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PROUD Tyson Fury had a cheeky pop at his dad after posting a video of him working with the local council to help “keep Morecambe beautiful”.
The WBC champion uploaded a video on Twitter of him digging up weeds and joked he would pay his father 35p for his efforts, which helped local charity Alley Champions.

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John Fury has been putting in work for the local council

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Son Tyson uploaded a video of John putting in charity work

Tyson said: “Go on dad, he’s working for the local council. Alley Champions we are.
“Go on dad, put your back into it, son. Come on, I’m going to pay you here, 35 pence an hour.”
Alley Champions was set up to try and transform community spaces.
A member said: “We just like to keep Morecambe beautiful.”

Fury – boxing’s biggest earner last year – himself has set up a campaign to help tackle littering in Lancaster.
The unbeaten champion – who is contracted to face 34-year-old Deontay Wilder in a trilogy bout- also set up the ‘Tyson Fury Foundation’.
He wants to create boxing, football and rugby facilities in Morecambe.

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Fury lives in a five-bed, four-bathroom home that is worth around £550,000, according to Zoopla.

Inside the family home are links to the profession he will go down in history for.
Just next to a glass column holding the multitude of belts the heavyweight has won in his career is a framed picture of him after his win against Wladimir Klitschko on the wall.

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ANTHONY JOSHUA has been accused of “talking c**p” by Dillian Whyte after threatening to give him a punch.
WBA, IBF and WBO king Joshua – who beat Whyte in 2015 – will be ringside to watch his rival face former opponent Alexander Povetkin, 40, on August 22.

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Dillian Whyte and Anthony Joshua have reigned their feud

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Joshua lost to Whyte in the amateurs but won the rematch as a pro
AJ – who beat the Russian via a seventh-round TKO in 2018 – told Sky Sports: “I might get in there and give him a punch as well. You’re getting me psyched up now.”
The warning, however serious or not, did not go down well with Whyte.
Whyte, 32, responded: “He might get a box, if he does that. If he does that, he might get a box, there and then, one box.
“He thinks it’s a game, but I don’t play games with these guys.

“They think it’s a game, scream and shout and get in each other’s faces, but if he does, he will get a box.
“There’s no consistency with him. He says this, then he says that. He just talks a lot of c***.
“I’m sick and tired of all these guys that’s talking, talking, talking all the time.”

The heavyweight feud dates back to 2009, when Whyte beat Joshua in the amateurs.
Their rematch came six years later, which AJ won after a savage uppercut in round seven.
They have held talks over a decider, but Whyte instead chose to pursue the WBC title, now held by Tyson Fury, 31.
Fury won the belt against Deontay Wilder, 34, in February but is contracted to a third bout with the American.
Should he win, the WBC have mandated him to face Whyte, further delaying an undisputed title spectacle against Joshua.
But Whyte has not ruled out fighting AJ over the Gypsy King as long as he can challenge for his first world championship.

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He said: “Beat Povetkin then if Joshua wants to fight, we’ll fight. If Fury wants to fight, we can fight.
“There’s only three or four big fights out there for me now after this one and I just want to have them.
“The biggest two is Joshua and Fury. If I beat them then I’ve had an amazing career, and that’s what I want to do.”

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MIKE TYSON put a shark to sleep by tickling its nose while scuba diving – but only after throwing up and admitting he was “scared to death”.
The 54-year-old boxing icon took on the underwater challenge to kick off Discovery Channel’s ‘Shark Week’.

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Mike Tyson took part in Discovery Channel’s ‘Shark Week’

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Tyson was pitted against sharks over three rounds

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Tyson admitted he wasn’t feeling confident
Iron Mike was pitted against the shark over three rounds, dubbed “Tyson vs Jaws”.
And it ended with him achieving “tonic immobility” – a temporary state of inactivity in the shark.
The first part of the challenge saw Tyson cage-diving with lemon sharks.
In the second round the ante was upped with an open ocean dive where he had to push the sharks gently away if they got too close.

By the final stage Tyson threw up before diving nearly 50 feet underwater without a cage.

He had to grab a shark and try to induce tonic immobility, which he did by grabbing its nose as it swam past him.
Tyson travelled to the Bahamas for the challenge and according to Bleacher Report, he worked with scientists to get more comfortable with sharks.
The trip came as he prepares to make his boxing comeback, 15 years after retiring.

Tyson faces Roy Jones Jr, 51, in an eight-round exhibition, which has been moved from September to November.
The reformed Baddest Man on The Planet revealed Shark Week helped conquer his fears and in turn prepared him mentally for his anticipated ring return.

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Tyson said: “I took on this challenger to overcome fears I still deal with in life.
“I equate this with overcoming my fear of getting back into the ring at 54 years old.
“I learned from this experience doing Shark Week that whatever intimidates me, I am still able to step up to the challenge of overcoming anything that would prevent me from accomplishing my life’s mission of reaching my highest potential in life and bringing me closer to God.”

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The former heavyweight champion filmed the challenge in the Bahamas

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Tyson admits he is ‘scared to death’

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Tyson put the shark to sleep by tickling its nose

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MIKE TYSON appears even more ripped ahead of his boxing comeback aged 54 – as he dived with SHARKS.
The ‘Baddest Man on the Planet’ has been gearing up to fight for the first time in 15 years, against Roy Jones Jr.

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Mike Tyson appears even more ripped ahead of his boxing comeback aged 54

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Tyson is featuring on Discovery Channel’s ‘Shark Week’
But alongside his brutal training regime Tyson, 55, has been filming for Discovery Channel’s ‘Shark Week’ where he will put his nickname to the test against a great white.
Not yet known what the challenge will be, but Iron Mike was captured diving with sharks.
He decided to take on the great white in order to conquer his fear of the animal.
Tyson showed off a ripped physique in the clip which comes a month before his ring return.

