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      Jurgen Klopp next job odds: Germany national team most likely after Liverpool departure, Dortmund 15/2

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      THE German national side looks most likely to be Jurgen Klopp’s next job once he steps away from Liverpool.The 56-year-old shocked the footballing world when revealing this season would be his last at Anfield as he plans to step down from the role in the summer.
      Where will Jurgen Klopp go next?Betfair odds

      Germany national team 1/9
      Dortmund 15/2
      Real Madrid 11/1
      Barcelona 14/1
      England national team 16/1
      Bayern Munich 50/1
      Man Utd 200/1

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      Klopp admitted he was simply running out of energy, having given everything to the role since his appointment in 2015.
      Speaking back in 2020, he revealed when he did leave Liverpool that he’d take a year away from the game, only returning if he felt he missed football during that time.
      While Liverpool begin their search for a replacement, this announcement is sure to spike the interest of other chairmen across the footballing world, who now know he’ll be available come the summer.
      Taking into account what he’s said, bookmakers Betfair have a pretty clear idea of where Klopp will be heading next, making the German national team as short as 1/9 to be his next role.
      That move might work as preference for Klopp, taking him away from the 24/7 nature of club football.
      It’s a role he’s regularly been linked with and certainly would seem a likely target of his.
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      A return to Dortmund – where he enjoyed great success before leaving for Merseyside – is next in the betting at 15/2.
      Dortmund won two Bundesliga titles, two DFB-Pokals and finished runners-up in the 2012/13 Champions League.
      Real Madrid (11/1) and Barcelona (14/1) come next, with Xavi under increased pressure at the Catalan side.
      Reports in Spain also already linked Klopp with Barcelona following his announcement earlier.
      At bigger odds come the England national team (16/1), Bayern Munich (50/1) and Manchester United at a huge – but probably not huge enough – 200/1.
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      Why is Jurgen Klopp leaving Liverpool?

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      JURGEN Klopp has been one of Liverpool’s most beloved and successful managers of recent years.The German has announced he’s stepping down at the end of the 2023/24 season — here we take a look at why.
      Jurgen Klopp celebrating after winning the FA Cup final at Wembley Stadium on May 14, 2022Credit: PA
      Why is Jurgen Klopp leaving Liverpool?
      The news broke that Jurgen Klopp will step down as Liverpool manager on January 26, 2024.
      He explained his reason for leaving is that he is running out of energy and cannot continue in the demanding job for years on end.
      Klopp opened up about his decision to leave his role in an emotional interview, during which he shared his love for the club, the fans and the city.
      He said: “I can understand that it’s a shock for a lot of people in this moment, when you hear it for the first time, but obviously I can explain it — or at least try to explain it.
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      “I love absolutely everything about this club, I love everything about the city, I love everything about our supporters, I love the team, I love the staff.
      “I love everything. But that I still take this decision shows you that I am convinced it is the one I have to take.
      “It is that I am, how can I say it, running out of energy. I have no problem now, obviously, I knew it already for longer that I will have to announce it at one point, but I am absolutely fine now. I know that I cannot do the job again and again and again and again.
      “After the years we had together and after all the time we spent together and after all the things we went through together, the respect grew for you, the love grew for you and the least I owe you is the truth — and that is the truth.”
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      Klopp informed Liverpool’s owners of his intention to quit last summer.
      What has Jurgen Klopp won at Liverpool?
      Klopp took over at Anfield in October 2015.
      In a successful spell at the club, Jurgen has guided Liverpool to the Premier League (2019/20), Champions League (2018/19), UEFA Super Cup (2019/20), FIFA Club World Cup (2019/20), League Cup (2021/22) and FA Cup (2021/22).
      He is the only Liverpool manager to win six different major trophies.
      The Reds are also currently top of the Prem table.
      Who could replace Jurgen Klopp at Liverpool?
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      I’ve had to give up my part-time job as a BT engineer after landing my first role as an EFL manager

