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      Mike Tyson believes Anthony Joshua is ‘recipe for disaster’ if he faces Tyson Fury as his punches are obvious

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      MIKE TYSON believes Anthony Joshua’s flaws are a ‘recipe for disaster’ if he is to face off against Tyson Fury.The heavyweight title holders were on the verge of agreeing a mega deal for two unification fights, until Fury was ordered to fight Deontay Wilder for a third time.
      Mike Tyson believes Anthony Joshua ‘telegraphs’ his punchesCredit: Instagram / @miketyson
      Joshua is hoping to agree a deal to fight Tyson Fury this yearCredit: Getty
      While Joshua suffered defeat to Oleksandr Usyk back in September.
      Speaking to Joshua’s promoter Eddie Hearn on his BBC No Passion, No Point podcast, the American outlined why he thinks Fury would be the favourite.
      Tyson, who returned to the ring in a draw with Roy Jones Jr, said: “It’s very interesting, Joshua is a masterful puncher. But you can see his punches coming, he telegraphs his punches.
      “And that’s just a recipe for disaster if you’re fighting Tyson Fury and you’re telegraphing your punches – to a guy whose 6ft 7in, come on.”

      Mike Tyson returned to the ring to fight Roy Jones Jr in DecemberCredit: Getty
      Fury defeated Wilder in an epic trilogy fight, which Mike Tyson championed before it became a fomality.
      He stated: “I think there are a lot of great heavyweight fighters in the division.
      “Anyone who says that it’s a bad division is just jealous, it’s exciting.
      “Tyson [Fury] can fight Wilder again and I like to see guys fight each other over and over again, if they’re exciting fighters.”
      He added: “[Wilder] did [make mistakes], but if the fans want it, that’s what it’s all about.
      “Tyson Fury is a fan fighter. The fans are in love with him, he has the momentum now.
      “In England, Anthony Joshua is a big thing. But Tyson Fury has got the people now, he’s got the masses. They follow him like he’s a messiah.”

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      Mike Tyson urges Tyson Fury to ‘keep on winning’ after Gypsy King hints at retirement after battering Wilder in trilogy

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      BOXING legend Mike Tyson has advised Tyson Fury to “keep on winning” amid retirement rumours.Fury extended his undefeated run by ending his trilogy with Deontay Wilder in style earlier this month when he blasted The Bronze Bomber in Las Vegas with an 11th-round knockout.
      Tyson Fury hinted at retirement after beating Deontay Wilder and extending his undefeated streakCredit: Getty Images – Getty
      Mike Tyson appears to have advised Tyson Fury not to retire from boxing yetCredit: Reuters
      The Gypsy King retained the WBC heavyweight title but his future appears to be uncertain as there have been plenty of signs hinting on the British heavyweight hanging up his gloves.
      However, Tyson seems to be urging the 33-year-old bruiser to keep on going and extend his 32-match unbeaten record.
      The former undisputed heavyweight champion told Reuters: “Keep on winning brother, keep on winning.
      “He’s the lineal champion. He’s the man who beat the man. He is heavyweight boxing, period. He is, nobody else.
      “Ask anybody except for [Oleksandr] Usyk, who is the heavyweight champion? And Usyk might even say it’s Fury.”
      Fury hinted at retirement after beating Wilder by claiming he doesn’t know if he needs to fight anymore.
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      However, the Mancunian added that he has one more bout left on his contract with Top Rank and ESPN.
      Fury said: “I don’t know what’s going to happen.
      “I’ve got one fight left on my contract with Top Rank and ESPN and we’ll see what that is.
      “But I’m not thinking about boxing right now. I don’t know how many fights I’ve got left.
      “I don’t know if I need to fight any more. I don’t know what the future holds.”
      Fury’s promoter Frank Warren echoed his fighter’s sentiments as he didn’t rule out a potential departure from boxing.

