Heavyweight boxing

FORMER heavyweight champion David Haye is adamant he would have got the better of Tyson Fury had their 2013 meeting not fallen through.A cut in his final sparring session scuppered Haye’s domestic dust-up with The Gypsy King in September 2013.
David Haye was scheduled to face Tyson Fury in 2013Credit: Getty
But a cut above his left eye scuppered the fight
The fight was rescheduled for the following February but Haye was forced to withdraw from the contest due to a shoulder injury, much to the frustration of Fury.
Although he never ended up sharing the ring with Fury, Haye firmly believes he would’ve put a beating on the current WBC king.
When asked how he would’ve dealt with Fury, Haye told Sky Sports: “Using my speed, using my punch power.”
Haye reckons the then 24-year-old Fury would’ve floundered under the big lights.
He continued: “Back then in 2013, I believe it was, Tyson Fury wasn’t the fighter he is today.
“He was very young, he was very inexperienced. He wasn’t as teak-tough as he is now.
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Tyson Fury attempts to get under David Haye’s skin ahead of their cancelled boutCredit: Getty
“He hadn’t been through the trials and tribulations that’s made him the man and fighter he is today.”
To this day, the heavy-handed Haye firmly believes one of his trademark Hayemaker’s would’ve put Fury out cold.
He said: “It would have been the perfect bit of matchmaking on my fight, if I was able to get him.
“A baby, in boxing terms.
“He had been heavily knocked down by a non-punching cruiserweight in Steve Cunningham, so it was a perfect storm for me, but the fight didn’t happen.
David Haye believes he would’ve knocked Tyson Fury clean outCredit: News Group Newspapers Ltd
“I got a cut before the fight and it never took place.”
Fury is currently gearing up for his long-awaited undisputed heavyweight title fight with Anthony Joshua.
A two-fight deal was agreed last June, with the first of the pair’s meetings expected to take place in the summer.
And Matchroom Boxing chief Eddie Hearn has claimed the long-awaited Battle of Britain will be announced in the coming days.
He said: “We always had a time frame in place in the agreement that everybody signed.

“That can be extended but it’s not the intention to extend it and we are all working to that time frame.
“Really, I think by end of next week it will be done.
“We can’t wait. AJ has started his training camp and Fury has been training very hard. They all want the fight.
“They are going to be presented with a few proposals on where to do the fight and everyone has to agree on where to do it.
“There is no other fight out there that comes close for either guy. July is the date.
“The world tour is going well but I’m not answering any questions on that and I won’t tell you where I’ve been.”
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FORMER heavyweight world champ Andy Ruiz Jr has opened up about his epic body transformation ahead of his return to the ring on May 1.The 31-year-old faces Chris Arreola in what will be his first bout since losing his WBA, WBO and IBF titles in his rematch against Anthony Joshua in December 2019.
Andy Ruiz Jr is looking in great shape ahead of his comeback bout against Chris ArreolaCredit: Instagram
Ruiz Jr put on weight in his rematch against Anthony Joshua where he lost his world titlesCredit: Marc Aspland- The Times
Ruiz Jr weighed in over a stone heavier for his second fight against AJ as he ballooned to over 20 stone.
That was to be his last bout with Manny Robles in his corner, as he linked up with Saul Alvarez’s trainer Eddy Reynoso last year.
And he is looking in great shape, with the Mexican-American already shedding over three stone for his comeback dust-up against Arreola.
Speaking during a virtual press conference, the Destroyer revealed he is taking competing more seriously now as he looks to become a two-time world champion.
He told Fight Hub TV: “Losing from my last fight against Anthony Joshua, it was devastating, because I did not do the things that I was supposed to do.
“I look back right now and I’m like ‘Damn, if I would’ve stayed dedicated, if I would’ve stayed disciplined and do the right things that I was supposed to do…’
“And that was the most important fight of my life… but now it’s totally different. Now I got my mind right, I got a great trainer, so we’re just ready for May 1.”
Before adding: “I’ve always been overweight and now that I’ve been dropping weight normally and in the right way by eating right, not just wearing the sauna suit, starving yourself.
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Ruiz Jr has declared he has lost over three stone for his fight against Arreola on May 1Credit: Instagram @andy_destroyer13

