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      Jake Paul insists Tyron Woodley can’t cope with his ‘natural power’ and claims ‘I haven’t been hit’ in pro boxing career

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      JAKE PAUL insists former UFC star Tyron Woodley won’t be able to handle his ‘natural power’.The YouTuber turned boxer will throw down with the former MMA champion in the early hours of Monday morning in his home state of Ohio.
      Jake Paul will lock horns with former UFC 170lb champion Tyron Woodley this weekendCredit: Alamy
      The Problem Child is confident he’ll add Woodley’s name to his victim listCredit: Getty
      Paul. 24, goes into his clash with the Missouri mauler on the back of three brutal knockouts of AnEson Gib, Nate Robinson and former UFC welterweight Ben Askren.
      And the social media star is confident of adding Woodley’s name to his victim list, telling Sky Sports: “I’m just built different.
      “I have something inside of me that I think is just a natural-born fighter, with natural power.
      “You can teach a lot of things, but you can’t teach speed and you can’t teach power.
      “I think that’s why my fights have ended so early.
      “When those 10oz Grant gloves come on, I just grip them back, and the knuckles are at the front of the gloves.

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      “There’s no way these people’s heads can deal with this damage.”
      Former UFC welterweight king Woodley will be the most skilled opponent Paul has faced in his brief combat sports career.
      But the Problem Child doesn’t foresee the 39-year-old giving him too much trouble, adding: “Honestly after this camp, I said three [rounds] and now I’m thinking, max two.
      “But to be honest, something in my heart tells me that it’s going to be another one-round fight.
      I have something inside of me that I think is just a natural-born fighter, with natural powerJake Paul
      “As crazy as that sounds. I think it’s going to be a very short night for Tyron.”
      Paul has yet to have his chin tested by any of his opponents but expects that to change in his next outing.
      He said: “My first fight with AnEsonGib, there was like a head butt and his head went straight into my nose in the clinch.
      “Ben Askren hit me in the shoulder. But I actually haven’t been hit which is hilarious to me.

      How Jake Paul and Tyron Woodley compare ahead of their boxing match
      “Hopefully Tyron can hit me.
      “I like to get hit in sparring and wake up. This is a fight, we’re really doing this.
      “We’ll see what’s in store.”

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      Tyson Fury spotted after morning run as he trains for Deontay Wilder fight following daughter’s return from hospital

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      TYSON FURY has been spotted out on a morning run as he ramps up his preparation for the upcoming trilogy fight with Deontay Wilder.The WBC heavyweight champion was seen training for his bout just days after his daughter Athena was discharged from hospital following a two-week battle in intensive care.
      Fury was spotted out on the road following his morning runCredit: Splash
      The Gypsy King is preparing for his first fight in 20 monthsCredit: Splash
      It comes after the Wilder fight was postponed due to a Covid outbreak in Fury’s campCredit: Splash
      Tyson and Paris’ sixth child was rushed straight to ICU after the birth on August 8.
      But she was welcomed home on Friday and Tyson is now able to focus all his attention on beating Wilder in their third fight on October 9.
      The Gypsy King confirmed last week that he is going off social media until after the fight as he concentrates solely on the hard-hitting American.
      He tweeted: “Right, guys, I’m going offline until October 10, som1 [sic] else will be keeping you updated.
      “Total blackout from me. See you in Vegas. Let the games begin.
      “7 weeks saturday till i smash the big dosser Again. God bless.”

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      Fury controversially drew with Wilder in December 2018, climbing off the canvas in the final round of a dramatic fight which many felt he won.
      After two more wins each, the pair then faced off once more in February 2020, with Fury dominating his heavyweight rival before stopping him in the seventh round.
      They were scheduled to face each other again later in the year but coronavirus-related issues led to Fury abandoning those plans and instead lining up an undisputed fight with Anthony Joshua.
      Wilder had other ideas though as he took the matter to court in a bid to legally force Fury into a trilogy fight.

