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BRITISH boxing is mourning the loss of Repton ABC hero Tony Burns MBE.
The amateur legend guided the early careers of Olympic winner Audley Harrison and pro world champions like John H Stracey, Maurice Hope, Andy Lee and Darren Barker.

Legendary boxing coach Tony Burns has diedCredit: PA:Press Association

The amateur level icon attended 11 Olympic Games with Team GBCredit: Getty Images – Getty

Ex-IBF middleweight king Barker said: “I’m heartbroken to hear the passing of my old amateur coach Tony Burns.
“The man was a legend who spent most of his life down his beloved Repton ABC helping the fighters fulfil their dreams.
“I will cherish all the great times we shared together. I owe him so much.”
Burns moved to London from Wales and boxed for East London’s Repton as an amateur.

During his 45 years at the gym around 300 boxers won national titles and Burns attended eleven Olympic games with Team GB.
In 2009 Burns was called to Buckingham Palace where he was awarded for his services to the amateur code.
Essex promoter Eddie Hearn added: “Just heard the news of the passing of legendary Repton ABC trainer Tony Burns.
“Tony devoted his life to the sport and the development of the younger generation within the community. Saved many lives and was loved by many. Rest in peace.”

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All at Queensberry are sad to learn of the passing of Tony Burns MBE. Tony was a boxing man through and through. He changed countless lives with his work at Repton over the years and he will be deeply missedWe pass on our sincere condolences to Tony’s family and loved ones. RIP
— Frank Warren (@frankwarren_tv) February 2, 2021

Just heard the news of the passing of legendary Repton ABC trainer Tony Burns. Tony devoted his life to the sport and the development of the younger generation within the community. Saved many lives and was loved by many. Rest in peace.
— Eddie Hearn (@EddieHearn) February 2, 2021

Saddened to hear the news that Tony Burns passed away last night – he was my man & great coach – this is us reconnecting in 2016 at ⁦@ReptonBC⁩ we talked like old times & that glint in his eyes was there like yesteryear 😞 salute Tony, you’ll be missed #RIPTonyBurns 🙏🏾 pic.twitter.com/9JgW29SUX9
— Audley Harrison MBE (@audleyharrison) February 2, 2021

Burns shaped the careers of Olympic winner Audley Harrison and pro world champions like John H Stracey, Maurice Hope, Andy Lee and Darren BarkerCredit: Getty Images – Getty

And matchmaker Frank Warren said: “All at Queensberry are sad to learn of the passing of Tony Burns MBE.
“Tony was a boxing man through and through. He changed countless lives with his work at Repton over the years and he will be deeply missed
“We pass on our sincere condolences to Tony’s family and loved ones. RIP.”

I’m heartbroken to here the passing of my old amateur coach Tony Burns. The man was a legend who spent most of his life down his beloved Repton abc helping the fighters fulfil their dreams. I will cherish all the great times we shared together. I owe him so much. #riptony 💚💛
— Darren Barker (@DarrenBarker82) February 2, 2021

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TYSON FURY revealed his wife Paris is pregnant with a sixth child as he opened up on how he keeps his kids grounded.
Fury has three sons, eldest Prince John James, Prince Tyson Fury II and Prince Adonis Amaziah, who was born in 2019.

Tyson Fury and his wife Paris are expecting a sixth child Credit: Free for editorial use

Tyson Fury with his wife Paris and their kids (l-r) Prince Tyson Fury II, Valencia, Venezuela, Prince Adonis Amaziah and Prince John JamesCredit: Refer to Caption

And the WBC champion has two daughters, Valencia and Venezuela – but Fury announced he is expecting a sixth with long-time partner Paris.
He told Gareth A Davies: “Paris is pregnant again and the Lord has blessed us definitely with another child and I’m very thankful.
“Got a beautiful wife, beautiful kids, they’re all healthy. That’s the most important thing, you know, your health and your family.
“Nothing else really matters. Your job, your money, your wealth, your career, none of that really matters because you can get another job, you can start snooker or you can go make more money.

“It doesn’t really matter but the one thing you can’t get back is your family. You can’t get back time lost and that’s the crazy thing about it all.”
Fury – the highest-paid fighter of 2020 with £46million earned – goes on to admit that he does not care for fame or fortune.
But he struggles to keep a low profile due to his 6ft 9in frame and distinctive voice.
Fury – currently in talks to fight Anthony Joshua – lives in Morecambe with his family and enjoys living the local lifestyle, even helping the council clean up litter.

