Boxing news: Anthony Joshua's Tyson Fury offer, Khabib on Mayweather bout, Okolie talks
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Anthony Joshua offers to help out Tyson Fury
Unified heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua has stunningly offered to help Tyson Fury prepare for his rematch with Deontay Wilder by sparring 'The Gypsy King'. During an appearance on Sky Sports, ‘AJ’ said: “I think honestly he might beat Deontay Wilder next time they’re out,” Joshua said on Sky Sports.
“I think Tyson Fury would fight me quicker than Wilder would. So I want Fury to win because I just want to fight. To have that fight here on British soil is mad.
“Fury, if you need me for sparring, we’re going to fight one day.
“I sparred Tyson Fury when we were kids anyway. I would go out to America and spar Tyson Fury and get him ready for this Wilder fight.
“I would like that fight because I think Fury would fight me faster than Wilder would.”
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I would go out to America and spar Tyson Fury and get him ready for this Wilder fight
Khabib Nurmagomedov discusses Floyd Mayweather fight
UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov has shut down talk of a potential boxing match with Floyd Mayweather Jr, insisting he’s fully focused on his lightweight title defence against Tony Ferguson in April.
“I have already signed a contract for my next fight in April,” Nurmagomedov told TASS. “At the moment, I’m not thinking either of boxing or of Mayweather.
“I have a very serious opponent. I need to overcome this challenge and then we will see.
“Boxing is his sport and he has devoted all his life to this sport. Today, he is the best in this sport with 50 wins in 50 fights.”
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Lawrence Okolie eyes world title on foreign soil
Undefeated cruiserweight Lawrence Okolie has revealed he wants his WBO title fight with Krzysztof Glowacki to take place outside of the UK after seeing Joshua defeat Andy Ruiz Jr on foreign soil.
"All I know, is that it will be in the New Year, that it's the next fight and it's against Glowacki," Okolie told Sky Sports. "I'd like it to be in America, but we'll see.
"I've done The O2, Manchester Arena, Sheffield, a lot of the main places in England. Where is the next step up?
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"I think it will mean more to win it away from home.
"I've beaten champion after champion at this level, so I would like to beat another champion away from home, and then bring the belt back and have a homecoming fight in London.
"He's [Joshua] a massive inspiration to me and just watching him do it has given me extra confidence.
"Ultimately, I didn't start boxing to be champion of Britain and only boxing in Britain, I wanted to be champion of the world. As an amateur, I travelled around the world and I want to do the same as a professional."