Heavyweight boxing

THE GYPSY KING has made landfall in Las Vegas as he counts down the days until his epic trilogy fight against Deontay Wilder. The pair lock horns for a third time on October 9 at the T-Mobile Arena in Vegas.
Fury is all smiles after landing in Las VegasCredit: Instagram @toprank
The 33-year-old is yet to be defeated in his professional careerCredit: Getty
But The Bronze Bomber once again stands in his wayCredit: Rex
And with less than three weeks to go until the first bell rings, Fury has posed for an Instagram snap for Top Rank after disembarking from a private jet that took him stateside.
The two heavyweights will go head to head for the WBC and The Ring heavyweight titles when they meet again next month.
After a controversial draw between the pair in December 2018, the two once again clashed in the ring 19 months ago.
And it was Fury who came out on top in the rematch.
The fight was stopped midway through the seventh round after Wilder’s corner threw in the towel to save their man from a barrage of Fury shots.
Boxing fans had initially believed that closed the chapter of bouts between Fury and Wilder.

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The Gypsy King was scheduled to face Anthony Joshua on August 14 in a hugely anticipated all-British bout for the ages.
But an arbitration judge ordered Fury to once again lock horns with Wilder, forcing the fight with AJ to be cancelled.
Joshua though has vowed a bout with Fury will go ahead one day.
First though The Gypsy King must dispose of Wilder again, something his dad and trainer John thinks he will do without any problems.
John is even confident his 33-year-old son will sent Wilder ‘into retirement.’
He said: “Tyson will send him into retirement this time. He’ll never box after this, he’s gonna get beat to pieces. Smashed to pieces.
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“He got humiliated last time. He let the whole of America down. Tyson smashed him to pieces. He’s lucky to be boxing Tyson again for the third time.
“After that last performance, he don’t deserve the fight. It should have been him and AJ.
“People who like blood and snot everywhere and injuries are going to have a right night, believe me. He’s going to get it proper.”
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TYSON FURY “annihilated” Deontay Wilder because the American is too one dimensional.That’s the opinion of Fury’s fellow Brit and heavyweight world champ Anthony Joshua who was not surprised by what happened in their rematch.
Tyson Fury dominated one-dimensional Deontay Wilder in 2020Credit: AFP or licensors
Anthony Joshua was not surprised Tyson Fury eased to victory against WilderCredit: Getty Images – Getty
Back in 2020, Fury battered Wilder all around the ring before the Bronze Bomber’s team pulled him out.
Despite Wilder’s protestations to his corner, it was clear to everyone watching that he was being totally outclassed.
Now Joshua, who is continuing to face calls to thrash out a unification fight with Fury, believes Wilder’s weaknesses were exploited in brutal style.
When you go to war, you can’t have one weapon in your arsenal, which was his right handAnthony Joshua on Wilder
Speaking to Sky Sports, the WBA, WBO and IBF champ said: “I believed Tyson Fury could potentially do what he done.
“I just felt like, Deontay Wilder is a formidable ex-champion and has a chance to come back, but I just knew that when he gets to the top level, it will be difficult, because it’s one thing getting there and it’s another thing staying there.
“We’ve seen in some of his fights, it’s been difficult for him and then he lands his punch and he’s been victorious.
“But I always believe that when you go to war, you can’t have one weapon in your arsenal, which was his right hand.
“Once that was taken away from him, which Fury did, I’m not going to go into tactics, but he was able to annihilate Wilder and expose him for some of his weaknesses.
“Fury did a great job tactically and I’m looking forward to their rematch.”
SunSport reported that AJ would jump into an undisputed decider with Fury if the Gypsy King’s camp can kill off their respective upcoming bouts.
Joshua will next fight Oleksandr Usyk at the Tottenham Hotspur next weekend.

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UFC president Dana White has told Jake Paul to forget about facing Jorge Masvidal and to ‘fight somebody your own size’.The Problem Child has been angling for a fight with the UFC’s BMF after learning he’d tipped Tyron Woodley to win their boxing match.
Jake Paul is hellbent on fighting UFC star Jorge MasvidalCredit: Instagram / @jakepaul
But UFC chief Dana White has no intention of allowing Gamebred to fight the former Disney starCredit: Getty
But UFC bigwig White has no intention of allowing the under-contract Gamebred to enter the boxing world to take on the younger Paul brother.
He told the Australian Daily Telegraph: “Come on, Masvidal is 170 pounds. He likes 170 pounders. Go fight somebody your own size.”
White would like to see the former Disney star lock horns with ex-UFC middleweight champion Anderson Silva, who is 2-0 as a boxer since being released by the promotion last November.
He continued: “Anderson Silva is not in contract, he’s 46 years old, that’s the age group you love to fight, and he’s your size, and he’s actually winning fights.
“If you look at Jake Paul’s history, Jake Paul either fights basketball players who have never fought, or he wants to fight washed-up older guys who haven’t fought in years.
“Anderson Silva has actually been boxing, he’s won some fights, he’s 46 years old, and he’s in your weight class. There you go, that’s a no brainer, fight Anderson Silva.”

