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      Cristiano Ronaldo vs Michael Jordan net worth, properties and endorsements as Man Utd star likened to Chicago Bulls icon

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      CRISTIANO RONALDO was compared to basketball great Michael Jordan by his manager last night.Ole Gunnar Solskjaer heaped praise on the Manchester United striker after his late equaliser rescued them at Atalanta.

      Cristiano Ronaldo was compared to NBA icon Michael Jordan by his managerCredit: Getty
      Michael Jordan is one of the greatest sportsmen of all timeCredit: AFP
      And the 36-year-old striker was hailed by his boss for another slam dunk in injury time.
      Solskjaer declared: “You play for Manchester United or the Chicago Bulls because you can come up with these moments.
      “I’m sure the Chicago Bulls didn’t mind having Michael Jordan. And that’s what Cristiano is like for us.”
      That got us thinking here at SunSport, how do the two match up against each other?
      Basketball legend Jordan, 58, retired in 2003 after a stellar 19-year career which made him one of the greatest US sportsmen ever.
      He won six NBA titles with the Chicago Bulls and was five times named the Most Valuable Player in the league.
      And the 14-time All-Star also led USA to Olympic gold at Los Angeles 1984 and Barcelona 1992.
      He is widely credited with making the NBA a commercial success and changing the image of the sport.
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      Jordan is now an owner of his home town Charlotte Hornets NBA team.
      According to Forbes, he has banked an incredible £1.32billion from sponsorships with the likes of Nike, Hanes and Gatorade.
      His link-up with Nike, in particular the Air Jordan trainer that bears his name, he pocketed him around £1billion since 1984.
      The former Chicago Bulls star’s profile has been boosted again thanks to Netflix’s 10-episode show The Last Dance.
      All that means his income last year of £95m was still higher than Ronaldo.
      Michael Jordan still rakes in huge sums despite retiring in 2003Credit: Getty
      Cristiano Ronaldo and Georgina Rodriguez are one of sport’s power couplesCredit: Instagram @cristiano
      The Portuguese superstar, meanwhile, has an estimated net worth of £367m after banking £91m in earnings last year.
      One area he does have an edge over Jordan is in social media following with a massive 362 million fans compared to 22 million.
      Ronaldo has won seven domestic league titles with Manchester United, Real Madrid and Juventus.
      He’s captured five Champions League titles – one at Old Trafford and four in the Spanish capital – and is a five-time Ballon d’Or winner.
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      Both superstars aren’t short of a property or two on their portfolio, either.
      He currently lives in a £3million Cheshire mansion having been at similar luxury properties in Madrid and Turin.
      In 2019, Ronaldo reportedly spent £1.4million on a holiday home in the Costa del Sol.
      The area the lavish house sits in is called ‘The Superstars Cul-De-Sac’ because of the number of famous residents who live there.
      UFC star Conor McGregor is also believed to own a property nearby.
      But back on his home island of Madeira, his £7m seven-storey mansion in Funchal has two swimming pools, a football pitch and incredible sea views.
      Jordan, meanwhile, can’t seem to shift his property.
      He has been trying to sell his £12m mansion in Chicago for eight years now but still can’t find a buyer.
      He also has a £6m mansion in Utah on the market.
      They’ll both always have a roof over their head, it’s fair to say.
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      NBA legend Lamar Odom, 41, to fight Riddick Bowe, 53, in bizarre celebrity bout with Paulie Malignaggi on undercard

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      HEAVYWEIGHT legend Riddick Bowe is set to fight ex-NBA star Lamar Odom in a bizarre exhibition.Bowe, a former undisputed heavyweight champion, first retired in 1996, but made a comeback eight years later.
      Riddick Bowe is set to fight ex-NBA star Lamar OdomCredit: Getty Images – Getty
      Lamar Odom will fight Riddick Bowe in an exhibitionCredit: Rex
      He won his three return fights, the last of which in 2008, before hanging up the gloves again but did lose in his kickboxing debut in 2013.
      Odom, who retired from basketball in 2014, recently won a scrappy exhibition against pop singer Aaron Carter, 33.
      It was under the Celebrity Boxing banner headed up by Damon Feldman, the brother of Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship owner David.
      And Feldman told TMZ Sport that he has signed up Odom, 41, and Bowe, 53, to fight on October 2 in Miami, Florida.
      On the undercard, Also, Paulie Malignaggi will face social star Corey B, after months of the pair feuding online.
      Malignaggi, who provided commentary for Odom’s weird win over Carter, had chalk thrown over him by Corey B while ringside.
      And that has somehow led to the duo fighting on the undercard of Bowe’s comeback.
      That is despite Malignaggi’s career as a former two-weight champ, while Corey B has never boxed before in his life.
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      Bowe will be the latest boxing legend to have returned to the ring, following the likes of Mike Tyson, 55, and Oscar De La Hoya, 48.
      Tyson drew in an eight-round exhibition with Roy Jones Jr, 52, in November, his first fight in 15 years, and inspired Bowe as well as Evander Holyfield, 58, to start training again.
      De La Hoya – battered into retirement by Manny Pacquiao in 2009 – returns on September 11 against ex-UFC champion Vitor Belfort, 44, in a professional bout.
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      Jake Paul gets kitchen mat of KO’d Nate Robinson on his floor after brutally flooring ex-NBA star in fight

