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British heavyweight Moses Itauma pushed Filip Hrgovic off the stage before the Croat slapped him as chaos erupted at the weigh-in for Saturday’s world-title bout.The pair will fight for the vacant IBF heavyweight title at London’s O2 Arena, with Itauma bidding to become the second-youngest heavyweight champion in history.The 21-year-old had refused to engage with Hrgovic’s attempts to rile him during fight week but was in a fierce mood as the pair exchanged expletives during a charged face-off.As Hrgovic turned to pose for photographs, Itauma shoved him in the back, sending the 34-year-old off the stage.Hrgovic climbed back up, reached…
Pierre Sage bemoaned Crystal Palace’s “low energy” in their heavy defeat to Manchester City. The Eagles were thrashed 4-1 by Enzo Maresca’s side at Selhurst Park, with Rayan Cherki and Erling Haaland both scoring braces as City moved to the top of the table. Palace, meanwhile, are now rock bottom after two consecutive losses, with their only goal this season coming via the back of Gianluigi Donnarumma. Sage has seen one of his teams concede four goals in a game for only the second time in his managerial career, previously losing 4-1 with Lyon to Paris Saint-Germain in April 2024.…
Shoving an opponent from behind while their back is turned during a pose is cheap, but it shows Hrgovic managed to get under the young fighter’s skin during fight week. Itauma had tried to act unbothered by the talk, yet reacting like that on stage gave away his irritation. Hrgovic hopping right back up to slap him in the face made it clear he will not be bullied by a twenty-one-year-old prospect. Itauma might think it was funny at the weigh-in, but waking up an experienced heavyweight right before fight night usually comes with a receipt. We will see if…
United went to Hull and back last weekend… What an opening weekend to Premier League that was! There were shocks, surprises, and Spurs getting pumped – it’s everything you want to see from the biggest league in the worldAnd there’s a sweet, sweet 37 more of those Barclays-infused bad boys to come in the next nine months.I feel a bit dizzy just thinking about it.Though one man who has his feet planted firmly on the ground – and is ready to take a forward ball to feet or chest – is Peter Crouch, and he’s all set to give his…
It argues that its rules required Opetaia to bring the case in New Jersey, where the IBF is based. The organization also claims he went to court without completing its mandatory internal appeal process. Opetaia has until September 8 to respond. Those objections give the IBF a chance to attack the lawsuit without immediately defending the decision to remove Opetaia as cruiserweight champion. A ruling based on venue or internal appeal grounds would not establish that his accusations lack merit. He may be allowed to refile in New Jersey or complete the IBF appeal procedure before returning to court. A…
League One Matchday 3 offers an early measure of which teams can turn positive starts into promotion momentum – here are William Hill News’ predictions. Bradford City lead the division with two wins and two clean sheets, while Blackpool, Huddersfield Town, Luton Town, Cambridge United and Burton Albion have also made unbeaten starts. Blackpool v Peterborough United Blackpool have made a confident start, taking four points from two fixtures. A 1-1 draw at Wycombe was followed by an impressive 2-1 victory at Stockport, leaving the Seasiders unbeaten and showing enough threat in the final third to score three goals across…
Sebastian Fundora will defend his WBC junior middleweight title against mandatory challenger, Ermal Hadribeaj, on a PBC show on October 10 that will also feature Brandon Figueroa risking his WBA featherweight strap against Tomoki Kameda.Further down the bill, which takes place at The Chelsea at The Cosmopolitan in Las Vegas and will be broadcast on TNT and DAZN, also features Jermall Charlo against Australian Koen Mazoudier.“Camp is going great! October 17 is going to be an exciting night for boxing fans, Sebastian ‘The Towering Inferno’ Fundora will be taking over Las Vegas once again,” Fundora, 24-1 (16 KOs), is quoted as…
Anfield awaits for Andoni Iraola, with Liverpool set to host Nottingham Forest on Saturday afternoon for the first home game of the Spaniard’s tenure. He did not get off to a winning start, with the residue of last season’s suffering clinging to Liverpool as they laboured to a draw at St. James’ Park. Still, FSG believe the £120m signing of Bradley Barcola from Paris Saint-Germain will help put things to rights. Finally, finally, Liverpool have struck ore after mining away for most of the summer, and with less than a week of the transfer window remaining, supporters were getting concerned…
Mikaela Mayer and Chantelle Cameron butted heads in their final face-off before Saturday’s light-middleweight unification bout in Birmingham.WBA and WBC champion Mayer and Briton Cameron had been cordial during the build-up but tensions spilled over at Friday’s weigh-in.As the pair came together to face-off at BP Pulse Arena, Cameron pushed her head into Mayer’s and the American held her ground, pushing back before they ended up side-by-side and exchanging verbal insults.”She isn’t intimidating me,” Cameron said after security stepped in. “All that yapping and getting in my face – just watch tomorrow.”Mayer, 36, claimed Cameron, 35, had said she would…
Carles Martinez has demanded “energy and passion” from his Bayer Leverkusen side in their Bundesliga opener against Elversberg on Saturday. Leverkusen enjoyed a strong pre-season under Martinez, who replaced Kasper Hjulmand at the helm earlier in the summer, winning six of their seven friendlies before progressing from the first round of the DFB-Pokal. This will be the first Bundesliga match for both Elversberg boss Vincent Wagner and Leverkusen head coach Martinez – this fixture is the only one on the opening matchday where both managers will be making their league debut. And Martinez is wary of the threat posed by…