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Part of his everyman attitude is refraining from spoiling his kids, with the unbeaten heavyweight keen to give them a true understanding of money.
The Gypsy King wants his children to grow up working for their fortune and has made sure to normalise their lives as much as possible.
Fury, 32, said: “For me it’s very important to stay close to my grassroots as I’ve got a lot of kids coming up, I’ve got five kids, very important for them to know the value of money.
“It’s very important for them to know how to earn money.
“So, if they see me splashing out all the time and living a move stars’ lifestyle they grow up thinking that’s the only way they can live.
“To earn from a normal job, £200-300-a-week, however much they’re going to get, they might think that’s no good if they’ve been spoiled rotten by multimillionaire parents.
“So I don’t do that. My kids don’t go to private school, I don’t have any private education, they just go to normal school, everyone does normal stuff.”

Tyson Fury and Paris are long-time partnersCredit: Instagram @parisfury1

Tyson Fury pictured with his wife Paris Credit: Tyson Fury Instagram

Tyson Fury pictured with his wife Paris and their five kids Credit: Instagram

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FLOYD MAYWEATHER has been offered a blockbuster rematch with Manny Pacquiao.
Mayweather, 43, got the better of Pacman in their 2015 showdown, which was dubbed the ‘The Fight of the Century’, defeating him via unanimous decision.

Floyd Mayweather got the better of Manny Pacquiao in 2015Credit: Getty

Manny Pacquiao’s manager has challenged Floyd Mayweather to accept a rematch with the FilipinoCredit: GETTY

Pacquiao has been hellbent on exacting revenge on the Money man ever since that fateful night at Las Vegas’ MGM Grand Garden Arena.
And the Filipino’s manager, Sean Gibbons, has challenged Mayweather to meet him inside the ring again.
Alongside a poster of the rivals, Gibbons tweeted: “Floyd, you can come and get some! Senator Pacquiao will send you into double retirement.”
Mayweather, who announced his third retirement from boxing in August 2017, is currently gearing up for an exhibition bout with YouTube star Logan Paul.

But SunSport recently revealed the former four-weight world champion is in talks with UFC superstar Conor McGregor over a multi-million-pound rematch.
That rematch, however, is in major doubt following McGregor’s UFC 257 defeat to Dustin Poirier.
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Mayweather’s clash with Paul is set to take place a fortnight on Saturday, although a venue for the fight has not yet been announced.
It’s been reported the bout has been postponed to a later date, although neither man has confirmed that’s the case.
Former eight-weight world champion Pacquiao, meanwhile, is also said to be gearing up for an exhibition of his own.
Last week, it was reported the WBA welterweight champion is in talks to face WBC interim lightweight titleholder Ryan Garcia.
But Golden Boy Promotions have denied suggestions of Garcia, 22, locking horns with the 42-year-old Pacquiao.

Golden Boy executive Eric Gomez told ESPN: “There’s nothing to talk about there.
“They contacted us, but it turns out there’s nothing to talk about. That fight isn’t going to happen.”
Garcia’s agent, however, is open to making the shock fight.
Valencia Guadalupe told ESPN late last month: “We’re discussing terms.
“Manny and Ryan want it and instructed their teams to make it happen. That’s what we’re trying to accomplish.”

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ANTHONY JOSHUA has revealed his brutal stoppage of Dillian Whyte is the favourite knockout of his career.
The unified heavyweight champion locked horns with his old amateur rival in December 2015 in a battle of unbeaten prospects.

Anthony Joshua and Dillian Whyte went toe-to-toe in December 2015Credit: Reuters

Anthony Joshua lands a nasty uppercut on Dillian WhyteCredit: News Group Newspapers Ltd

Joshua avenged his amateur defeat to The Body Snatcher with a vicious seventh-round KO win at London’s O2 Arena, a victory which propelled him into world title contention.
And the win was made even sweeter by all the trash talk he had to endure from Whyte before they shared the ring in a professional capacity.
Joshua told Sporting News Australia: “The favourite knockout that stands out for me? Probably, I go back to the Dillian one. Sweet.
“Because that was like, you know… when I first started boxing I was just in Finchley.

“And you hear little things where the coaches are like, ‘Oh, this geezer. If he has a little sneeze he’ll pull out of the fight and say he’s got the flu. He’s not a serious guy’, And this and that.
“So when I fought Dillian, I had been training [but] they called me on Thursday night and said me, ‘Do you want to fight [on] Friday?’ And I was like, ‘Yeah, cool, let’s fight.’
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“So imagine I had been training every day. [But] in a fight, you have to have your peak time and your deload time so you’re ready and you recover.