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Despite there being cash to be made with a Paul vs Masvidal PPV, White is refusing to change his stance on the fight.
He said: “You’re not gonna fight 170-pound Jorge Masvidal who’s ranked top 10 in the world.
“No. He fights here, he’s under contract with us. Go f*****g fight somebody your own size.
“He just fought Tyron Woodley. Tyron Woodley is 40 years old, hasn’t won a fight in three years, hasn’t knocked somebody out in his weight class in five years.
“That’s who Jake Paul wants to fight, and he barely got out of that fight.
You’re not gonna fight 170-pound Jorge Masvidal who’s ranked top 10 in the worldDana White’s thoughts on Jake Paul fighting Jorge Masvidal
“He barely won that one. Now you want to fight a guy who’s ranked in the top 10, that weighs 170 pounds, is still relevant in the fighting world when you have Anderson who’s not under contract with anybody and has just won two boxing matches.
“There you go. You’re welcome. I just made your next boxing match for you, but I bet you don’t see that one happening. Wanna bet?”
Paul, 24, registered a split decision victory over former UFC welterweight king Woodley in his last outing in August.
The social media star agreed to a rematch with The Chosen One on the condition he honoured their pre-fight bet and got ‘I love Jake Paul’ tattooed on his skin.
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But he’s since moved on the fight, telling ESPN: “I’m over it.
“I’m leaving Tyron in the past.
“He didn’t live up to the bet — he didn’t get the tattoo. So, the rematch just doesn’t make sense anymore.”

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ANTHONY JOSHUA warned Oleksandr Usyk that his intimidation tactics will mean nothing as he towers over him on Saturday.After the Ukraine southpaw, 34, outpointed Derek Chisora in October, he searched for AJ in the Wembley arena crowd and warned him he is next.
Anthony Joshua is determined to show he is more than just a powerful big man
Oleksandr Usyk has watched AJ in action before and has put on a lot of weight to prepare for the Brit
And he was at Joshua’s 2018 Wembley Stadium win over Alexander Povetkin, staring deeply into the celebrating Brit hero’s eyes like a comic villain.
But the WBA, IBF and WBO king — who at 6ft 6in — is two inches taller and usually around three stone heavier than the former undisputed cruiserweight champ — says all those mind games will count for nothing when they step in the ring.
When asked how that awkward Halloween meeting felt, AJ said: “It was an interesting moment.
“I saw him in the flesh and I saw things, I was telling Del to throw things but it is so different when you are in there in front of your opponent.
“He has been to a lot of my fights and seen certain things but when I am in front of him he will know it is a different ball game.”
Usyk has tried to put on two stones of muscle since his move up to the heavyweight division and it appears to have cost him some of his trademark speed and footwork.

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The Watford Adonis looks especially sleek and defined for this fight but is still likely to be a 17st powerhouse, with almost all of the physical attributes in his favour.
But he is tired of hearing about how the contest is just a battle between Usyk’s brilliant brain and his incredible brawn.
Joshua added: “If it was just about that, I wouldn’t be motivated to get out of bed, to train, to put the yards in, to fatigue myself physically, mentally, to recover in the space of six or seven hours and go back and do it again in the morning.
“The positive affirmations, deep practice, practicing on the edge, being vulnerable. All of these kinds of things make a good fighter, it’s not just about being the big man.
“You can see I’ve thrown myself into improving at a deeper level, because if it was just about being big then I’d go in that ring and knock him out in 20 seconds.
“The first punch and every opponent should drop. But, what I realised over the years is that it’s not about that, it’s about angles, timing, setting punches up, concentration, understanding what’s coming back and outclassing an opponent in all those departments.
“If you follow your As, Bs and Cs it leads to your KOs.”
AJ and his team wasted seven months planning and training for the challenge of a 6ft 9in Tyson Fury fight, only for the Gypsy King to be legally forced into a third Deontay Wilder bout.
And refocusing on a 6ft 4in leftie has taken plenty of long hours, hard work and uncomfortable training sessions. But he sounds confident enough to take on the challenge with one hand tied behind his back.
Joshua looks trim and in very good shape for his bout with Usyk
He explained: “It’s not just about training to get fit, it’s about training to get better and finding out who you are.
“I have done sparring where I am only allowed to use my left hand and my southpaw opponent is allowed to do whatever he wants.
“It was really challenging. It was deep practice but I could not use my size or power. Putting yourself in vulnerable situations brings the best out of you.”
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ANTHONY JOSHUA’s clash with Oleksandr Usyk next week will set fans back £24.95 to watch.The IBF, WBA and WBO champ’s bout is one of the most expensive in UK pay-per-view history, and it hasn’t gone down well on social media.
Joshua has been beaten just once in his professional careerCredit: Instagram @anthonyjoshua
Usyk meanwhile has won all of his 18 fights as a proCredit: Getty
But paying to watch the pair battle it out won’t be cheapCredit: Matchroom
Michael Benson, online boxing editor for talkSPORT, confirmed the fee on Twitter, saying: “Now officially confirmed that the Sky UK PPV price for Anthony Joshua vs Oleksandr Usyk on Sept 25th is £24.95.”
And fans reacted to the announcement with fury, flooding the tweet with angry replies to Sky’s charge.
One said: “‘AJ PPV was only £24.95 because fans wasn’t allowed into venues’ What’s the excuse now. Disgrace from sky, although it’ll be their last AJ PPV.”
Another sarcastic response read: “Great news, I’ll be paying £0.”
One fan saw the funny side though, saying: “Price of a half decent takeaway….”
Fans are especially angered due to the main event’s undercard not being especially stacked.