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      STUART MAYNARD spent the best part of two decades as a telecommunications engineer – now he’s engineering Notts County’s promotion push.The Magpies’ new gaffer spent 19 years as a BT engineer, a role he fulfilled at the same time as being a non-league manager.
      Stuart Maynard was appointed as Notts County’s new manager this monthCredit: REX
      Maynard had to give his part time job as a BT engineer – which he had for 19 years – to take the gigCredit: PA
      But the former Wealdstone manager has finally ditched the day job after County came calling for his services, something he’s delighted about.
      He told The BBC: “I’m excited to solely focus everything I’ve got on football.”
      Maynard is thrilled to finally be in the big time that is the Football League, an experience he thought may never come when he was toiling away in the fifth division of English football.
      The 43-year-old – who was officially appointed as County’s new manager this week – admitted: “It’s very tough.
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      “With football, you have to give your whole commitment and be all in – it was a lot of nights out watching games to understand players and trying to improve. It’s 24/7.
      “And that’s what’s got us excited – what we achieved at Wealdstone, basically training three hours a week, to now have everything at our disposal.
      “There is no excuses for anything.
      “It was always the ambition to get into full-time management.
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      “We knew it wasn’t an easy step, but also knew that when we did step into full-time we wanted to be coming to the right club and the right project.
      “We are really looking forward to working in this environment.”
      Maynard has been joined at Valley Parade by his former Wealdstone assistants Matt Saunders and Craig Saunders, who got a first-hand glimpse at their future players when they thrashed The Stones 6-1 last season.
      He said: “That’s what excites us – to work with this level of players. Once we get our level of detail into them, how they can transform it and make it even better, our philosophy and structure.
      “I’m hugely proud to be given the opportunity and the trust that Chris and Alex [owners Christoffer and Alexander Reedtz] have put in me and Matt to take this role.”
      Maynard’s first outing as Magpies boss was supposed to take place this afternoon, with his troops welcoming Stockport County to Meadow Lane.
      But the match was CALLED OFF this morning due to an unplayable pitch, the result of the big freeze which has gripped the UK.
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      I was a party girl who snorted cocaine and ketamine… but now I’m sober thanks to boxing, Elle Brooke bravely reveals

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      ELLE BROOKE has bravely revealed how a party lifestyle drove her to drugs and depression – but now she is fighting fit through sobriety. The OnlyFans star is 3-1 as a boxer since making her debut in July 2022 against Love Islander AJ Bunker.
      Elle Brooke has gone sober after battling drug abuse and depressionCredit: instagram @thedumbledong
      Brooke admits she was a formerly a ‘party girl’Credit: instagram @thedumbledong
      The OnlyFans star turned her life around through boxingCredit: PA
      And the two prepare to rematch at Misfits 12 in Leeds on Saturday.
      Much has changed since their first fight but nothing more so than Brooke’s lifestyle out of the ring.
      She told SunSport: “I’ve said this before but I was a party girl.
      “I was a really bad party girl, any substance I could find I was putting up my nose, I was taking it to the max.
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      “Whereas now, I don’t drink, I’ve had 18 months sober, or a year, and now I just live a boring life.
      “I don’t go out on the weekends because I’m too focused on my eating and my training habits.
      “My circle has got a lot smaller, I don’t see as many people as I did once before because I’m just not in that lifestyle of partying and going out anymore.
      “So my life has got so boring, I’m married to my house. I’m honestly in these four walls constantly, it’s work, work, work for me.”
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      Brooke admits to suffering from depression before boxing helped turn herself around.
      “It’s two polar opposites really,” she says when comparing her past and current life.
      “From going out every week to the pub, going clubbing, sniffing tons of cocaine, ketamine, anything you can find to the other side, watching what you put in your body, dieting, health and exercise, regular routine.
      “Routine is my favourite things about boxing because it gives me a reason to wake up in the morning. It gives me structure for the day.
      “I think I would 100 per cent be living the same lifestyle. Maybe not as crazy because I’ve aged 18 months, I’m not in my early 20s anymore.
      I was a really bad party girl, any substance I could find I was putting up my nose, I was taking it to the max… Whereas now, I don’t drink, I’ve had 18 months sober, or a year, and now I just live a boring life.Elle Brooke
      “But 100 per cent I’d still be going out, to Ibiza and stuff like that. I’ve had to cancel so many holidays and that kind of thing. It’s been a complete 180 really.
      “I was at one point on antidepressants, taking sertraline before I started boxing.
      “So I was relying on a pill everyday to make me happy and so I didn’t have like dark, suicidal thoughts whereas now I have those good days and I have those bad days but it’s more about training and what I’m focusing on.
      “So boxing really has changed my life. From being depressed and – I wouldn’t say a drug addict because I wasn’t a drug addict – but a party animal, to where I am now, it’s been a journey.”
      Brooke, 26, has rivalled Bunker, 31, ever since her original win nearly two years ago with the bad blood brewing.
      She said: “We know of each other now. When we first fought it was just someone else in the influencer scene to take on that fight.
      “Whereas now she’s champ, I’ve already beat her and it’s her opportunity for redemption, my opportunity to win the belt and that’s the story.
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      “We also aren’t that fond of each other, so it’s got great ingredients for a good fight.”

