his record to 32-3.
      He said afterwards: “I’d like to thank Django for taking the fight and putting on the best performance he could.
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      “I want to keep busy, anyone who’s keen, anywhere. I just want to fight.”
      Meanwhile, Fury said: “I’d like to see him fight maybe a rematch with Andy Ruiz, or a rematch with Joe Joyce, or even Dillian Whyte or even AJ.
      “Joseph Parker is back on the map!”
      New Zelander Parker is now hoping to get back amongst the heavyweight big boysCredit: Getty More

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      Tyson Fury says he’s rather give up belt than fight heavyweight rival who is two stone lighter than him

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      TYSON FURY insists he would rather give up his WBC heavyweight title belt rather than fight one individual who is TWO STONE lighter than him.The Gypsy King is currently in Australia to support training partner and friend Joseph Parker.
      Tyson Fury is currently in Australia to support pal Joseph ParkerCredit: Getty
      Parker, 31, faces Faiga Opel, 29, in Melbourne tomorrow night and will have the backing of Fury, who made the near 11,000 mile trip over.
      The champ was in talks for the heavyweight division’s first four-belt undisputed decider against Oleksandr Usyk this year.
      But the deal broke down amid a row over the potential split for a rematch between the two.
      Fury, 34, was looking to come back in the summer at Wembley but found very little available opponents available.
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      It led the two-time unbeaten champion to name Australia as a potential host for his very next bout.
      Fury was at today’s press conference to watch Parker weigh-in at 108.8kg, the New Zealander’s the lightest weight since his defeat to Anthony Joshua in 2018.
      The Brit, who hit the scales at 19.2 stone for his victory over Derek Chisora in December, was asked whether defending his title against close pal and training partner Parker in the future was “a realistic possibility” by the media in attendance.
      But he instantly replied with: “Definitely not. No. I’d rather give him the belt than fight him for it.
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      “We’re too close for that fight, and there’s plenty of heavyweights out there.”
      Fury then joked that he also “didn’t want to get beat up” by Parker.
      The star had earlier in the week made the shock revelation that he could be in line to fight Aussie heavyweight Demsey McKean.
      McKean, 32, is signed to Eddie Hearn’s Matchroom banner and is currently 22-0 with 14 knockouts.
      And he was hired as Anthony Joshua’s sparring before before the Brit’s loss to Usyk in September 2021.
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      Anthony Joshua hits out at boxing with cryptic post about ‘rats’ and echoes Mike Tyson and George Foreman’s views

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      ANTHONY JOSHUA has hit out at boxing with a cryptic post about “rats out-witting lions” as he echoed George Foreman and Mike Tyson’s views.Former unified heavyweight champion AJ returned to the ring with a scrappy points win over Jermaine Franklin last month.
      Anthony Joshua has seemingly took aim at boxing’s money men in a cryptic Insta postCredit: Getty
      He shared Mike Tyson’s message about boxing being business rather than sportCredit: Instagram
      We revealed this week that the 33-year-old’s long-awaited showdown with Deontay Wilder is on the verge of being finalised.
      His promoter Eddie Hearn has stated that he would like the Watford warrior to take another warm-up fight before throwing down with the former WBC king.
      An all-British clash with Dillian Whyte has been mooted – and now it seems that Joshua is about to start preparing for a fight camp before the bumper bout with the Bronze Bomber.
      However, frustration over finalising a fight seems to be mounting judging by the star’s latest cryptic Instagram post.
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      He firstly shared a clip on his story of the legendary Foreman, which was headlined “I was forced back into boxing because the people I trusted stole everything from me”.
      The American said in the video: “I gave it all up. I never wanted to see a boxing ring again. But I got broke and I had to go back in the ring to take care of my family.”
      Joshua then shared a clip of icon Tyson saying: “I found out that boxing’s business and not about who is stronger or tougher, it’s about the smartest guy – who can make the most money with the least risk.
      “That’s what boxing is truly about but then ego gets involved but it’s about making the most money with the least risk and you leave here healthy, you have your family and have a enough money to take care of people.”
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      And then Joshua wrote the following message to his followers: “Boxing: The only jungle where the rats out-wit the lions.”
      Boxing bosses in Saudi are working on a deal for AJ to fight Wilder, which the American’s coach Malik Scott said is close to being agreed.
      Scott told Betway: “Without going into too much detail about the business aspect of it, everything’s been said, talked about, negotiated, but nothing’s been signed.
      “But signing is almost upon us. But the negotiations definitely are happening.
      “The moves are being made. The business aspect is definitely being taken care of.
      “And most of all Deontay Wilder is being taken care of and is going to get paid very well for his services, and that’s the most important part to me.”
      Meanwhile, AJ has been warned he does NOT have the ability to beat a “reckless” Deontay Wilder.
      Esteemed British trainer Dominic Ingle has backed Wilder, 37, to win the proposed blockbuster bout in the Middle East.
      Ingle told Boxing King Media: “The way Wilder is, he’s reckless when he fights – and Anthony Joshua isn’t.
      “He’s got the reach, he’s got the recklessness, he’ll throw caution to the wind, he’s got the power and he’ll get off the floor and he’ll fight.
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      “He’s also boxed Tyson Fury three times, something Joshua hasn’t done. So you’ve got to give him full credit for how he is.
      “I think it’d be a very difficult job for Anthony Joshua to beat Deontay Wilder. Very difficult. I don’t think he has the ability to.”  More