      Warren added that he will support whatever decision the English boxer makes about his future.
      He said: “Before the fight, he did an interview and he mapped out five fights.
      “I’m just saying, if he chooses to do it, he will do it. He will do what he wants to do and no one is going to tell him who he is going to fight.
      “I tell you that now; he is the man and he will do what is necessary. It wouldn’t surprise me if Tyson said tomorrow, ‘I’ve had enough, I don’t fancy it.’
      “If he does, he is wealthy, he has made a lot of money and he has got to do what is right for him.”
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      Anthony Joshua ‘will lose again’ to Oleksandr Usyk in rematch, says heavyweight contender Luis Ortiz

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      HEAVYWEIGHT BOXER Luis Ortiz believes Anthony Joshua will lose again to Oleksandr Usyk in the rematch.The heavyweight bout is scheduled to take place in March after Usyk beat AJ at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium last month.
      Luis Ortiz predicts Anthony Joshua will lose to Oleksandr Usyk once againCredit: AP:Associated Press
      Joshua is determined to go to “war” with Usyk next timeCredit: AFP
      The Ukrainian was convincing in his dominant win as he claimed the WBA (Super), IBF, WBO, and IBO heavyweight world title belts.
      And because of that, Ortiz thinks things will be difficult for the Brit once again.
      Asked about Joshua’s chances against Usyk in the rematch, Luiz told FightHype.com: “He’ll lose again.”
      Joshua, 32, has travelled to California in an attempt to find a plan to beat Usyk next time around.
      He has been visiting gyms and picking the brains of some of the top trainers and fighters, taking on board their advice to formulate a plan to win back his belts.
      He has already visited Canelo Alvarez and his trainer Eddy Reynoso, as well as Virgil Hunter, who masterminded double world champion Andre Ward’s immaculate unbeaten career.

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      Tyson Fury’s trainer, SugarHill Steward, believes Joshua has what it takes to overcome Usyk – just as he did in the rematch against Andy Ruiz jr.
      He said: “He has to jump into that fight with Usyk, the plan’s already been laid out. He’s done it once before with Ruiz.
      “This is just another step for Anthony Joshua – something he overcame last time and something he can overcome again this time.”
      And it seems Joshua could take a different approach to secure a victory over Usyk in March.
      AJ has promised to be ruthless and treat his next bout against the 34-year-old as a war – he is “done” trying to outbox Usyk.
      He said: “I’m done with f***ing losing. I’m done with trying to learn the sweet science.
      “The referee might get thrown on the floor in the next fight because this is war.
      “It’s just straight war, I’m annoyed. I’m boiling up even speaking about it – it’s that passion to win.” More

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      Tyson Fury once sent Dillian Whyte a ‘concerned text’ and ‘looked after’ rival but was ‘repaid with BS tweets’

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      TYSON FURY sent what he described as a “concerned text” to Dillian Whyte in 2019 – and said he “looked after” his rival only to be “repaid with BS tweets”.Whyte, 33, blasted Fury on Twitter, calling him a “Gypsy Coward” and claimed he left the WBC champion “pathetically sobbing on the canvas” during sparring.
      Tyson Fury is embroiled in a Twitter feud with Dillian Whyte
      This is the text Fury claims he sent to Whyte
      But the Gypsy King, also 33, hit back by posting a text he says he sent Whyte after the heavyweight laboured past Mariusz Wach in Saudi Arabia on the undercard of Anthony Joshua’s rematch win against Andy Ruiz Jr.
      Fury tweeted: “This is a text I sent @dillianwhyte back in December after his fight with Wach, I was concerned about him so I reached out to him.
      “And this is how people treat you when your (sic) nice to them!!”
      At the time the Brixton puncher had only just been cleared of any doping charges by United Kingdom Anti Doping, after it was revealed an ‘adverse finding’ emerged in his pre-fight drug test before beating Oscar Rivas last July.
      Whyte lost his position as WBC mandatory with Fury going on to replace him and beat Deontay Wilder for the belt.
      Fury claimed he realised Whyte was frustrated, and texted him encouraging words.
      But the Gypsy King says this is not the first time he has helped out the British heavyweight while he was embroiled in a doping scandal.
      Whyte was in 2012 banned for two years after testing positive for a banned substance, which he later proved came from a tainted supplement.