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“Because that’s what I used to do back in the day. But now that we’re eating the right things, we’re working on the right things, I feel amazing.
“I can do better stuff that I couldn’t do before because of my big gut, I had chi-chis, I had t**s that wouldn’t let me throw the right punches and all that.
“But now I’m more motivated, I’m more dedicated in this sport and sky’s the limit.”
Ruiz Jr recently had his say on Joshua’s eagerly-anticipated undisputed title fight against Tyson Fury, where he backed the Gypsy King to win.
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TYSON FURY appears to be in the shape of his life ahead of his eagerly-anticipated showdown with Anthony Joshua.The WBC king has been hard at work in the gym ahead of his undisputed heavyweight title fight against his fellow Brit.
Tyson Fury looks to be in tremendous shape ahead of his clash with Anthony JoshuaCredit: Instagram
Tyson Fury has shed the pounds ahead of the undisputed heavyweight title fightCredit: Instagram @nathangorman96
And he looks almost completely unrecognisable after shedding the pounds in preparation for his career-defining bout.
Fury shared a photo of his trimmer physique to his recent Instagram story, in which he was modelling some of his Gypsy King clothing line.
And he looked a far cry from a man who claims to be necking 12 pints a day.
Earlier this month, the 32-year-old said: “I have stopped training at the moment, I am on holiday.
“I am drinking anything between eight, ten, 12 pints of lager a day, at the minute.
“But I am not eating so I am getting my calories through alcohol.
“I have trained and trained and trained with no progress so I am now a man of leisure.”
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Fight fans couldn’t quite believe their eyes when the latest photo of Fury started doing the rounds on social media.
One tweeted: “He looks class the man means business.”
Another said: “Damn I never seen him this fit.”
And another said: “Wow, Tyson is looking good. His fist looks like a sledgehammer.”
One remarked: “Yes we know he has been lying about not being in training.
Tyson Fury has inked a two-fight deal to face Anthony JoshuaCredit: AFP
“He won’t be beaten. AJ might have to visit primary school again.”
Fury’s long-awaited showdown with Joshua is expected to take place in June or July.
The pair agreed terms on a two-fight deal last year but put pen to paper on their £500million contract earlier this month.
A venue and date for the Battle of Britain, however, have yet to be finalised.
And Fury’s dad, John, recently cast doubt over the biggest fight in the history of British boxing taking place this summer.

He told BT Sport: “We need to get him out, whether these cowboys get the job sorted which I don’t think they’re going to do.
“What have they signed? They’ve signed nothing in my eyes. They’ve got no date, no venue, no nothing.
“What does it mean if you can’t get a date and a venue?
“What does it mean if no one is willing to put the money up?
John Fury has doubts over his son fighting Anthony Joshua this year

“It’s all about someone coming forward and saying, ‘Right, I’ll pay for the fight, I’ll stage the fight.’ Where are these people?
“That’s the position it’s in and I don’t think they can get it together.
“It’s too big for what’s happening and the climate the world is in at the moment.
“I just don’t think the timing is right for a fight of that magnitude with the state of the world.”
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TYSON FURY carried a CROSS barefoot along the seafront to mark Easter.On Good Friday, the day that Christians believe Jesus died after being crucified on a cross, Fury walked out to pay his own respects.
Tyson Fury shared a video on Instagram of him carrying a cross to mark EasterCredit: Twitter @Tyson_Fury
Fury was also barefoot as he walked on the seafrontCredit: Twitter @Tyson_Fury
The WBC heavyweight boxing champion of the world is a Christian and has previously thanked Jesus and God for helping achieve greatness in the sport.
Fury shared a video on Instagram that shows him carrying a wooden cross at the seaside.
It could be that of his Morecambe home, but he didn’t geo-tag the exact location.
Fury is keeping up his training routine as he prepares for a mouthwatering undisputed clash against fellow Brit Anthony Joshua.
The two champions have agreed a two-fight deal – and Fury’s dad wants Part I to happen in June.
John Fury is eager for his son to face AJ a month earlier than what promoter Eddie Hearn has touted – in a ‘warm-up’ fight.
The WBC champion’s old man said in an Instagram video: “This is a video to Eddie Hearn and all his supporters of AJ.
“We’re not bothered about Anthony Joshua one iota. And here’s what you can do: if he wants to fight in June, get it ready for June, Eddie.
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The Gypsy King has regularly thanked God throughout his boxing careerCredit: Twitter @Tyson_Fury