“So when I fought Dillian, he was like a world championship kickboxer, I trained until Thursday. It was a good fight, he beat me. Respect to you, well done.
“The when I was going through this boxing thing as an amateur, he was always talking rubbish on the internet.
“Like, ‘When you turn pro, I’m going to smoke you.’ This, that and that. And I’ve never been one to get on to the internet wars.
“So that fight was now like, ‘All of that internet stuff you’ve been talking, now you’re facing the real one.’ And then it was like north London, south London, Watford, south London.
“It was just a whole saga in London where it was just like, ‘Let’s see who the best of the best is.’

Anthony Joshua knocked Dillian Whyte out coldCredit: News Group Newspapers Ltd

“And it was kind of like that [Joe] Joyce and [Daniel] Dubois fight. You know that who is going to go on and be the next one. And that knockout just cemented [it for me].
“If you would’ve lumped £100 on this kid is going to go on an be a world champion, that would’ve been a short bet because I feel like that uppercut was the cement to where we was about to go.”
Whyte, who is currently gearing up for a crucial rematch with Alexander Povetkin, is one of only two boxers to drag Joshua into a trash-talking match.
AJ told Sports Illustrated: “The only times you’ve seen me talking recklessly is against Dillian Whyte and Jarrell Miller.

“Other than that I’m an ambassador of the sport. I’m trying to be clean, representing my sponsorships, represent DAZN properly, I try to stay away from the typical stereotype of a heavyweight boxer.
“It’s difficult but I have it in me to fire up and talk recklessly when needed.”
Joshua, 32, is currently preparing for a multi-million-pound heavyweight title unification fight with Tyson Fury.
Negotiations over the biggest fight in the history of British boxing are ongoing and both parties are expecting to finalise an agreement in the coming weeks.

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TYSON FURY revealed his wife Paris is pregnant with a sixth child as he opened up on how he keeps his kids grounded.
Fury has three sons, eldest Prince John James, Prince Tyson Fury II and Prince Adonis Amaziah, who was born in 2019.

Tyson Fury and his wife Paris are expecting a sixth child Credit: Free for editorial use

Tyson Fury with his wife Paris and their kids (l-r) Prince Tyson Fury II, Valencia, Venezuela, Prince Adonis Amaziah and Prince John JamesCredit: Refer to Caption

And the WBC champion has two daughters, Valencia and Venezuela – but Fury announced he is expecting a sixth with long-time partner Paris.
He told Gareth A Davies: “Paris is pregnant again and the Lord has blessed us definitely with another child and I’m very thankful.
“Got a beautiful wife, beautiful kids, they’re all healthy. That’s the most important thing, you know, your health and your family.
“Nothing else really matters. Your job, your money, your wealth, your career, none of that really matters because you can get another job, you can start snooker or you can go make more money.

“It doesn’t really matter but the one thing you can’t get back is your family. You can’t get back time lost and that’s the crazy thing about it all.”
Fury – the highest-paid fighter of 2020 with £46million earned – goes on to admit that he does not care for fame or fortune.
But he struggles to keep a low profile due to his 6ft 9in frame and distinctive voice.
Fury – currently in talks to fight Anthony Joshua – lives in Morecambe with his family and enjoys living the local lifestyle, even helping the council clean up litter.

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Part of his everyman attitude is refraining from spoiling his kids, with the unbeaten heavyweight keen to give them a true understanding of money.
The Gypsy King wants his children to grow up working for their fortune and has made sure to normalise their lives as much as possible.
Fury, 32, said: “For me it’s very important to stay close to my grassroots as I’ve got a lot of kids coming up, I’ve got five kids, very important for them to know the value of money.
“It’s very important for them to know how to earn money.
“So, if they see me splashing out all the time and living a move stars’ lifestyle they grow up thinking that’s the only way they can live.
“To earn from a normal job, £200-300-a-week, however much they’re going to get, they might think that’s no good if they’ve been spoiled rotten by multimillionaire parents.
“So I don’t do that. My kids don’t go to private school, I don’t have any private education, they just go to normal school, everyone does normal stuff.”

Tyson Fury and Paris are long-time partnersCredit: Instagram @parisfury1

Tyson Fury pictured with his wife Paris Credit: Tyson Fury Instagram

Tyson Fury pictured with his wife Paris and their five kids Credit: Instagram

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FLOYD MAYWEATHER has been offered a blockbuster rematch with Manny Pacquiao.
Mayweather, 43, got the better of Pacman in their 2015 showdown, which was dubbed the ‘The Fight of the Century’, defeating him via unanimous decision.