      Fury claimed he hired the suspended heavyweight as a sparring partner while he was on the sidelines to financially help Whyte out.
      He said: “And by the way when he was out on a ban years ago I kept him going with bringing him in to my camps sparing (sic) and paying him and looking after him like egg in a cake & this is how I’m repaid with BS tweets.
      “There is a saying people take kindness for a weakness. & another men meet before mountains.”
      Whyte responded to Fury’s picture: “Luke the fake professional victim looking for more attention stop running & fight me you coward.”
      Fury claimed he sent words of encouragement to Whyte after he fought Mariusz Wach
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      Ricky Hatton says he’ll be ‘made up’ for Tommy Fury even if Love Island star LOSES to Jake Paul

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      RICKY HATTON will be absolutely ‘made up’ for Tommy Fury when he lands his fight with Jake Paul – even if he loses to the YouTuber.The former Love Islander is closing in on a grudge match with the social media star-turned-boxer, which SunSport exclusively revealed will take place in Miami on December 18.
      Tommy Fury and Jake Paul are closing in on their grudge matchCredit: BT SPORT
      TNT is on course to trade blows with the YouTuber on December 18Credit: GETTY
      And former trainer Ricky Hatton will be over the moon for the Love Islander
      Hatton has known Fury – the half brother of WBC heavyweight champ Tyson – for many years and will be over the moon for him when his multi-million-pound payday is finalised.
      In an interview with The Daily Mail, he said of the Paul fight: “I’m made up for him.
      “When the Love Island offer came up, I said to him and his dad that he needs to go on.
      “My job as a trainer and a friend isn’t just to get the fights for you, but it’s to make sure you’ve got enough pennies in the bank.
      “I told Tommy that I thought he could make more going on Love Island.
      “He’s gone on Love Island, made himself a big name and had a few fights here and there and now he’s got Jake Paul.

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      “I’m absolutely delighted for him. He’s made a load of money, so yeah go for it.”
      YouTube sensation Paul is a novice in the boxing game, despite his rapid rise to becoming one of the most talked-about fighters in the sport.
      Hatton, 43, has no doubt in his mind Fury, 22, will get the better of The Problem Child and catapult himself into global superstardom.
      He said: “Tommy’s got a lot of ability, I’ve trained him.
      “But being a world champion and beating Jake Paul are two different things.
      “I think he beats Jake Paul, and if he does and he becomes a big name, then he can start to be more ambitious and go for a world title.
      “If he beats him – or if he doesn’t even beat him – I’ll be made up for him, for the life he’s made himself.”

      Fury’s boxing pedigree will make him a huge favourite going into the fight, although he’ll have the added pressure of potentially being disowned by brother Tyson and dad John if he comes up short.
      During an appearance on The True Geordie Podcast, John said: “If it’s a close fight, Tommy’s retired.
      “If Tommy beats him and struggles to beat him, he’s retired from boxing.”
      When pressed further on his stance, John added: “He [Jake Paul] is a YouTuber.
      “He’s got to be knocking Jake Paul out.
      “He’s got to box him and knock him out, he’s a YouTuber.
      “And I’m not wasting my time on people in the gym because I haven’t got a lot of time left at 56-years-old.
      “So I’m not going to train with somebody I’ve got no faith in. So I’ve told him, ‘unless you knock him out, pal, forget me with boxing.’ I’ll walk away.”
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      Tyson Fury’s next opponent could be confirmed next week with WBC set to make ruling over Dillian Whyte’s cancelled fight