      And it worked, with an arbitrator ruling that the Brit had to face his American adversary yet again.
      Originally scheduled for July 24, the bout was then postponed again following a Covid outbreak in Fury’s camp.
      But now it appears all system are go for the two to meet in the ring one final time, 20 months after their last clash.

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      Mike Tyson’s secret to his incredible shape at 55 thanks to new diet, cardio and ‘weird’ stem cell treatment

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      MIKE TYSON is in peak condition at the age of 55.’Iron Mike’, who retired in 2005, has a whole new diet and cardio regime as well as going through a “weird” stem cell treatment.
      Mike Tyson in training shows off his amazing physique
      The former heavyweight king made his comeback against fellow legend Roy Jones Jr last year.
      Speaking to rapper LL Cool J on the Rock the Bells Radio show on SiriusXM last year, Tyson explained the methods he used to get back into fighting shape.
      “Really I would just change my diet and just do cardio work,” he said.
      “Cardio has to start, you have to have your endurance to go and do the process of training.
      “So something to do is get in cardio, I would try and get two hours of cardio a day, make sure you get that stuff in. You’re gonna make sure you’re eating the right food.
      “For me it’s almost like slave food. Doing what you hate to do but doing it like it’s nothing. Getting up when you don’t want to get up.
      “That’s what it is. It’s becoming a slave to life.
      “Being a slave to life means being the best person you can be, being the best you can possibly be, and when you are at the best you can possibly be is when you no longer exist and nobody talks about you. That’s when you’re at your best.”

      WHAT IS STEM CELL TREATMENT USED FOR?Stem cell transplants are carried out when bone marrow is damaged or isn’t able to produce healthy blood cells.
      It can also be used to replace damaged blood cells as the result of intensive cancer treatment.
      Here are conditions that stem cell transplants can be used to treat:

      severe aplastic anaemia (bone marrow failure)
      leukaemia – a type of cancer affecting white blood cells
      lymphoma – another type of cancer affecting white blood cells
      myeloma – cancer affecting cells called plasma cells
      certain blood, immune system and metabolic disorders – examples include sickle cell anaemia, thalassaemia, severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID) and Hurler syndrome

      Tyson’s return to training for the first time in 15 years was also aided by stem-cell research therapy, that has left him feeling like a “different person”.
      Stem-cell therapy is the use of stem cells to treat or prevent a disease or condition that usually takes the form of a bone marrow transplantation.
      Tyson was asked whether that meant if his white blood had been spun and then put back in, to which he replied: “Yes. As they took the blood it was red and when it came back it was almost transfluid (sic).
      “I could almost see through the blood, and then they injected it in me.
      “And I’ve been weird ever since, I’ve got to get balanced now.”
      Tyson has dramatically transformed his body after returning to training
      During his reign as champion, Tyson would wake up at 4.30am to run before later heading to the gym where he would do 10-12 rounds of boxing mixed in with an array of muscles exercises.
      His diet consisted of 3000-4000 calories of carbohydrates and proteins which helped fuel his training sessions.
      Tyson, still the youngest heavyweight champion of all time at 20, retired with a record of 50-6-2 and remains one of the most celebrated punchers of all time.
      Tyson is still the youngest heavyweight champion of all time
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      Errol Spence Jr called out by Yordenis Ugas after Cuban steps in for injured American and beats returning Manny Pacquiao

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      YORDENIS UGAS has set his sights on WBC and IBF welterweight champion Errol Spence Jr after beating Manny Pacquiao.The Cuban produced a career-best performance in Las Vegas to earn a unanimous decision victory over the eight-weight world champion.
      Yordenis Ugas cruised to a unanimous decision victory over Manny Pacquiao on Sunday morningCredit: AP
      And the Cuban has now set his sights on a showdown with Errol Spence JrCredit: AP
      And the WBA welterweight king made his desire to unify the division known seconds after having his hand raised.
      The Olympic silver medallist said: “Now the plan is to unify the title at welterweight.
      “Everybody said that he was the champion, now we know who the real champion is.”
      Spence Jr, 31, was due to face Pacquiao this weekend but was forced to withdraw from their tasty 147lb showdown with a detached retina.
      When asked if if ‘that means Spence’, the 35-year-old replied: “He is next one on the list that I want to fight.
      “But most of all, I’m praying that he recuperates.”