“We’ll take him as a warm-up fight, him. We value Anthony Joshua that much we’ll take him as a warm-up fight in June.
“So get your arse in gear, getting everything [that] needs doing done and we’ll take him in June.”
John is adamant The Gypsy King, 32, will fight twice this year.
The 56-year-old continued: “We’ll have the first fight with him.
“Because Tyson is fighting twice this year, but we’d like AJ to be the first on the butcher’s block.
“So get your arse in gear, mate. Wave your magic wand and let’s get this fight started.
“Because nobody is bothered about you or AJ in any way, shape or form.
“AJ, up first, chopping block, June. And if you can’t put up, shut up. Do that.”
Tyson Fury is in sensational shape ahead of his Battle of Britain against Anthony Joshua

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TYSON FURY’s dad has demanded Eddie Hearn book his son’s long-awaited Battle of Britain with Anthony Joshua for June.Matchroom Boxing chief Hearn recently revealed the first of two multi-million-pound undisputed heavyweight title fights is likely to take place in July.

But the outspoken John Fury is eager for son Tyson to face the unified heavyweight king a month earlier in a ‘warm-up’ fight.
The WBC champion’s old man said in an Instagram video: “This is a video to Eddie Hearn and all his supporters of AJ.
“We’re not bothered about Anthony Joshua one iota. And here’s what you can do: if he wants to fight in June, get it ready for June, Eddie.
“We’ll take him as a warm-up fight, him. We value Anthony Joshua that much we’ll take him as a warm-up fight in June.
“So get your arse in gear, getting everything [that] needs doing done and we’ll take him in June.”
John is adamant The Gypsy King, 32, will fight twice this year.
John Fury has branded Anthony Joshua a ‘warm-up’ fightCredit: PA
John Fury is adamant his son will fight twice this yearCredit: Instagram @gypsyking101
The 56-year-old continued: “We’ll have the first fight with him.
“Because Tyson is fighting twice this year, but we’d like AJ to be the first on the butcher’s block.
“So get your arse in gear, mate. Wave your magic wand and let’s get this fight started.
“Because nobody is bothered about you or AJ in any way, shape or form.
“AJ, up first, chopping block, June. And if you can’t put up, shut up. Do that.”
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John’s public demand to Hearn comes a little less than a week after he cast doubt over his son fighting Joshua this year.
During an appearance on BT Sport, he said: “We need to get him out, whether these cowboys get the job sorted which I don’t think they’re going to do.
“What have they signed? They’ve signed nothing in my eyes. They’ve got no date, no venue, no nothing.
“What does it mean if you can’t get a date and a venue? What does it mean if no one is willing to put the money up?
“It’s all about someone coming forward and saying, ‘Right, I’ll pay for the fight, I’ll stage the fight.’ Where are these people?
John Fury has doubts over his son fighting Anthony Joshua this yearCredit: Twitter@BTSportBoxing