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      Anthony Joshua does NOT have the ability to beat ‘reckless’ Deontay Wilder, claims British trainer

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      ANTHONY JOSHUA has been warned he does NOT have the ability to beat a “reckless” Deontay Wilder. The heavyweight superstars are in negotiations for a super-fight in December in Saudi Arabia.
      Anthony Joshua is in talks to fight Deontay WilderCredit: Getty
      Deontay Wilder and Anthony Joshua could fight in Saudi ArabiaCredit: AP
      And esteemed British trainer Dominic Ingle has backed Wilder, 37, to win the proposed blockbuster bout in the Middle East.
      Ingle told Boxing King Media: “The way Wilder is, he’s reckless when he fights – and Anthony Joshua isn’t.
      “He’s got the reach, he’s got the recklessness, he’ll throw caution to the wind, he’s got the power and he’ll get off the floor and he’ll fight.
      “He’s also boxed Tyson Fury three times, something Joshua hasn’t done. So you’ve got to give him full credit for how he is.
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      “I think it’d be a very difficult job for Anthony Joshua to beat Deontay Wilder. Very difficult. I don’t think he has the ability to.”
      Joshua, 33, returned to winning ways in April by beating Jermaine Franklin, 29, over the 12 round distance.
      And now boxing bosses in Saudi are working on a deal for AJ to fight Wilder, which the American’s coach Malik Scott said is close to being agreed.
      Scott told Betway: “Without going into too much detail about the business aspect of it, everything’s been said, talked about, negotiated, but nothing’s been signed.
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      “But signing is almost upon us. But the negotiations definitely are happening.
      “The moves are being made. The business aspect is definitely being taken care of.
      “And most of all Deontay Wilder is being taken care of and is going to get paid very well for his services, and that’s the most important part to me.”

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      Tyson Fury beams as he meets die-hard fan who has huge tattoo of Gypsy King on his back

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      TYSON FURY beamed as he met a die-hard fan who has a huge tattoo of the Gypsy King on his back. The WBC heavyweight champion is currently in Australia, supporting training partner and friend Joseph Parker.
      Tyson Fury meets a fan with a tattoo of himCredit: Instagram @tysonfury
      Tyson Fury celebrating his win over Deontay Wilder in 2020Credit: Reuters
      Fury was met with much fanfare on arrival Down Under and even bumped into a super-supporter so loyal he’s had the heavyweight icon inked on him.
      The British superstar grinned and pointed to the fans’ tattoo, which portrays Fury celebrating his 2020 win over Deontay Wilder.
      Parker, 31, faces Faiga Opel, 29, in Melbourne tomorrow night and will have the backing of Fury, who made the near 11,000 mile trip over.
      And his arrival brought the shock revelation that he could be in line to fight Aussie heavyweight Demsey McKean.
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      McKean’s manager Angelo Di Carlo told The Herald Sun: “Chats began some time ago for Demsey to fight Tyson Fury in Australia and I think Demsey is the best option for the Gypsy King.
      “We’re certainly keen to do the fight. We’ve had a good association with Matchroom and we have great respect for Eddie Hearn, but I’ll have more talks with Fury’s camp and see where that takes us.
      “If Tyson Fury wants to fight in Australia, the logical option is to fight an Aussie fighter and talking to Fury’s people, they don’t want to fight a small heavyweight.
      “We’ve been given a possible date to fight Fury in August, so hopefully we can make it happen.”
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      McKean, 32, is signed to Hearn’s Matchroom banner and is currently 22-0 with 14 knockouts.
      And he was hired as Anthony Joshua’s sparring before before the Brit’s loss to Oleksandr Usyk in September 2021.
      McKean was also considered as an opponent for Joshua this year before Jermaine Franklin was ultimately selected.
      But the Aussie could get his shot at the big time against Fury, who has not returned since beating Derek Chisora in December.
      He was in talks for the heavyweight division’s first four-belt undisputed decider against Usyk this year.
      But the deal broke down amid a row over the potential split for a rematch between the two.
      So Fury, 34, was looking to come back in the summer at Wembley but found very little available opponents available.
      It led the two-time unbeaten champion to name Australia as a potential host for his very next bout.
      Fury said: “I’m definitely keen, it may even be my next fight, over here. I just haven’t got an opponent yet, so we’re going to figure it out.
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      “Over the next few days we’re going to be travelling around to a few different states and looking at some potential venues for my next fight.
      “Australians are always crazy boxing fans, so it would be great to get the Gypsy King Down Under.”
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      Fans fear for Nate Diaz against Jake Paul as ‘slow and loopy’ boxing training footage emerges