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      JAKE PAUL revealed he has a kitchen mat of a knocked out Nate Robinson after brutally leaving the ex-NBA star out cold in their fight.Paul recorded the second of his three KO wins in November having put Robinson out cold in round two.
      Nate Robinson knocked out by Jake PaulCredit: AP
      Jake Paul’s kitchen mat of Nate Robinson
      The YouTuber later beat retired UFC welterweight Ben Askren, 36, in the first round of their fight in April.
      It has set him up to face Askren’s former training partner Tyron Woodley, an ex-UFC champion, on August 28.
      Woodley, 39, has been training with Floyd Mayweather, 44, for the fight, which will be his boxing debut.
      But Mayweather also offered support to Robinson, 37, which Paul said only left the basketball point guard sent into a meme and printed out as a mat.
      He wrote on Instagram: “Fun fact… Floyd was calling Nate constantly leading up to our fighting giving him pointers and advice to beat me just to be turned into a kitchen mat.”
      Paul, 24, has rivalled Mayweather ever since his older brother Logan, 26, boxed the American legend in an exhibition bout in June.
      He was ringside when Logan scored a surprise moral victory as he avoided a KO defeat and took the fight the full eight-round distance.
      Paul took another swipe at Mayweather, who was pictured giving Woodley a masterclass in boxing.
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      He posted: “How is Floyd Mayweather who couldn’t even get in shape or come up with a strategy enough to beat my brother gonna try and teach another old man how to come and beat me?!”
      Paul then mocked Mayweather and Woodley once more by posting an edited picture of them training outside a retirement home.
      Woodley reigned the UFC welterweight division from 2016-2018 and made four defences of the belt.
      But more recently, has has lost his last four, without a win in three years, before he departed the UFC.
      With seven KOs to his name, he will still provide Paul with his toughest test in the ring, having beaten only online rival ‘AnEsonGib’, Robinson and renowned grappler Askren.
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      Watch as Tyson Fury, son Prince John James and NBA legend Shaq all call Jake Paul out to fight brother Tommy

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      TYSON FURY’S family and entourage have ALL urged Jake Paul to fight the Gypsy King’s brother Tommy.And NBA legend Shaquille O’Neal also got involved alongside Tyson’s young son Prince John James.
      Tyson Fury has again urged Jake Paul to fight his brother Tommy – with his sons chipping in tooCredit: Instagram @gypsyking101
      NBA legend Shaquille O’Neal also got in on the actCredit: Instagram @gypsyking101
      Footage posted on Tyson’s Instagram showed the group sat around a table.
      The clip starts with Prince staring down the camera and taunting: “Jakey where are ya? My uncle’s looking for ya?”
      Tommy immediately comes in shot and says: “This boxing s***, it’s in my blood.
      “I don’t play boxing.”
      The camera operator swiftly aims it at Tyson’s face who says nothing and points to his left when suddenly Shaq comes into shot.
      And the iconic former basketball star delivered a chilling message and said: “If you see this face, you already know what it is, it don’t matter the amount, don’t be scared.”
      The camera panned back to Tyson who delivered his trademark ‘Any time, any place, anywhere’ tagline before several other members of the party had their say.
      But the final line was delivered by Prince who chimed in with: “Now drag your pig face over here and talk to the chancellor.”