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      The Truth was one of several interested observers of the fight and took to Twitter after the final bell.
      Spence Jr, who boxing fans are desperate to see lock horns with WBO welterweight champ Terence Crawford, first tweeted a cool-face emoji.
      He then sent a direct message to Ugas, tweeting: “Good s**t @YordenisUgas.”
      Defeat to Ugas was the eighth of Pacquiao’s legendary 26-year career.
      And the beloved 42-year-old admits retirement could soon be on the cards.
      He is next one on the list that I want to fight.Yordenis Ugas on Errol Spence Jr
      Pacman, who plans to run for the presidency in his homeland of the Philippines, said: “I don’t know if I’ll fight again.
      “Let me relax and think about it. “I want to help my people.”
      In his post-fight press conference, he added: “In the future, you may not see Manny Pacquiao to fight again in the ring.
      “I don’t know. But for how many decades, I’m so happy with what I’ve done in boxing.
      “I contribute a record in boxing also and to make boxing the top.
      “And especially bring honour to my country and the Filipino people.
      “I’m so proud to be a Filipino and thankful to all the fans all over the world.”

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      UFC chief Dana White offered MMA great Georges St-Pierre Khabib super-fight to make for Oscar De La Hoya boxing match

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      GEORGES ST-PIERRE has revealed Dana White offered him a super-fight with Khabib after blocking him from boxing Oscar De La Hoya.The former two-division champion, who retired from MMA in February 2018, was on course to box The Golden Boy before White vetoed the bout.
      Georges St-Pierre was on course to box Olympic gold medallist Oscar De La HoyaCredit: Getty – Contributor
      GSP claims White offered him a fight with Khabib after blocking him for facing De La HoyaCredit: Getty
      White blocked the fight as St-Pierre is still under contract with the UFC, but the veteran promoter attempted to make up for the missed payday with a historic clash with Nurmagomedov.
      During an appearance on The MMA Hour, St-Pierre said: “And at first he refused.
      “Then he thought about it but he came back with the argument that, oh, no, it’s not because he thinks Oscar is going to win; he thinks it’s because he doesn’t like the fact that Triller takes me and makes money off my back while I’m still under contract with UFC.
      “So what Dana says — listen to this — then he came back and he asked me if I wanted to fight Khabib.
      “And I told Dana, I said, ‘That’s very strange. Why didn’t you want to do the fight when we asked you a few years ago? Why is it now?’
      “He said, ‘Yeah, because Khabib was not retired and he was not the same guy that he was. Now it all makes sense.’
      “So I didn’t want to, but I was curious to see what would’ve happened, so I said to him, ‘I’m going to think about it,’ and I waited.

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      “Turns out that, shortly after, I saw in the media people saying that, oh, now Khabib, he doesn’t want to fight me because I asked for the fight with Khabib.
      “I never asked for the fight with Khabib. It’s Dana White that probably went to Khabib and [his manager] Ali Abdelaziz and told them that Georges wants to fight Khabib.
      “We asked a long time ago, but I didn’t ask again. I didn’t beg for that fight again. We’re both retired and I’m good.”
      St-Pierre went to great lengths to try and land a big payday against De La Hoya, phoning former UFC owner Lorenzo Fertitta.
      The 40-year-old admitted: “I even called Lorenzo to try to convince Dana.
      He came back and he asked me if I wanted to fight Khabib.Georges St-Pierre on Dana White blocking a boxing match with Oscar De La Hoya
      “Lorenzo liked the idea, but Dana did not want it. I knew he hates Oscar but I said to him, ‘Listen, I’m going to make Oscar look bad because I’m in great shape.
      “I’ve been staying in great shape the whole time and I’m going to do a full boxing training camp with Freddie Roach and his world champions there, so I’ll be very well prepared.’
      “At first he says to me that the reason why he did not want it is because he thought that Oscar would basically destroy me in a boxing match.
      “And I had some good arguments — I told him that I believe Oscar has more mileage than I do, he’s no longer in his prime, I stayed busy the whole time, I’m still in great shape, I’m going to be very well prepared and I’m taking this fight very seriously.
      “If I do it, because it’s my name — my image is attached to it — I will do it 100 per cent.