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      NATE DIAZ has fans fearing for him ahead of his fight with Jake Paul fight after footage of his boxing training emerged. The ex-UFC star faces YouTuber-turned prizefighter Paul in his professional boxing debut on August 5 in Texas.
      Footage of Nate Diaz’s boxing training has been revealed
      And a clip has done the rounds on social media of Diaz hitting pads but it left some worrying for him.
      One said: “Slow and loopy is what I see, Nate has decent hands in MMA= junk hands in boxing.”
      Another added: “Oh lord… He going to sleep.”
      One agreed: “Jake Paul is gonna smoke Nate.”
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      Influencer boxer Slim Albaher tweeted: “Jake Paul is gonna sleep him.”
      It is unclear when the footage was recorded but others have thrown their support to Diaz.
      One said: “Easy win for Nate.”
      Another said: “Diaz is going to absolutely destroy Jake Paul.”
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      Paul, 26, was beaten for the first time in February, losing a split-decision in Saudi Arabia to Tommy Fury, 23.
      He then snubbed a rematch to instead turn his attention to Diaz, 38, who left the UFC last year when his contract expired.
      Paul said: “Nate Diaz was always the plan. I’ve always said – even in the Tommy Fury build up – that I wanted Nate Diaz after Tommy.
      “And that really was regardless of the outcome, I’ve always wanted to fight Nate Diaz, so he was always next on my list.
      “There’s always a bunch of options and one day you’re like, ‘I want to do this, I want to do that.’
      “But I went back to the Nate Diaz idea as like the original plan and he was ready and wiling to make the fight happen and it just made more sense than the Tommy Fury rematch right away.”
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      Tyson Fury ‘in talks’ to fight Anthony Joshua’s former sparring partner in Australia in August with Usyk scrap no closer

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      TYSON FURY is in talks for a fight in August in Australia against Demsey McKean, boxing manager Angelo Di Carlo said. Fury has been searching for a summer return after talks to face Oleksandr Usyk in a title unification earlier in the year collapsed.
      Tyson Fury pictured in Australia ahead of Joseph Parker’s fightCredit: Getty
      Anthony Joshua pictured with ex-sparring partner Demsey McKean
      The WBC champion is in Australia to support training partner and friend Joseph Parker, who fights Faiga Opel in Melbourne.
      Fury claimed he is looking to fight in the region one day and could get his wish granted.
      McKean’s manager Di Carlo claimed discussions have been ongoing for the unbeaten heavyweight to fight the Gypsy King.
      He told The Herald Sun: “Chats began some time ago for Demsey to fight Tyson Fury in Australia and I think Demsey is the best option for the Gypsy King.
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      “We’re certainly keen to do the fight. We’ve had a good association with Matchroom and we have great respect for Eddie Hearn, but I’ll have more talks with Fury’s camp and see where that takes us.
      “If Tyson Fury wants to fight in Australia, the logical option is to fight an Aussie fighter and talking to Fury’s people, they don’t want to fight a small heavyweight.
      “We’ve been given a possible date to fight Fury in August, so hopefully we can make it happen.”
      McKean, 32, is signed to Hearn’s Matchroom banner and is currently 22-0 with 14 knockouts.
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      And he was hired as Anthony Joshua’s sparring before before the Brit’s loss to Usyk, 36, in September 2021.
      McKean was also considered as an opponent for Joshua, 33, this year before Jermaine Franklin, 29, was ultimately selected.
      But the Aussie could get his shot at the big time against Fury, who has not returned since beating Derek Chisora, 39, in December.
      He was in talks for the heavyweight division’s first four-belt undisputed decider this year.
      But the deal broke down amid a row over the potential split for a rematch between the two.
      So Fury, 34, was looking to come back in the summer at Wembley but found very little available opponents available.
      It led the two-time unbeaten champion to name Australia as a potential host for his very next bout.
      Fury said: “I’m definitely keen, it may even be my next fight, over here. I just haven’t got an opponent yet, so we’re going to figure it out.

      “Over the next few days we’re going to be travelling around to a few different states and looking at some potential venues for my next fight.
      “Australians are always crazy boxing fans, so it would be great to get the Gypsy King Down Under.”
      Tyson Fury and Joseph Parker together in AustraliaCredit: Getty More