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Jade Jones: Double Olympic Taekwondo Champ to go to boxing

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Jade Jones, a champion of double Olympic Taekwondo, announced that he was changing sport and took boxing.

The GB Olympian team said that they had started boxing in the hope that he would become a world champion in two sports.

“This is annoying,” said Jones BBC. “On some days I wake up and think:” Am I absolutely crazy? “

“I love it. I love taekwondo, it will always be my first love. But this is an invigorating challenge. I have only been doing it for two months. “

Jones trained with a former professional boxer Stephen Smith and his eyes in his career in paid ranks of sport.

“I don’t know what the idea gave me, I sat in the kitchen and thought,” I’ll try boxing, “said Jones. “My family thinks I’m crazy, but people who know me know that he is in me, I love to fight and scrap metal.”

“People can follow my journey, good, bad and ugly. Can I get to the top? Will I fail?

“The dream is to be a world champion. Being a world champion in two sports would be pretty chilly. “

Jones represented the GB team at Four Olympiade and won two gold medals, as well as the world championship.

The 31-year-old became the youngest Golden Olympic medalist of the GB team, when she won gold as a 19-year-old at the London Games in 2012. She successfully defended her medal four years later in Rio de Janeiro.

Jones’s preparation for the Paris Olympic Games was destroyed by controversy associated with a lack of drugs, but was cleaned by the British anti -doping agency.

Now she is moving away from sport that has been so successful.

“My family was a bit gloomy that I gave up taekwondo,” she said. “I’ve never used my hands. After 20 years of using the feet, they change.

“Boxing is good for me. It started as a distraction, but now I will go for it because I just love it. “

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“Dana’s daddy is Turki Alalshikh”

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Jordan argued that the reality behind the proposed Joshua vs. Fury fight differs significantly from public statements, before explaining why he believed the event was already taking place outside the normal promotional structure.

“With all due respect, but first and foremost, the reasons why there is enough money to do this is, as we both know and have discussed many times, that both Tyson and Joshua have slightly different deals with their promoters than other fighters because they are not subject to a broadcasting obligation,” Simon said on talkSport Boxing.

“So when Tyson Fury does a deal, he doesn’t necessarily have to be on a broadcaster that Frank Warren or Eddie Hearn is contracted to.

“Where is this fight? Netflix, right?

“So with all due respect and I mean no disrespect to either Frank or Eddie, neither of them are promoting it.

“It’s a deal with Netflix that ultimately includes some of Turki Alalshikh’s money, so Dana is throwing her two pence into the ring.

“But Eddie promotes AJ and Frank promotes Tyson, so they must be involved.”

Jordan then suggested that White’s connection to Turki Alalshikh is the reason the UFC boss is publicly discussing the fight.

“Dana’s daddy will promote it, i.e. Turki Alalshikh” – said Simon.

Both Joshua and Fury are expected to return to the ring ahead of their scheduled showdown later this year, with Joshua scheduled to fight on July 25, with Fury also discussing a return fight.

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Hrgovic claims Dave Allen has a ‘loser mentality’

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Hrgovic strongly disagreed and mocked Allen’s approach to the fight while discussing his opponent.

“Yes, that’s his loser mentality. That’s what he achieved throughout his career. That’s why he suffered 10 defeats and I suffered one defeat,” Hrgovic told iFL TV.

“It’s just an underdog mentality. I just take the pressure off myself like, ‘I’m a Doncaster boy.’ I’m here to fight the good fight. I don’t have to win. It puts pressure on him.”

“You know, it’s a loser’s mentality. So OK, I’ll take the pressure. I have to win. I’m a winner.

“He always had this mentality. ‘I’m fat. I don’t train. I don’t need to win. I’m tiny’. Come on, man. Don’t make excuses your whole life. Just train, be professional and go for the win.

“I expect him to be the best version of himself because this is a huge opportunity for him and it’s his hometown. I expect him to be in good shape.

“I think I’m definitely a tougher fight for him than Zhang. Zhang is aged, aged.

“I can also be fat if I don’t train and if I drink beer. I can be fat and be a journeyman and come to every fight and just say, ‘I don’t have to win.’ I’m here to fight the good fight. “

“I think I’m better. I’m faster. I’m better in all aspects of the fight. But you know, it’s heavyweight boxing. Anything can happen and he’s a brave guy. He always comes forward and steps up to the fight. So I think it’ll be a good fight.”

Hrgovic comes into the fight after a tough recent run that has included physical fights with Daniel Dubois, Joe Joyce and David Adeleye. He defeated Joyce and Adeleye after losing to Dubois, with both victories coming after tough rounds and bulky rallies.

The fight will be the main event of Saturday’s heavyweight gala in Doncaster.

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