He will box Jones Jr, 51, in an eight-round exhibition bout on September 12.
Tyson has undergone a dramatic body transformation after training again for the first time since he retired in 2005.
Ahead of the pay-per-view spectacle, Iron Mike boasted he is the greatest boxer “since the conception of God”.

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Tyson said: “Anything I do, I put so much into it. If I fail, I’m going to die.

“How many people do that? That’s what I like to do. I go all out or nothing. I play for keeps.
“You know, I’m the greatest fighter since the conception of God. How could I not take this opportunity up?”

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Tyson was captured diving with sharks

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Tyson has not boxed as a professional since 2005

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TYSON FURY grinned as he met up with old pal Dereck Chisora in London.
Chisora, 36, who twice lost to 31-year-old Fury, posted a video online alongside the WBC heavyweight champion.

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Tyson Fury grinned as he met up with old pal Dereck Chisora in London
The video comes following the news Fury will have to fight Dillian Whyte, 32, if he beats Deontay Wilder, 34.
Whyte also has two wins over Chisora on his run to becoming the WBC’s mandatory challenger.
Should he defeat Alexander Povetkin, 40, on August 22 it sets him up for a world title shot.
Fury is contracted to a third fight with Wilder, which was targeted for December but could now be moved to early 2021.

It further delays an undisputed title decider against Anthony Joshua, 30, who faces Kubrat Pulev, 39, in his next defence.
Joshua also faces a heavyweight headache with Oleksandr Usyk, 33, mandatory for his WBO belt.
But Usyk is still due to face Chisora after the coronavirus pandemic KO’d their May headliner.
Chisora hopes an upset win over the former cruiserweight king would land him a showdown with Finchley Amateur Boxing friend AJ.

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He told SunSport: “Hopefully the AJ fight happens if we both win.
“I don’t know how I will approach it, we go back a long way and I have never called him out or tried to make a fight with trash talk or anything like that.
“If the fight is made I think I would just call him and say, man-to-man, ‘Get ready for war’.”

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TYSON FURY has thanked his team for helping him get back to the top of boxing.
The Gypsy King struggled with depression and considered suicide during his two years away from the ring.

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The two-time heavyweight world champion expressed his gratitude to his pals on Twitter for helping him reach the top once again.
He wroted: “Massive shoutout to my team every single member you know who you are.
“There was a time not so long ago where I was so unwell the only thing I could think of was death and how I didn’t want to be alive.
“Just over two years later I’m loving life and healthy as a trout and have reached the pinnacle of sport again.

“This shows you no matter how bad things get you must continue as things will get better I promise you, you can get your life back.”
Fury struggled with depression following his world title win over Wladimir Klitschko in 2015, failing a drug test for cocaine and relinquishing his WBA, WBO and IBF titles.
The lineal world heavyweight champion swelled to 150kg and thought about suicide before his return to boxing.
Fury completed his comeback in February with a seventh-round TKO of Deontay Wilder to become the WBC title-holder.

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The 31-year-old had a trilogy fight with Wilder planned for last month but this was postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Fury also encouraged anyone struggling with their own mental health to reach out for help.
“Seek help immediately #itsokaynottobeokay #mentalhealthawareness #staysafe #have a blessed weekend, much love to [everyone],” he added.

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THE WBC are insisting that Tyson Fury must face Dillian Whyte if he beats Deontay Wilder for a second time.
It would mean the undisputed title decider between Fury, 31, and Anthony Joshua being pushed back again – despite the pair agreeing a two-fight deal for 2021.

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Tyson Fury must fight Dillian Whyte if he beats Deontay Wilder Credit: News Group Newspapers Ltd

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Whyte is the WBC mandatory challenger for Fury’s belt Credit: News Group Newspapers Ltd
Whyte, 32, defends his WBC mandatory status against 40-year-old Alexander Povetkin at the end of the month.
And Fury is set to give Wilder, 34, his contracted rematch at the end of the year, but has been warned he will not be able to jump straight into a Battle of Britain with AJ.
WBC president Mauricio Sulaiman: “We have had the flexibility with our champions and the WBC has approved Fury to fight by the end of the year.
“If it’s announced that it might be December 19, and the winner must make the mandatory defence early next year.”

Whyte has been the WBC’s No1 ranked challenger since 2017, but only last year earned his spot as mandatory after beating Oscar Rivas.
But his status was revoked after an ‘adverse finding’ was found in his pre-fight drug test, and the WBC instead handed Fury a shot at Wilder’s belt.

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However, Whyte was eventually cleared of any doping violations by United Kingdom Anti-Doping, but could only watch as the Gypsy King won the belt in February.

Despite huge demand for Britain’s two heavyweight kings to finally settle the score, promoter Eddie Hearn insists Whyte must get his chance first.
Hearn said: “Dillian takes priority. Dillian has to have that fight by the end of February, and if it goes into March, it goes into March.
“Anthony Joshua is boxing in December. He won’t be ready to box again until June-July.
“Everybody acknowledges that’s the mandatory and that it’s next.”

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Should Whyte finally get his shot at the WBC title next year, it paves the way for WBA, IBF and WBO champion Joshua to face Oleksandr Usyk.
Usyk, 33, fights Dereck Chisora, 36, next but is already the WBO mandatory challenger.
Hearn hopes for AJ to challenge Fury for the undisputed title in the summer with a rematch following in the winter.

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Joshua faces Kubrat Pulev in his next title fight Credit: Getty Images

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