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      TYSON FURY’s next fight could be confirmed as early as next week as the WBC are set to make a ruling on their cancelled title eliminator.Interim WBC heavyweight champ Dillian Whyte was due to face Swedish slugger Otto Wallin in a title eliminator on Saturday night but was forced to withdraw from the fight with a shoulder injury.
      The WBC will make a ruling on the cancelled fight between Dillian Whyte and Otto Wallin next weekendCredit: MATCHROOM
      Their ruling will have a direct impact on heavyweight champ Tyson Fury
      Whyte will be hoping the WBC mandate him to face Fury early next yearCredit: REX
      Whyte, 33, has shifted his focus to a Battle of Britain with Fury, although Wallin’s promoter Dmitry Salita has called for the bout to be rescheduled.
      And according to Sky Sports, the WBC will make a ruling on the bout ‘in the coming week’.
      Whyte will be hoping the WBC opt to scrap his clash with Wallin and mandate him to face Fury early next year.
      But even if that happens, the Brixton Body Snatcher is refusing to get his hopes up.
      He said: The Brixton Body Snatcher said: “The Tyson Fury fight is a fight that I wanted, it’s a fight I tried to get before.
      “[It was] Mandated for belts and it didn’t happen. And fortunately for me now, it seems like it’s gonna go ahead.

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      “But you can never bank on anything Tyson Fury says.
      “Because he might say, ‘You know what I’ve had enough I don’t want to fight anymore.’ Or he might say, ‘I need a longer rest.’
      “He’s had three hard fights with Deontay Wilder. We don’t know how much they have taken out of him.
      “So we’ll just have to wait and see.”
      He added: “Now I’ve got to focus on recovering healing up and go and do what I do.”
      Whyte, 33, has set his sights on a stadium showdown with The Gypsy King.
      He said: “It’s a major fight in boxing, especially for the UK.
      “It’s a major fight If me and him can dust-up in the early part of next year in a stadium.

      Whyte is refusing to get too excited about facing Dillian wCredit: MATCHROOM
      “It’s a major fight and one I’m looking forward to. I think Tyson Fury will look forward to fighting me as well. It’s a big fight.
      “We know each other well, we’ve sparred with each other, we’ve spent time with each other we’ve had our ups and downs and our beefs and stuff.
      “But I think, logically, he’ll think, ‘This a good fight. It’s a good homecoming fight and it should happen.’ So let’s see.”
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      Tyson Fury fight against Joshua vs Usyk winner step closer as four major sanctioning bodies agree to radical changes

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      TYSON FURY’s pursuit of the undisputed heavyweight title has received a major boost following a meeting between boxing’s four governing bodies.The WBC king will be hoping to take part in a unification bout late next year if he gets past fellow Brit Dillian Whyte.
      Tyson Fury wants to become undisputed heavyweight champion by the end of 2022Credit: GETTY
      The Gypsy King will face the winner of Anthony Joshua’s rematch with Oleksandr Usyk if he beats Dillain WhyteCredit: GETTY
      The heads of the WBC, WBO, IBF and IBO all met this week and discussed ‘standardised title unification process’
      And it seems his road to the title of undisputed heavyweight champion could be a little smoother following a meeting between the heads of the WBC, WBO, IBF and IBO.
      In a joint statement, the quartet said: “Today’s meeting was very productive, especially in discussing a possible future agreement in search of a standardised title unification process.”
      Should Fury get past Brixton banger Whyte, his final hurdle to undisputed status will come in the form of Anthony Joshua or Oleksandr Usyk.
      AJ will bid to reclaim the unified heavyweight titles from the Ukrainian early next year, although a date for the fight has not yet been set.
      A timeframe for Fury vs Whyte – which is expected to be ordered next month – has not yet been set either.
      But Team Fury are targeting a March homecoming for The Gypsy King.
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      The Brit’s co-promoter Bob Arum told Sky Sports: “Who Fury fights next will be determined by Fury.
      “If the fight is in the UK, I would think Whyte would be a good possibility, as well as Joyce,” he told Sky Sports.
      “It is very, very important that Tyson, having done his last five fights in the US, that he goes back and does a fight in the UK.
      “He is a Brit, he has plenty of fans in the UK, and if he does a fight in the UK then comes back to the US, he will bring 10,000 Brits with him. American fans have to learn to sing like the Brits!
      “Frank Warren is going to Manchester to meet Fury to work out a date.
      Tyson Fury scored a sensational 11th-round KO victory over Deontay Wilder earlier this monthCredit: GETTY
      “It could be March or April, but no later than April.
      “A date that would be appealing to us in the US, even if the fight took place in the UK, would be the middle of April because we have a college basketball tournament called March Madness which the country goes crazy for. It is tough to find a date for a big fight [during March Madness].
      “We will figure out who and when Tyson will fight next.”
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      Ricky Hatton tells Tyson Fury to RETIRE and ‘forget’ the Anthony Joshua fight as he’s got ‘nothing left to prove’

