Boxing
TYSON FURY FAKED INJURY TO CATCH A MOLE LEAKING CAMP INFORMATION TO DEFEATED WILDER
According to Daily Mail of UK, the new WBC boxing champion, Tyson Fury faked an injury to try and find a mole leaking information from his training camp ahead of his triumph over Deontay Wilder last month.
That
is according to Fury’s cousin and trainer, Andy Lee, who details the lengths
Fury went to in order to stop Wilder in the seventh round in LaS Vegas. .
‘There was a couple days where Tyson messed around to see if leaks would happen,’ he told Boxing Social.
He feigned injury or pretended to limp after a sparring session just to see what would happen.
‘That’s the type of level of deviousness you’re dealing with, with him. Inside his own training camp he’ll put on a show and play act to see if anyone talks outside the camp.’
Fury was spotted limping at a UFC event in January which sparked concerns he was injured before his rematch with Wilder.
During his training camp, the British heavyweight champion also swapped trainer Ben Davison for Sugar Hill Steward just two months before his win over Wilder.
Fury’s close friend, adviser and camp manager Timothy Allcock painted a picture to VegasInsider of what was going on behind the scenes before the fight.
‘The big differences have been food, particularly strictness with what is in camp – silly little things like cans of Diet Coke have gone,’ Allock said.
‘We definitely had to rope in the food. Tyson never really stuck to the diet plan we gave him last time, he was always nipping out and eating fast food outside the camp – and all that has changed now.’
‘We’ve also cut a lot of out of the way in terms of people visiting the house willy nilly.’
Fury floored Wilder twice on his way to being crowned WBC heavyweight champion in February.
Two people have been confirmed dead following a road traffic accident involving Nigerian-British boxing champion Anthony Joshua along the Lagos–Ibadan Expressway in Ogun State.
The crash occurred at about 11:00 a.m. on Monday, December 29, in the Makun area near Sagamu, when a Lexus SUV conveying Joshua reportedly rammed into a stationary truck. The circumstances surrounding the collision are still under investigation.
The Ogun State Command of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) confirmed the incident. Its spokesperson, Afolabi Odunsi, said Joshua survived the crash, but two occupants of the vehicle died at the scene.
“It’s true, but he is alive. About five people were involved; two died. I will send you a release shortly,” Odunsi said, adding that a detailed report would be issued later.
Reports indicate that the Lexus SUV was part of a two-vehicle convoy, with
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U.S. President Donald Trump has revealed that he watched the high-profile boxing bout in which former world heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua defeated American YouTuber-turned-boxer Jake Paul, describing the contest as “fantastic entertainment.”
Trump made the remarks in a post on his Truth Social platform, saying he followed the fight while travelling on board his aircraft.
“On the plane I just got to watch the Jake Paul fight, and he did really well, especially as a display of GREAT courage against a very talented and large Anthony Joshua,” Trump wrote.
While acknowledging Joshua’s size, pedigree and experience at the highest level of professional boxing, the president reserved special praise for Paul’s resilience and effort in stepping into the ring with the much bigger and more accomplished heavyweight.
“Fantastic entertainment, but kudos to Jake for his stamina, and frankly, ability, against a much bigger man!” Trump added.
The bout, which attracted massive global attention due to the contrasting backgrounds of the two fighters, saw Joshua’s power, ring craft and experience ultimately prevail. However, Paul’s willingness to face a former world champion continued to fuel debate about his growing legitimacy within the sport.
Trump’s comments further underline the crossover appeal of the fight, which drew interest well beyond traditional boxing audiences and into mainstream political and celebrity circles, reinforcing the bout’s status as one of the most talked-about sporting spectacles of the moment.
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Former heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua delivered a dose of reality to Jake Paul on Friday night (Saturday morning in Nigeria) with a savage sixth-round knockout in Miami that left the social-media-star-turned-prizefighter nursing a suspected broken jaw.
Paul managed to evade the heavily favoured Briton through a lacklustre first four rounds before Joshua found his range, knocking his opponent down twice in the fifth round and finishing him off with a devastating right hand in the sixth.
“It took a little bit longer than expected, but the right hand finally found its destination,” said Joshua, who was returning to the ring after a 15-month layoff.
“Jake Paul has done really well tonight. I want to give him his props. He got up time and time again. It wasn’t easy in there for him, but he kept trying to find a way.
“It takes a real man to do that… but he came up against a real fighter tonight.”
After the bout, which was carried live to Netflix’s approximately 300 million subscribers, Joshua called out long-time rival Tyson Fury.
“If you’re a real bad man, don’t do all that talking, ‘AJ this, AJ that,’ let’s see you in the ring and talk with your fists,” he said.
Paul, who stepped up from cruiserweight for the bout, has brought a new audience to boxing through his fights and his promotion company, Most Valuable Promotions. However, he was no match for Joshua’s size, strength, and experience.
“I think my jaw is broken,” Paul said before spitting out blood.
“It’s definitely broke but man, that was good. A nice little ass-whooping from one of the best to ever do it … I’m going to come back and get a world championship belt at some point.”
Others were not convinced.
“This is a clown show,” former UFC bantamweight champion Aljamain Sterling posted on X.
Paul frustrated Joshua, and viewers, by diving at the Briton’s legs repeatedly and ending up on the canvas in the early rounds.
“Why are people complaining? You knew what you were gonna get,” former mixed martial artist and podcaster Josh Thomson posted. “If you thought anything else you were in denial.”
U.S. President Donald Trump said he had tuned into the fight.
“On the plane I just got to watch the Jake Paul Fight, and he did really well, especially as a display of GREAT Courage against a very talented and large Anthony Joshua,” he posted on Truth Social.
“Fantastic Entertainment, but Kudos to Jake for his Stamina, and frankly, Ability, against a much bigger man!”
-Reuters
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