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Joshua and and Usyk face off at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium next Saturday after AJ’s scheduled bout against Tyson Fury on August 14 was forced to be cancelled.
That’s after the Gypsy King was ordered to fight Deontay Wilder in an epic trilogy fight by an arbitration judge.
But Joshua is still adamant his clash with Fury will go ahead, and the fight will be in Britain.

AJ has not fought since beating Kubrat Pulev in December 2020, but has revealed he is ‘tired’ ahead of his clash with the Ukranian Usyk.
Watford-born Joshua has stayed in Sheffield for the duration of his training camp for next week’s bout to spend more time in the gym with trainer Rob McCracken.
And when the 31-year-olds career does come to an end, he has joked that he plans to dissappear from planet Earth.
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ANTHONY JOSHUA plans to disappear from planet Earth when he’s finished his reign as world champion.The Watford heavyweight is training in Sheffield ahead of his heavyweight clash with Oleksandr Usyk next Saturday.
Anthony Joshua will fight Oleksandr Usyk at Spurs next weekendCredit: PA
And the 31-year-old already appears to have a retirement plan in place when his boxing career is finished.
Speaking to the Daily Mail, he joked: “Once boxing is done everything gets deactivated. No one will ever see me again. Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos — come on, we are going to Mars, baby.
“When I finish, I am going to go to the Amazon with an uncontacted tribe and just sit back. Frog venom, eating plants, all of it.”
AJ continued: “A lot of us fighters came into the game and had aspirations, maybe to buy their mother a home, fought guys and the next thing they are stuck in this business. It is difficult.
“I never thought I would kind of grow to be in this position. It comes with pressure because honestly, I never yearned for the fame or attention. I just dedicated myself to the sport.”
Joshua burst onto the scene after winning gold at London 2012 and has been in the public eye ever since.
The hysteria surrounding his proposed match up with rival Tyson Fury seems to have taken its toll AJ – who just wants to concentrate on fighting.

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“If I could just focus on the sport, I would do it for a long amount of time. But it is everything else that comes with it that tends to steer people away. They say fame and fortune and attention is a gift, but it can also be a curse.
“As I said, if it is just purely boxing, let’s go as long as we can, but everything else that comes with it, that is why some people just want to distance from that world when it is all done, and go back to their original entrance.
“Boxers, we are pure. We just wanted to elevate ourselves and we found ourselves addicted to progress in our sport.
“And then it became about being a role model, standing up for certain things, and we make mistakes, we get things right. It is an interesting time to be a sportsman.
“When I entered the game, it was for the love of it. It was all pure and you always want to chase yourself back to why you started, that pure element of why I wanted to be involved in boxing. I just want to fight.”
And on a potential fight with Fury, AJ added: “I know what people are saying about boxing politics, but I’ll promise before the end of my career I will have done everything in my power to fight Tyson Fury.
“Me and Fury is streets, two warriors, two fighters who have come from the amateur system in the UK, and have taken the world by storm.