      You can watch Elle Brooke vs AJ Bunker, and the rest of the X Series 012 card in Leeds, live on DAZN on Saturday, January 20.  Tickets are available at www.MisfitsBoxing.com

      Elle Brooke has gone sober through boxingCredit: Instagram / @thedumbledong
      The influencer is 3-1 as a boxerCredit: Rex
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      Love rat Kyle Walker tries his hand as a security guard in toe-curling Man City PR video shared on day he was dumped

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      KYLE Walker has tried his hand as a Manchester City security guard in a toe-curling PR video shared on the day he was dumped.The love rat defender, 33, is no longer living at his family’s sprawling £2.5million pad in Cheshire.
      Kyle Walker has tried his hand as a Manchester City security guardCredit: Twitter
      The video appeared the same day as Walker was dumped by his wife AnnieCredit: Twitter
      He frisks down the goalie during a searchCredit: Twitter
      His wife Annie Kilner revealed that she was “taking some time away from Kyle” in a statement on Instagram yesterday.
      The bombshell announcement came the same day as City posted an video of Walker spending with the club’s security boss Aaron Ridsdale.
      He even frisked down Stefan Ortega Moreno during his unusual trial. Donning a hi-vis jacket, Walker was put through his paces as a trainee security guard at City’s training ground.
      When Ridsdale said Walker would not have to “take anyone down”, the City star replied: “I don’t mind. I’ll catch them.”
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      While out on patrol, Walker joked: “Control panel, we have a strange player in the gym.
      “KDB, ginger hair.”
      Walker then visited City’s CCTV room, where he met control room operator Lisa Grice.
      He said: “Looking at some of these, you wouldn’t know that there were cameras there.”
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      Grice said: “We do see you messing around and stuff.”
      Walker’s work-experience day took an unexpected turn when a member of the public strayed into view holding a “Kyle, can I have you shirt?” placard.
      But Ridsdale said that Walker had a promising future as security guard “if football stops working for him”.
      It is not clear when the video was filmed by City’s social media team.
      Walker’s shock split with Kilner comes after a series of sex scandals involving the Three Lions full-back who captained his country for the first time in November.
      The pair first met in their home city Sheffield when she was 15 and he 17.
      He moved from Sheffield United to Tottenham and established himself as a first team regular.
      But Walker was dogged by a series of controversies after his £50million move to City in 2017.
      Annie kicked him out in 2019 after Ex On The Beach star Laura Brown said they repeatedly romped in his Bentley.
      She took the £160,000-a-week defender back but gave him the boot again when he revealed Instagram influencer Lauryn Goodman, 32, was having his baby.
      Walker moved into an £8,000-a-month flat nearby Hale, Cheshire -— but was then caught breaching lockdown rules by having an orgy with two sex workers.
      The defender and a pal agreed to pay escort Louise McNamara, 21, and a 24-year-old Brazilian call girl £2,200 in cash.
      He told the girls his name was “Kai” before pulling out gold-coloured Shine condoms.
      He apologised before breaking lockdown rules a second time just weeks later during visits to see his family.
      Despite fathering another child, the couple reunited after Annie vowed to stay together for the sake of their three young kids.
      Last March the City star was seen on CCTV exposing himself in a bar and snogging a woman.
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      He dirty-danced with the woman — not his wife — and a female friend after he arrived at the Manchester venue drunk with male pals.
      Walker later voluntarily attended a police station for an interview for indecent exposure.
      Kyle in the control room at Man CityCredit: Twitter
      Walker impressed City’s security teamCredit: Twitter More

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      I have an office job but after work I compete in the FA Cup… it’s a far cry from Premier League glitz & glam