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      RICKY HATTON wants Tyson Fury to retire and forget about fighting Anthony Joshua.’Hitman’ Hatton reckons the Gypsy King has nothing to prove to anyone and has ‘done his job’.
      Ricky Hatton thinks Tyson Fury should retire and forget about fighting Anthony JoshuaCredit: Refer to Caption
      Fury’s hopes of meeting AJ were dashed when Joshua lost to Oleksandr Usyk
      Fury knocked out Deontay Wilder in the 11th round of their recent trilogy match.
      But he had his hopes of a mammoth Battle of Britain clash with Anthony Joshua dashed when AJ lost to Oleksandr Usyk.
      But Hatton reckons Fury, 33, needs to forget about that now and start thinking about calling it a day.
      He told the Mail: “Tyson’s proved himself. He’s had that trilogy with Wilder, he beat [Wladamir] Klitschko.
      “Tyson’s not like AJ; he’s suffered from depression, drinks and drugs and all he now wants is the defining fights and to get out the game.
      “Let’s have it right, if Tyson wants to retire he’s got nothing more to prove.

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      “The only thing that Tyson wants to know in his own mind, just like AJ does, is who the best out of he and AJ is.
      “But Tyson can’t wait another two years while he fights him and he fights him, he’ll want to be in and out now.
      “He deserves it as well. I’m sure his wife Paris doesn’t want to see him stood there getting knocked on his a*** every five minutes.
      “Tyson’s done his job now as far as I’m concerned.
      “It’s a shame if the AJ fight doesn’t happen, and if it does it has to happen quickly, because Tyson’s ready for hanging up his gloves now.
      “As his friend, I want him to hang them up – he’s got nothing left to prove.”
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      ‘FORGET THE AJ FIGHT’
      The Gypsy King’s promoters Frank Warren and Bob Arum have told Joshua to stand aside to allow Fury to fight Usyk to become undisputed.
      But Eddie Hearn quickly laughed that off and said AJ and Usyk will meet again early next year.
      And Hatton thinks Fury should banish thoughts of the AJ fight from his mind.
      He added: “He’s got to forget the AJ fight, it might not happen.
      “He’s got to get the undisputed, get all the belts and retire very proud of where he’s come from.
      “He was at the bottom of the ladder a few years ago, and to be an undefeated undisputed champion, he can hold his head up high for me.”
      Fury has battled with personal demons in his time and his comeback from the depths of despair to become world champion makes the Gypsy King one of the top five heavyweights of all time, according to Hatton.
      He added: “Everyone has a different view [on their top heavyweights throughout history].
      “Muhammad Ali will forever be the greatest – in everyone’s mind – for reasons other than boxing.
      “Some would mention Lennox Lewis, while others would say Tyson might have been a bit too tricky.
      “Would it be unfair of me to say he’s got to be around the top five? I would definitely say that.”
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