Author: Tristan Wells

Joshua, 36, takes on YouTuber-turned-boxer Paul at Kaseya Center in Miami in a fully-sanctioned professional heavyweight bout. On Friday, Paul’s Most Valuable Promotions (MVP) announced the undercard for the event, with three world title bouts and a face-off between two former UFC superstars included.In the co-main event of the night, Alycia Baumgardner defends her unified IBF, WBO and WBA super-featherweight belts against Leila Beaudoin in a fight that will be contested over 12 three-minute rounds.Also on the undercard of the Joshua fight are two of Paul’s former opponents from his 12-1 boxing career so far. Both of them are former…

He takes on YouTuber-turned-boxer Paul at Kaseya Center in Miami as the headline bout of a stacked card that also features the likes of Alycia Baumgardner, Anderson Silva and Tyron Woodley. Paul is 12-1 in his professional career, suffering his only defeat to Tommy Fury back in 2023. The American has since defeated the likes of Mike Perry, Mike Tyson and Julio Cesar Chavez Jr, but facing Joshua – at heavyweight – will be his sternest by far. Source link

Jake Paul and Anthony Joshua will go face to face and address the media today for the first time since confirmation of their blockbuster heavyweight fight.The high-profile duo will no doubt trade barbs at what is sure to be a lively and headline-grabbing opening press conference held in Miami ahead of their eight-round money-spinning showdown being screened live on Netflix on December 19.Jake Paul vs Anthony Joshua had been discussed in the past but never looked particularly close to coming to fruition, until Paul’s scheduled exhibition bout against WBA lightweight champion Gervonta ‘Tank’ Davis was cancelled at 10 days’ notice…

His sparkling form has not gone unnoticed by Forest’s Premier League rivals, with The Times reporting that Manchester United are tracking Anderson and view him as a potential replacement for Casemiro, whose current contract at Old Trafford – which includes an option for the club to trigger an automatic 12-month extension – is set to expire at the end of the current season. Source link

Anthony Yarde is ready to “shock the world” in his bid to become world light-heavyweight champion against David Benavidez on Saturday night, according to trainer Tunde Ajayi.British boxer Yarde (27-3, 24KOs) will top the bill of a star-studded event in Riyadh with Devin Haney, Brian Norman Jr, Abdullah Mason and Jesse ‘Bam’ Rodriguez involved on the undercard in Saudi Arabia.This will be Yarde’s third world title shot after a brave bid to dethrone Sergey Kovalev for the WBO belt in 2019 and an unexpected attempt two years ago to unify the 175lbs division versus Artur Beterbiev was halted by the…

Jake Paul and Anthony Joshua will go face to face and address the media on Friday for the first time since confirmation of their blockbuster heavyweight fight.The high-profile duo will no doubt trade barbs at what is sure to be a lively and headline-grabbing opening press conference held in Miami ahead of their eight-round money-spinning showdown being screened live on Netflix on December 19.Jake Paul vs Anthony Joshua had been discussed in the past but never looked particularly close to coming to fruition, until Paul’s scheduled exhibition bout against WBA lightweight champion Gervonta ‘Tank’ Davis was cancelled at 10 days’…

Ruben Amorim’s side have been on somewhat of a resurgence in recent weeks after their dismal start, and they are five games unbeaten since their 3-1 defeat by Brentford back in September. The Red Devils sit seventh in the table, just one point off the top four.They are winless in their last two outings, however, needing late equalisers from Amad Diallo and Matthijs de Ligt in 2-2 draws against Nottingham Forest and Tottenham respectively. United played well for large parts in north London, with Bryan Mbeumo finding the net once more for his new side to open the scoring, but…

The YouTuber-turned-pugilist faces a colossal challenge against a former two-time unified world champion in an unlikely money-spinning bout in Miami that many believe will be a total and potentially even dangerous mismatch.Paul had originally been due to face reigning WBA lightweight champion Gervonta ‘Tank’ Davis in a 10-round exhibition contest on November 14, only for that event to be cancelled at 10 days’ notice after a civil lawsuit filed against Davis by his ex-girlfriend.Paul quickly sought a new opponent for a revised fight date to still be broadcast on Netflix in December, with the likes of former UFC heavyweight champion…

Away from the cricket, Perth Stadium’s media team sent round a note to journalists proudly stating that ‘The West Test’, will be ‘the biggest single event ever held’ at the ground and that over one tonne of pork belly, two tonnes of butter chicken and two tonnes of lamb shoulder will be prepared. And that’s just for those in Premium Hospitality. Whatever metric is used, the conclusion is the same, that this is the biggest Ashes series in terms of interest, eyeballs and pork belly, of all time. Source link

The two home nations were placed on the same pathway during Thursday’s 16-team European draw held at FIFA headquarters in Zurich, meaning they will battle each other in a one-off final for a place at next summer’s expanded tournament in North America if they each come through their respective one-legged semi-final matches.That will be easier said than done however, with Northern Ireland travelling to face Italy and Wales hosting Bosnia and Herzegovina.Northern Ireland came third behind Germany and Slovakia in their World Cup qualifying group, but still joined the 12 runners-up in the play-offs as one of the four best…