      “And I told Dana, I said, ‘If there’s one MMA fighter that can go to boxing and look good in this situation, it would be me.’”
      De La Hoya’s wish to face a former UFC champion was granted when ex-light-heavyweight champion Vitor Belfort signed on the dotted line.
      The pair, 48 and 44 respectively, will face one another on September 11 in the main event of Triller’s latest boxing card.

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      Deontay Wilder’s coach vows spectacular KO of Tyson Fury and says showdown with Anthony Joshua or Usyk will be next

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      DEONTAY WILDER will knock out Tyson Fury and move on to fight for the undisputed heavyweight title, his coach reckons.The American will bid to avenge the seventh-round TKO defeat he suffered at the hands of the WBC heavyweight champion last February on October 9 in Las Vegas.
      Deontay Wilder renew his rivalry with Tyson Fury on October 9Credit: Alamy
      And The Bronze Bomber’s new head coach is expecting him to win the trilogy fight in devastating fashionCredit: Rex
      Wilder, 35, goes into his trilogy fight with the undefeated Gypsy King as a huge underdog.
      But head coach Malik Scott is confident he’ll move on to a clash with the winner of Anthony Joshua’s clash with Oleksandr Usyk with a brutal KO.
      He said: “He will KO Fury and will never lose another fight afterwards. Anthony Joshua or Oleksandr Usyk is next.”
      Defeat to Fury was the first of Wilder’s professional career, in which he’s knocked out all but one of his 39 career opponents.
      And the Olympic bronze medallist is hellbent on inflicting a world of pain on the Brit in their second Sin City showdown.
      He said: “My mind is very violent. ‘We built a whole facility to commit a legal homicide and that’s just what it is, my mind is very violent at this time.

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      “I can’t wait, when you’re contemplating and pre-meditating about harming a man and you see that person, what you’ve been thinking and feeling will come out.
      “The only thing about it is, at that point in time, I have to wait until I get in the ring to really release because I can’t do it on the outside, it’d defeat the purpose.
      “The baby’s got to eat, but when I do get in the ring, this is what I love about it, I’m able to release everything I’ve been feeling, everything I’ve been thinking, and get paid to do it.”
      Fury, 33, doesn’t foresee his one-dimensional opponent doing anything different in their third bout, saying: “I gave my game plan away the first time because he wasn’t good enough to do anything about it.
      “And I’ll do the same thing this time because he’s not good enough to do anything about it.
      “Deontay Wilder is a one-trick pony. He’s got one-punch power, we all know that – great.
      “But what I’m going to do to Deontay Wilder this time is I’m going to run him over as if I’m an 18-wheeler and he’s a human being.
      “I guarantee he does not go past where he did before [the seventh round].
      “Because before, I only had five or six weeks practicing what I’m going to do to him.

      “This time, I’ve had 18 months of practicing what I’m going to do to him.
      “So I anticipate it’s going to be like an 18-wheeler running over somebody, and that’s what you’re gonna see.
      “I’m building my weight up, trying to get up to 300lbs for this fight. Because I’m looking for a big knockout straight away.”