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      Tyson’s son Prince John James also featured in the videos posted onlineCredit: Instagram @gypsyking101
      The group all urged YouTuber Paul to fight Tommy FuryCredit: Instagram @gypsyking101
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      In separate footage uploaded to young Prince’s Instagram account, the youngster addresses the camera before throwing some vicious shadow punches.
      The grinning kid said: “Jakey, if you won’t fight Tommy, fight me instead.”
      Paul revealed on Wednesday a fight announcement is ‘coming soon’.
      He recently moved to 3-0 in his career, all by knockout, as he beat ex-UFC welterweight Ben Askren in one round.
      He has since taken a break but appears keen on keeping his rivalry with the UFC alive.
      The social media sensation was confronted by former champion Daniel Cormier, 42, at UFC 261 in April.
      And welterweight king Kamaru Usman, 34, who knocked out Jorge Masvidal, 36, that night also called out Paul.
      The American celebrity recently revealed he was in talks with Usman’s management ahead of his return.
      And while it is not yet clear who else could be on the cards as Paul’s fourth opponent, he hinted confirmation will be released soon.
      Paul, 24, tweeted: “In the media business they say content is king… and in the fight business, fighters are the content…so WE are the kings.
      “Make sure you are getting paid like a king! new fight announcement coming soon…”
      Paul reckons it is ‘very possible’ he will surpass Floyd Mayweather’s $1BILLION earnings and become the richest fighter ever.
      in the media business they say content is king… and in the fight business, fighters are the content…so WE are the kings👑make sure you are getting paid like a king! new fight announcement coming soon…— GOTCHA HAT (@jakepaul) May 19, 2021

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      Tyson Fury meets up with Shaquille O’Neal in America as NBA legend says he ‘loves the Gypsies’

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      TYSON FURY met up with Shaquille O’Neal in America – with the NBA legend telling him he ‘loves the Gypsies’. The WBC heavyweight champion has been in America training for his undisputed title fight with Anthony Joshua.
      Tyson Fury met up with Shaquille O’Neal in America
      Shaquille O’Neal told Tyson Fury he ‘loves the Gypsies’
      He was firstly in Las Vegas, before jetting off to Texas to watch Billy Joe Saunders and has now spent some time in Miami.
      And he bumped into basketball royalty as he shared a video with 7ft 1in Shaq, one of the only men who can tower the 6ft 9in Gypsy King.
      Fury, 32, said: “Shaq, thank you for the food.”
      O’Neil, 49, who retired in 2011, responded: “I love the Gypsies baby.”
      Fury continued: “Thank you for the company. It’s getting better, mate.”
      The unbeaten heavyweight, who recently visited David Beckham’s Inter Miami, looks set to fight long-standing rival AJ on August 14 in Saudi Arabia.
      Joshua, 31, has kicked off his camp where it all started for him, Finchley Amateur Boxing Club in North London.
      And while it appears that Fury is relaxing in the sun, Tony Bellew warned not to be fooled with the hard work being put in off camera.

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      Bellew, 38, told talkSPORT: “Believe you me, he is in training. He looks in great shape.
      “He is sparring, he’s training and he is doing everything he possibly can to be in the best shape of his life.
      “Don’t believe all the hype and the smoke that they create around the training of him being in Vegas without his shirt on and all the bling.
      “It’s nonsense! These guys are training like animals, believe you me. I know AJ is for the absolute fact.”
      Anthony Joshua training to fight Tyson FuryCredit: https://www.instagram.com/anthonyjoshua/
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      Mike Tyson was desperate to fight Michael Jordan at a dinner party, revealed boxing star’s former manager

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      MIKE TYSON once threatened to beat up Michael Jordan over their romantic history with the same woman, the boxer’s former manager has claimed.The former Baddest Man on the Planet, 54,  made his comeback against Roy Jones Jr last November.
      Mike Tyson (right) was arguably at his peak when sidling up to Michael Jordan (left)
      But before that comeback, Rory Holloway has revealed what happened when Tyson and he attended a birthday dinner for Chicago Bears star Richard Dent in 1988.
      Plenty of famous faces were at the December bash, including Jordan, boxing promoter Don King and Bears coach Mike Ditka.
      Tyson was in his pomp with an undefeated record and unified title to his name –  it was a point in his life when he was also known for decadent and lavish partying.
      But it was Jordan’s history with Robin Givens, Tyson’s ex-wife who the NBA legend had previously dated, that brought about the tension.
      Holloway wrote in his book chronicling the boxer’s career, via BoxingScene: “Mike Tyson’s sitting there with his drink of choice, a Long Island Tea, and when he drinks his real feelings come out.
      “I’m telling the server to water his drinks down because I see where this is going.
      Jordan, it’s obvious he just wants to get up and run. He wants no part of this.
      “Mike stares across the table at Michael Jordan. He says, ‘Hey man, you think I’m stupid? I know you f***** with my b****’.
      “Jordan looks like he just seen a ghost. ‘I know you messed with her,’ Mike says, ‘You can tell me’.
      “Jordan, it’s obvious he just wants to get up and run. He wants no part of this. Mike turns to Ditka. ‘Man, you think somebody scared of you, all that racist s*** you been talking?’.
      “He says to Dent, ‘Y’all scared of this damn white man, Richard? He ain’t nobody. You gonna let him talk that way?’.