“That’s the position it’s in and I don’t think they can get it together.
“It’s too big for what’s happening and the climate the world is in at the moment.
“I just don’t think the timing is right for a fight of that magnitude with the state of the world.”
Despite both men recently putting pen to paper on a whopping £360million two-fight deal, a date and venue for Joshua vs Fury aren’t any closer to being finalised.
A rematch, however, is expected to take place in November or December and could very well be held in the UK.
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TYSON FURY’s slimmer frame was on show for the entire world after his recent training session with Joseph Parker.The WBC heavyweight king is currently gearing up for a blockbuster showdown with Anthony Joshua.
Tyson Fury poses for a post-training selfie with Paddy DonovanCredit: Instagram
Tyson Fury has trimmed down considerably ahead of his showdown with Anthony JoshuaCredit: Instagram / @gypsykingofficialmerchandise
Fury, 32, has dropped a considerable amount of weight in preparation for the undisputed heavyweight title fight, which is expected to take place in the summer.
And he showed off his trimmer physique in a post-training selfie with Irish welterweight Paddy Donovan.
Donovan shared a snap of himself and a bare-chested Fury to Instagram on Friday afternoon.
His accompanying caption read: “Training today with the greatest man in the world @gypsyking101
“What a humble man. Everything that he has achieved he truly deserves it all because you couldn’t find a nicer person.
“I wish him all the best going forward and long may he continue to conquer the boxing world because when he’s gone everyone will realise just how good he really was.”
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Donovan shared the snap shortly after pictures of Fury training with former WBO champ Joseph Parker emerged.
New Zealander Parker posted a selfie of himself, Andy Lee and Fury to his Instagram page.
The Kiwi wrote: “#ChampCamp with these two legends 👊🏽💥💥 @bodypuncher @gypsyking101.”
A date and venue for Fury’s long-awaited Battle of Britain with unified heavyweight king Joshua have yet to be finalised.
But according to Joshua’s promoter, Eddie Hearn, the biggest fight in the history of British boxing is on course to take place in July.
When asked to provide an update on a date for the fight, Hearn told AK and Barak: “In July.
“The date depends on many different things. For one venue, it’s the backend of July, and for another venue, it’s the first week of July.
“There’s been a bit of talk about Wembley, which is difficult, but we got 100,000 capacity, which the government is working towards.
“Wembley is trying to initiate full capacity. So if we did have full capacity at the end of July, Wembley comes into the conversation.
Tyson Fury has been training with former WBO heavyweight champion Joseph ParkerCredit: Instagram @joeboxerparker
Eddie Hearn is confident Anthony Joshua vs Tyson Fury will happen in JulyCredit: Mark Robinson Matchroom Boxing

“In AJ’s head, this comes down to as much money as possible, but for AJ, I’m not saying he’s looking for the right deal, but he just wants to fight.
“He wants this fight next more than anything. So if it’s 100,000 at Wembley, Anthony Joshua is 1 million percent signed and in for this fight.
“Obviously, we have to do our job and go around the world and present all the offers to the fighters, but Anthony Joshua has told me categorically that if it’s Wembley and full up, ‘I’m in.’
“But firstly, I have to deal with all these approaches for the fighters.”
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AMIR KHAN has set his sights on an Old Trafford showdown with Kell Brook.Bolton bruiser Khan has been chasing a bout with the former IBF welterweight champion for the best part of five years.
Amir Khan (L) is still desperate to face Kell Brook (R)Credit: SKY SPORTS
Amir Khan has ambitions of fight Kell Brook at Old TraffordCredit: Rex
And he reckons the domestic dust-up could fill the Theatre of Dreams – despite both men being in the latter stages of their careers.
The 34-year-old told Sky Sports: “I think now is the right time to make that fight happen with Kell.
“We both have been world champions. We’re both British and in the north as well.
“Imagine making a huge fight like that happen at the Old Trafford football stadium. It would be a massive fight.
“Look, we’re ready to take it, and I think it will be good for boxing, especially to settle the score and put him in his place.”
Khan recently called for Matchroom Boxing chief Eddie Hearn to make the long-awaited Battle of Britain, which he wants to be his swansong.
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The Olympic silver medallist told talkSPORT: “What’s the fight that everyone wants to see?
“Everyone wants to see the Kell Brook fight. We’ve been talking about it for years and years.
“Look, me and Kell are probably past our best, I’ll be honest. But at the same time, we’re both around the same age.
“I think it’d be a good fight between us to see still who the number one is in Britain.”
He added: “So I called Eddie Hearn and I said ‘let’s make it happen’.
“Eddie said ‘no worries’, spoke to Kell’s family and Kell’s father wasn’t interested in it. He said ‘no, we’re gonna look at other options’.
Amir Khan believes a fight with Kell Brooks makes the most senseCredit: PA

“What other option is there for Kell Brook to make a good payday and fight someone with a big name like myself? Unless he fights someone with a world title or in America.
“So I’m scratching my head man, I’m thinking like, ‘What’s he going through?’
“What’s going on with Kell Brook? How come he doesn’t want the fight? Let’s make it happen.”
Former two-division champion Khan hasn’t fought since his fourth-round TKO victory over Billy Dib last July.
Brook, meanwhile, hasn’t competed since his ill-fated bid to dethrone undefeated WBO welterweight champion Terence Crawford last November. More