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      THE FA Cup holds a special place in the heart of all non-league footballers.It’s the first game you look out for when the fixture list is released ahead of the new season, with the potential to make history and play against your heroes.
      Don’t be fooled, the magic of the FA Cup is alive and kicking – literallyCredit: Kevin Dunnett
      Life in the office and on the football pitch is vastly differentCredit: Kevin Dunnett
      Barking orders on the pitch is a norm on a Saturday afternoon
      I’ve had the honour of captaining my team in the FA Cup
      Premier League and Championship clubs begin their tournament at the Third Round stage in January.
      That is when the competition becomes relevant for the majority of football fans.
      But the FA Cup actually begins months earlier – eight rounds earlier, to be precise – at the beginning of August.
      More than 700 clubs compete to win the iconic trophy, but realistically only a handful have a genuine chance of a day out at Wembley.
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      So it’s not bumper crowds and the glamour of the national stadium that makes the FA Cup special.
      Rather the dream starts on Saturday afternoon on a shockingly bad pitch and a handful of spectators – no fancy coach, no sprinkler system and no egos – just hope of what could be.
      Away from the glitz of the Premier League, there are thousands of non-league players with office jobs like me who train just a couple of evenings a week.
      I work by day as a journalist – writing stories about the UK’s latest news, attending murder scenes and covering trials in our crown courts.
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      By night and weekend, though, my attention turns to playing for Alton FC in the ninth tier of the English football pyramid.
      There are no hydrotherapy pools, saunas and steam rooms to help you recover on a Tuesday night.
      Instead, it’s a less friendly walk back through the door of my home – often in the early hours – and minimal sleep before the morning commute begins.
      I’ll get in around midnight after most midweek games, before the stark realisation of having to set a pre-6am alarm hits me.
      It’s this harsh reality that irks non-league footballers whenever a Premier League manager complains about fixture congestion.
      And then there’s the FA Cup, with the extra preliminary round beginning in early August. If successful, the preliminary round follows.
      And yes, you have to win two preliminary games just to get into the First Qualifying Round.
      You’re playing at that early stage of the tournament knowing there is next to zero chance you will come up against a professional side, let alone win it.
      Yet it remains the highlight of the year, for you could be part of that one club which goes on an historic run and enjoys a day out playing in front of thousands – just as you dreamt of doing as a child.
      But you have to earn the right to get there, which normally involves playing in front of 200 people – most of whom are club officials, parents or people who would rather be elsewhere.
      Look at this season for example, with Cray Valley (PM) FC earning a 1-1 draw at Charlton Athletic in front of thousands of fans before losing out in a replay shown live on BT Sport.
      AFC Stoneham, who play at the same level as me, earned a lucrative away tie with at former Championship side Yeovil Town in the Third Qualifying Round.
      Stretching back beyond this season, eighth tier Chasetown hosted Cardiff City in 2008 and Farnborough went up against the giants of Arsenal in 2003.
      I play in the Combined Counties Premier Division South – the ninth tier of the English Football League pyramid.
      You arrive at 1.15pm for a 3pm kick-off, listen to music on an average speaker and catch-up with the plumbers, builders, teachers and salesmen that make up your team – many of whom have come straight from work.
      You’re cramped in a tight changing room, fighting over the last few sweets and drinks, debating who can get some treatment from the one physio before the other and jostling for space as you put your socks on.
      The manager comes in at 1.45pm to give you the pre-match brief, before heading out for a warm-up and come to the deflating realisation you have to spend 90 minutes on a bobbly pitch where the ball is as likely to come off your shin as it is your foot.
      But the location of any FA Cup fixture has no bearing on the excitement of the occasion – and a victory is celebrated like no other.
      My favourite footballing memory is blasting out 5, 6, 7, 8 by Steps after winning an FA Cup extra preliminary round replay in front of 600 people on a Tuesday night.
      With a win on a Saturday, the buzz continues into Sunday, then as you begin to come down on a Monday, it all reignites as you tune in to see who you’ve been drawn against in the next round.
      Players and fans at the likes of Chesterfield, at the top of the National League, will dream of a tie away at to Manchester United at Old Trafford.
      Meanwhile, there’s us us dreaming of a tie away at Chesterfield.
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      Don’t let Premier League managers, players or pundits have you believe the magic of the FA Cup has dwindled.
      The spark is alive and kicking, literally, for the hundreds of us who have not quite made it.
      Life at the desk and life on the pitch are vastly differentCredit: Kevin Dunnett
      Non-league players often go to their games straight from workCredit: Kevin Dunnett
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      I worked in McDonald’s after leaving uni – now I make six-figure salary after turning football side hustle into my job