      “It was a circus, for real, that night. Don King trying to change the subject. Me and John trying to hold Mike down.
      “Mike telling everyone he’s going to bust Jordan’s ass. Jordan’s dressed sharp as always and he can’t get out of there fast enough.”
      Differing reports of the night have been bandied around over the years and Jordan, recently subject to the hit ESPN series focusing on his departure from Chicago, is said to have declined to ever comment on his run-in with the boxing champ.
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      LeBron James increases stake in Liverpool after becoming partner at FSG as owners approve £540m investment

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      LEBRON JAMES has upped his stake in Liverpool after becoming a partner in their American ownership group Fenway.The basketball superstar, 36, owned a two per cent stake in the Premier League champions since 2011.
      LeBron James has become a partner at Fenway Sports Group and increased his Liverpool stakeCredit: Getty
      But US reports say the NBA great has now also brought an undisclosed number of shares in Fenway Sports Group.
      The company also own legendary baseball team Boston Red Sox.
      John Henry remains in charge at Fenway Sports with Tom Werner the second largest shareholder.
      The pair approved a new £540m investment from RedBird Capital, who became the third largest shareholders in Fenway Sports Group.
      FSG brought Liverpool in October 2010 from previous American owners Tom Hicks and George Gillett.
      The group have overseen Anfield renovations and built a new training ground as well as success on the pitch with Jurgen Klopp in charge.
      James won his fourth NBA title last year with Los Angeles Lakers having previously won two with Miami Heat and one at Cleveland Cavaliers.
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      LeBron James pictured at Anfield in 2011Credit: Bradley Ormesher – The Times

      He earns around £30m a year from his contract with the basketball team.
      The Nike sponsored athlete also helped launched Liverpool’s new kit with the US sportswear giants last August.

      James said: “I’ll never forget the feeling of walking through the Shankly Gates, the atmosphere and the fans. It was an adrenaline rush and one of the greatest experiences I’ve had watching sports.
      “Liverpool FC is admired across the world and I’ve learned firsthand that it’s the people who make the community special.
      “Family and community are truly at the heart of everything they do. No matter where they are.”
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      Floyd Mayweather given £11,000 Topps Chrome card of two other ‘GOATs’ Kobe Bryant and LeBron James for his 44th birthday

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      FLOYD ‘MONEY’ MAYWEATHER isn’t short of means with which to treat himself.
      So for his birthday, it really is the thought that counts.

      YouTubers the ‘Wooter Boys’ met with Floyd Mayweather to give him a £10,000 gift

      Mayweather received an ultra-rare Topps chrome card featuring NBA legends Kobe Bryant and LeBron James

      And when he recently turned 44 last month, YouTubers the ‘Wooter Boys’ treated Floyd to a super rare Topps chrome card featuring NBA legends Kobe Bryant AND LeBron James.
      The amazing collector’s item featuring two of the greatest players to ever play in the NBA is thought to be worth around $15,000 (£10,800).
      After giving the card to Mayweather, one of the gifters urged him to look after it, saying it could be worth $100,000 within ten years.
      To which Floyd replied: “Can I let LeBron sign it?”

      Mayweather is a fan of the NBA, was regularly seen courtside at games and has previously outlined his intention to own a franchise one day.
      And when he was snubbed by the Associated Press for their Male Athlete of the Decade award in favour of the LA Lakers star, he admitted that he ‘loves’ LeBron… despite being annoyed at not winning.
      He told Drink Champs: “I love LeBron James, but when we’re talking about Athlete of the Decade, that’s me. That’s me. Hands down.
      “We talking about from 1996 to 2020 and I’ve never received Athlete of the Decade. At the top of Forbes and I’m my own boss.”

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      Mayweather hung up the gloves with a perfect 50-0 professional record in 2017, after beating Conor McGregor.
      But he has since returned for an exhibition against Tenshin Nakusawa, and is set for another busy year.
      Already set to face YouTuber Logan Paul, who lost to KSI in 2019, SunSport exclusively revealed that he could also face the internet star’s brother Jake.
      But only if the younger Paul bro can overcome MMA fighter Ben Askren.
      Triller chief Ryan Kavanaugh told SunSport: “For the right price we would definitely do that. If Jake wins this fight it makes a big difference.
      “He would have beaten one of the best fighters there is, he may not be the best boxer, we don’t know, but he’s a real fighter.
      “If Jake then calls for a big fight, he has a little more credibility to do it. If Jake wins this fight, he can go to major fights, a Mayweather-type thing.”

      Floyd is set to return to the ring for more exhibitions in 2021Credit: AFP – Getty

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