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Your support makes all the difference.Follow the latest boxing news live today as we recap on Tyson Fury's sensational win over Deontay Wilder last weekend. How does that impact a potential third fight, who will Anthony Joshua face?
Meanwhile, Canelo Alvarez's next fight looks set to be announced with Callum Smith or Billy Joe Saunders lined up for a 2nd May Las Vegas bout.
Matchroom Boxing's Eddie Hearn has also confirmed a 'blockbuster fight' to be confirmed today - and we'll bring you all that and more throughout the day.
Wilder-Fury 2 fallout
A lot has been made of the costume Wilder wore and the latest to weigh in on the debate is Carl Froch.
"I think you have to laugh, and I think most people have laughed," Froch told Sky Sports.
"They don't take that excuse seriously surely, but it did look heavy. To blame the ring walk costume, for me it's ridiculous.
"Tyson Fury was pretty good on the night and he was landing a lot of punches. I think that's the reason he got beat and not the outfit.”
The Ring top 10
The Ring has released their new pound-for-pound top 10.
Despite Tyson Fury winning the belt for a second time on Saturday night, he has been left out.
1. Canelo Alvarez
2. Vasyl Lomachenko
3. Naoya Inoue
4. Terence Crawford
5. Oleksandr Usyk
6. Errol Spence
7. Gennady Golovkin
8. Juan Estrada
9. Artur Beterbiev
10. Manny Pacquiao
John Fury sends Anthony Joshua warning
"You're a nice guy. You look well, you've got a big future but when it comes down to the beating, fighting lion heart I don't think you've got it.
"So, don't mess with Tyson Fury. Keep your belts, go and fight other people but don't mess with Tyson unless it's worth your while, because let me tell you it'll be the last time you ever box if you mess with him.
"He will wreck you! [He is a] 19 stone, 6ft 9in wrecking machine who will not stop coming forward but he'll come forward at you educated and he'll punish you and he'll school you and he'll break your heart.
"He'll make your life a misery and your life will never be the same again. So, think on. Eddie Hearn that's to you as well."
Eddie Hearn update on Fury-Joshua
"I had a good chat with Bob Arum last night. Everybody wants to make Fury-Joshua. I mean, like, everybody.
"You've got to understand these people… I mean, I like a pound note but these guys are savages. So they're sniffing just money everywhere.
"So the strategy is, let's get [Kubrat] Pulev wrapped up and signed and if over the next couple of weeks there's a move – where someone can wait, someone can have a few quid – we would love nothing more than to go into Fury in June or July."
Wilder-Fury 2 earnings
With reports that Fury-Wilder 2 sold more than 800,000 PPVs in the United States, it's estimated that the amount made on the event just through those purchases is more than $65 million.
The gate at the MGM Grand Garden Arena also broke the Nevada record for a heavyweight bout with $16,916,440.
In other words, the event was a success.
In significant heavyweight news, the WBA have announced a purse bid for the regular belt between 'champion' Mahmoud Charr and challenger Trevor Bryant.
Whoever is mad enough to bid for this must hand the WBA $15,000 and then offer a minimum of $1,000,000.
Let's just hope Anthony Joshua is not tasked with fighting either any time soon.
Joe Joyce has vowed to make Daniel Dubois eat his words in the domestic heavyweight dust-up.
Daniel is talking about me only beating kids and downplaying my achievements. That’s up to him – no problem.
I just hope he’s got good people around him when I beat him because he’s going to be a broken boy on April 11th.
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