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      OLLIE JENKS has come up trumps after turning his love of football nostalgia into a lucrative career selling player cards.Rather than get his stickers in a twist during the Covid lockdown, he used the extra time online to collect them and become a TikTok phenomenon.
      Cards for players like Beckham and Messi fetch huge sumsCredit: TikTok @paolo.panini
      Ollie Jenks’ finds from around the world go back six decadesCredit: TikTok @paolo.panini
      The former University of Surrey media student, 32, has unearthed a David Beckham Rookie card from 1996 worth £7,000 and also sold a Grade 10 signed Lionel Messi card for £3k.
      Ollie, from Devon, worked in McDonalds when he had little idea what career to pursue.
      But then his addiction to footie facts and figures took him back to the future – via vintage cards and stickers.
      Ollie fronts told card-breaking channel Paolo Panini, whose posts include a four-hour live stream on Friday that averages 35,000 viewers.
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      He told SPORTbible: “We grew quite rapidly over the first six months… in the first year, our sales were around the £300,000 mark.”
      And he revealed how his obsession set in at school where he beat all the teachers in the Fantasy Football Leagues – eventually emerging as a vocation where he searches for tiny pictures from the past.
      Ollie said: “My earliest memory is going to a swap shop at Exeter’s Westpoint Arena for the 1998 Premier League sticker album
      “It was a bit of a weird experience as it was in a giant cowshed. The idea of the event was to swap your duplicates for ones you need, but it stank of cow c**p, to be honest.
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      “I also fell in love with the story arcs of a player’s ups and downs throughout their career, especially in the ’90s or ’00s, when it felt like anything could happen.”
      He finally settled in Dublin, working with foreign students – only for Covid to force him into new ideas.
      He said: “I wanted to combine my love of storytelling and what I knew about ’00s football, so Team Of Our Lives was born – a niche 2000s-based football podcast.”
      In particular, Ollie switched from making short football documentaries on YouTube to an even more popular form of social media in 2020.
      He said: “I uploaded a few of those vintage pack-opening videos from the podcast to TikTok and it blew up.
      “Seeing so many people interested in football nostalgia was huge, and with some modern rare cards going for big money I attempted to make a living out of it.”
      Ollie now calls himself a Football Treasure Hunter and explained: “Some of the greatest players such as Pele have football cards that could be worth as much as $1.3million (about £1m).
      “So there is real value to be had in finding rare packs that have been sealed for 50 years and potentially finding some footballing history – that’s why I love it so much.”

      He reckons the most expensive packs currently in circulation are from the 1970 World Cup – including late legends Sir Bobby Charlton, Eusebio and Pele, plus Franz Beckenbauer.
      A complete album from that tournament in Mexico recently sold at auction for more than £2k. More

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      Anthony Joshua admits ‘there is no future’ if he fails to beat Otto Wallin… as Deontay Wilder super-fight lays in wait

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      ANTHONY JOSHUA admits his career reconstruction is on the line as he tries to do a demolition job on Otto Wallin.The 34-year-old London 2012 legend lost his WBA, IBF and WBO heavyweight world titles in 2022, after back-to-back Oleksandr Usyk defeats.
      Anthony Joshua and Otto Wallin faced off before their Christmas Saudi showdownCredit: Getty
      Joshua and Wallin headline the nightCredit: Getty
      The rebuilding Watford hero has given up on his dream of becoming undisputed boss, with father time – as well as top opponents – mounting up against him.
      But he has a long-overdue barnstormer with former WBC king Deontay Wilder booked for March 9 – as long as he can come through his Swedish two-fight amateur rival on Saturday.
      Win and he is back at boxing’s top table. Lose and – as the former bricklayer admits – all his hard labour will have turned to dust.
      “I’m looking to do a demolition job,” he said. “100 per cent. “I am looking to do a good job. I will do a good job.
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      “I have purse focus on Saturday. That’s where my heart and soul, every cell in my body is fully focused toward Otto Wallin and doing what I know I can do.
      “It’s not hard to stay focused, I made that commitment in my life to stay fully locked in.
      “I will perform and do my job. I can definitely also window shop in my life, but I also have to say that this is the checkpoint and if I don’t get past this then there is no future.”
      This weekend is Joshua’s third fight in the trillion-dollar kingdom, so no prize fighter is more aware of, or enriched by, the crazy cash swirling around the desert.
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      After coming across as brooding and tense in public media events – but a good laugh with SunSport on Tuesday night – he says all the oil-money in the world won’t make him slip up.
      And with the polite boxing ambassador staying home in north London, and the spiteful short-tempered beast of an alter-ego hitting the Riyadh ring, Wallin might be in for his hat-trick hiding.
      “I’m here to fight,” he growled. “I’m not here to party or get caught up in the glitz and glamour. I want to fight, I want to perform well.
      “I put pressure on myself so of course I am tense, because I want to perform and I want to win.
      “I have that urge to win and I want to hurt my opponent as well.”
      Joshua admits his career is on the line against WallinCredit: Getty
      Wallin looks is in the fight of his life against JoshuaCredit: Getty More