Floyd Mayweather got the better of Manny Pacquiao in 2015Credit: Getty

Manny Pacquiao’s manager has challenged Floyd Mayweather to accept a rematch with the FilipinoCredit: GETTY

Pacquiao has been hellbent on exacting revenge on the Money man ever since that fateful night at Las Vegas’ MGM Grand Garden Arena.
And the Filipino’s manager, Sean Gibbons, has challenged Mayweather to meet him inside the ring again.
Alongside a poster of the rivals, Gibbons tweeted: “Floyd, you can come and get some! Senator Pacquiao will send you into double retirement.”
Mayweather, who announced his third retirement from boxing in August 2017, is currently gearing up for an exhibition bout with YouTube star Logan Paul.

But SunSport recently revealed the former four-weight world champion is in talks with UFC superstar Conor McGregor over a multi-million-pound rematch.
That rematch, however, is in major doubt following McGregor’s UFC 257 defeat to Dustin Poirier.
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Mayweather’s clash with Paul is set to take place a fortnight on Saturday, although a venue for the fight has not yet been announced.
It’s been reported the bout has been postponed to a later date, although neither man has confirmed that’s the case.
Former eight-weight world champion Pacquiao, meanwhile, is also said to be gearing up for an exhibition of his own.
Last week, it was reported the WBA welterweight champion is in talks to face WBC interim lightweight titleholder Ryan Garcia.
But Golden Boy Promotions have denied suggestions of Garcia, 22, locking horns with the 42-year-old Pacquiao.

Golden Boy executive Eric Gomez told ESPN: “There’s nothing to talk about there.
“They contacted us, but it turns out there’s nothing to talk about. That fight isn’t going to happen.”
Garcia’s agent, however, is open to making the shock fight.
Valencia Guadalupe told ESPN late last month: “We’re discussing terms.
“Manny and Ryan want it and instructed their teams to make it happen. That’s what we’re trying to accomplish.”

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ANTHONY JOSHUA’s blockbuster heavyweight title unification fight with Tyson Fury is set to take place in June, according to his promoter Eddie Hearn.
The long-awaited Battle of Britain is in the process of being finalised, with both fighters’ respective teams confident an agreement will soon be reached.

Eddie Hearn (L) reckons) Anthony Joshua will lock horns with Tyson Fury in JuneCredit: MATCHROOM BOXING

Tyson Fury celebrates dethroning Deontay Wilder last FebruaryCredit: AFP

A summer showdown is being targeted by both teams, with Matchroom Boxing chief Hearn revealing the biggest fight in the history of British boxing could take place in just over four months’ time.
Hearn told iFL TV: “I hope that we can finalise contracts in the next two weeks.
“And then the plan from there is to go out and start discussing with the various sites that have approached to stage this fight.
“What we wanna do is make sure we’ve got a deal papered to move forwards and start having these conversations, and then lock in the venue and the date.

“There isn’t a lot to be sorted. We’re in a good place. I believe we’ll have these contracts finalised in the next couple of weeks.
“I believe this fight will take place in June.”
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Joshua vs Fury will be announced in two stages, with the first announcement taking place after both parties have agreed terms.

Hearn added: “We wanna make sure we have the deal in place.
“And that will be the route map for this fight – to hopefully make an announcement in the next couple of weeks to say, ‘This fight is signed and done.’
“Let’s make one thing clear, this is the biggest fight in the history of British boxing, this may be the biggest heavyweight fight of all time.
“This is the undisputed heavyweight world championship.

“Once we’ve done that, we’ll say, ‘The fight is on, start getting very, very excited and now we’ll be going out and finalising the venue.’
“Because what we don’t wanna do is [not answer] all these questions that keep coming.
“I wanna give you the news, I wanna tell you that this fight’s on and now we’re gonna be giving you a date.
“It’ll be, ‘It’s planned for June and we’ll be giving you the site and the [specific] date in the very near future.’

“That’s the news I hope to be able to give you in the next couple of weeks.”
Joshua, 31, is relishing the opportunity to finally settle the long-running debate over who the best heavyweight on the planet is.
He said: “Some people may not understand it, I’ve realised in this life that 99% of the population are civilised people.
“The job I’ve chosen is for the uncivilised. This is a sport of combat and war.
“We’re not civilised people, we’re warriors – and I love it.”

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