Joshua has his sights on facing fellow Brit Tyson Fury in an historic heavyweight unification fightCredit: Reuters
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JOHN FURY claims son Tyson will send Deontay Wilder into retirement in their trilogy fight – telling fans to expect ‘blood, snot and injuries’.Fury, 33, will take on Deontay Wilder, 35, in the third instalment of their epic bouts, which will conclude in Paradise, Nevada on Saturday 9th October.
John Fury believes his son will comfortably defeat Deontay Wilder in their trilogy fight on 9th OctoberCredit: AFP
Tyson Fury floored Deontay Wilder with a huge blow to the temple in the third round of their second fightCredit: AFP
The two heavyweights will go head to head for the WBC and The Ring heavyweight titles – which Fury won when he beat Wilder by TKO in the seventh round of their second fight last February.
Wilder and Fury originally fought in December 2018 for the WBC heavyweight title, but it ended in a draw, meaning Wilder retained the belt he had held since January 2015.
Despite being floored in the twelfth round of the first fight, Fury won the rematch in emphatic style after flooring the American twice, forcing Wilder’s corner to throw in the towel.
Wilder suffered a lot of punishment in the second fight and was bleeding from both his mouth and his ear by the time the fight was halted.
Trainer John Fury promises much of the same in the third instalment, suggesting that his son Tyson will give Wilder “the beating of his life.”
He said: “Tyson will send him into retirement this time. He’ll never box after this, he’s gonna get beat to pieces. Smashed to pieces.

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“He got humiliated last time. He let the whole of America down. Tyson smashed him to pieces. He’s lucky to be boxing Tyson again for the third time.
“After that last performance, he don’t deserve the fight. It should have been him and AJ.
“People who like blood and snot everywhere and injuries are going to have a right night, believe me. He’s going to get it proper.”
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Fury had been due to fight Anthony Joshua in an all-British heavyweight showdown in August, but talks broke down after he was ordered to fight Wilder instead.
The trilogy fight was originally planned for 24th July, but the WBC champ pulled out after allegedly catching covid-19 and the fight was postponed to 9th October.
Neither has fought since their last bout in February 2020, but both have been hard at work in training amid all of the trash-talking as the rivalry becomes more and more heated.
Wilder wore headphones and listened to music during the pre-fight press conference in June, refusing to answer questionsCredit: AFP
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DAVID HAYE has been warned to ‘behave himself’ after his surprise call-out of Tyson Fury.The Hayemaker made a shock beeline for the WBC heavyweight champ last weekend after cruising to a unanimous decision victory in his comeback fight against Joe Fournier.
David Haye made a beeline for Tyson Fury after beating Joe Fournier earlier this month
The Hayemaker cruised to a points victory over his billionaire palCredit: Getty
But Ricky Hatton has warned the former heavyweight champ against a fight with the Gypsy King
Haye, 40, looked like he still had it in his clash with his billionaire pal, but boxing legend Ricky Hatton has warned him to forget about facing the Gypsy King.
The Hitman told The Metro: “I wouldn’t have thought Tyson Fury would be taking David Haye’s call out very seriously.
“David Haye is a friend of mine, I think the world of him, but it was clear to see in his last fights with Tony Bellew [in 2017 and 2018] that his best days are clearly behind him.
“Tyson Fury in his last fight was at the top of the game! We can’t allow that to happen.
“Evander Holyfield says he wants to fight Mike Tyson next, David Haye wants to fight Tyson Fury.
“I think the world of David Haye, but sorry, no. They need saving from themselves.

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“The boxer’s health is always the priority. And if we allow Tyson Fury to fight David Haye and Evander Holyfield to fight Mike Tyson, we are putting boxers at real risk.
“So I don’t care whether it is their choice. We need to save boxers for the sake of their health.
“These fighters feel great in the gym, but they don’t look great in the ring. David Haye looks in superb condition, he is a pure athlete and there is no doubt he probably does feel good.
“But he fought Tony Bellew a good few years ago now and it was clear he was past his best.
“I don’t think anything has improved since he’s been out. Tyson Fury just destroyed Deontay Wilder with the best performance of his career! David, you need to behave yourself.”
Haye retired from boxing in June 2018 following consecutive losses to fellow Brit Bellew.
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But Team Fury won’t entertain the idea of fighting Haye until he defeats a ‘rated fighter’.
Promoter Frank Warren told iFL TV: “I like David. I’ve got a lot of respect for David.
“But he’s 40 years of age. He’s not a youngster, though he’s not 58 years old [like Evander Holyfield].
“Having said that, he’s suffered some bad injuries.
“Certainly against Tony Bellew. He obviously had these injuries and he shouldn’t have been in the ring in the first place.
“I don’t know whether he’s got rid of the injuries or not.

“I’m sure he’s calling out Tyson because him and Tyson – let’s get it right – would be a huge fight. There’s no doubt about that.
“But I think he’s gotta do a bit more before talking about Tyson.
“For number one, he’d have to get rated. And to get rated you’d have to fight a rated fighter.”

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