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      Floyd Mayweather and David Haye’s comebacks called ‘joke’ by Eddie Hearn but promoter says ‘I do understand the demand’

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      FLOYD MAYWEATHER and David Haye’s returns to the ring have been slammed by boxing promoter Eddie Hearn.Former five-weight world champion Mayweather, 44, returned to ring in June for an eight-round exhibition bout with YouTube star Logan Paul, which ended up going the distance.
      Floyd Mayweather locked horns with YouTuber star Logan Paul in JuneCredit: Getty
      Former heavyweight champion David Haye has come out of retirement to face Joe FournierCredit: News Group Newspapers Ltd
      Eddie Hearn isn’t a fan of the way boxing is goingCredit: PA
      Ex-WBA heavyweight champ Haye, meanwhile, is set to return to the ring next month for a pro bout with his good friend Joe Fournier.
      The bouts are the latest in a string of retired pros coming back to the ring for lucrative paydays, a trend Matchroom boxing chief Hearn isn’t a fan of.
      During an appearance on talkSPORT, he said: “Floyd Mayweather vs Logan Paul was just a joke and so’s David Haye vs Joe Fournier, but it’s just a bit of fun…
      “Some people want to almost respect their legacy in the sport and some just wanna make as much money as possible.
      “We just need to focus on boxing.
      “The Josh Warrington card with Katie Taylor and Conor Benn. The AJ vs Usyk fight, this is what we need to focus on.

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      “We need to deliver numbers for DAZN and our broadcasters because otherwise broadcasters will be asking for YouTube fights and that’s not a sport I wanna be in.
      “I’ve done that before, we had a bit of fun, it was a bit cringe to be honest, it was tough at times, but I do understand the demand.
      “But we’ve gotta make sure we focus on the sport, rather than just the other side, because otherwise you’ll see that more and more.”
      Hearn himself has dabbled in the world of YouTube boxing, promoting KSI’s rematch with Paul in November 2019.
      The 42-year-old, however, has no intention of getting back into the YouTube fight game, saying: “I’ve been on that side when I did KSI vs Logan Paul.
      Floyd Mayweather vs Logan Paul was just a joke and so’s David Haye vs Joe FournierEddie Hearn
      “It’s a mad world and, since I did that fight, it seems like there’s a YouTube fight every week.
      “I’ve tried to move a little bit away from that because I think boxing needs to stand up and be counted.
      “And the only way we can do that is to make great fights.
      “Because if we don’t make great fights, what we’re seeing in terms of David Haye vs Joe Fournier, Jake Paul, Floyd Mayweather vs Logan Paul, will become much more regular, because they do rate.”

      As much as he’s not a fan of YouTuber fighters, Hearn admits he respects Jake Paul for agreeing to fight former UFC welterweight champion Tyron Woodley.
      He said: “I don’t mind it, look, Jake Paul vs Tyron Woodley, I don’t have an issue with it.
      “Jake Paul’s putting the work in, he’s now had three fights, he’s fighting a guy that can fight in some capacity and he’s a UFC champion.”

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      Tyson Fury’s wife Paris shares adorable family photo as baby Athena arrives home following intensive care battle

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      PARIS FURY shared a heartwarming photo of husband Tyson and kids welcoming brave newborn baby Athena home.The Furys’ sixth child was finally allowed to leave hospital on Thursday after a week in intensive care.
      Each member of the Fury family welcomed home Athena
      World heavyweight king Tyson, 33, has provided updates on his daughter since her birth last week, including photos of him feeding Athena with a bottle.
      Now the proud parents have been able to welcome Athena to their home and gathered up their big family for a photo.
      A smiling Fury had youngest son Prince Adonis Amaziah, 1, on one knee and had an arm around now second-youngest daughter Valencia Amber, 3.
      The wholesome snap showed balloons and welcoming decorations for baby Athena.
      In one of the updates posted by Fury he said: “Thank you to God and thank you to all the doctors and nurses who have helped her.

      “Big shoutout to the people of Liverpool, they’ve been so welcoming.”
      The Furys also set up a GoFundMe page for the Alder Hey Family House Trust in Liverpool, with the aim of raising £50k.
      Fury will also auction off two signed WBC belts to raise more funds for the Trust.
      Tyson Fury holding his newborn daughter Athena
      New mum Paris shared footage of her and Athena in hospital
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