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Arab business in fighting: pure boxing loses out
Arab business in fighting: losing out è boxing
Not only in the world of soccer: Saudi Arabia has been getting a foothold in boxing for some time now and doesn't seem to want to stop. After a few titular matches hosted in the land of the Middle East (Ruiz vs Joshua 2, Usyk vs Joshua 2), it seems that another trend is in vogue.
The new, million-dollar business in the world of fighting veers to a formula that è very profitable from the economic point of view but unexciting from the sporting side. These are the so-called “hybrid” bouts between MMA fighters and boxing champions. A match that, inevitably, brings together fans from different sports giving rise to real sell-outs.
The downside, però è is the loss of the true essence of the sport. People prefer a match that, sportingly, è is always too unbalanced to matches of two athletes from the same sports category.
The most glaring example concerns WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury. The Gipsy King, in fact, has refused to defend his title in order to face former MMA champion Francis Ngannou in a hybrid bout in Riyadh next Oct. 28.
On the other hand, however, a challenge that for months seemed close to fruition between the two former world champions Deontay Wilder and Anthony Joshua seems on the verge of fading. That's because the sheikhs no longer have as much interest in investing in a real boxing match. Their goal è only one: boxing+MMA.
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Miracle Fiorentina: nine qualify for the Conference League rounds
At the Pancho Arena in Felcsut, Fiorentina, reduced to 9 against 11, qualified for the Conference League group stage by beating Puskas Akademia 6-5 after penalty kicks.
The Viola took the lead in 59’ with Kean forcefully jumping over a man and when he got to the edge of the area he pierced Pecsi with a right-footed shot. On 94’ a penalty was awarded to the Magyars for a foul on Colley by Ranieri, who was sent off for double admonition. Three minutes later, Nagy from the penalty spot clears De Gea.
After the 3-3 draw of the first leg, we thus go to extra time and at 98’ Fiorentina remains in nine for another double caution to Comuzzo. The result is not unlocked and so it comes down to penalties. From the penalty spot, the Viola were infallible: Mandragora, Kouame, Colpani, Richardson and Biraghi scored while Szolnoki made the decisive mistake for the Hungarians on their fourth shot from the penalty spot.
Fiorentina thus returns to the event of which it lost the last two finals, to West Ham and Olympiakos.
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US Open, Matteo Arnaldi and Sara Errani in third round, Mattia Bellucci out
After Jannik Sinner and Jasmine Paolini landed in the third round of the US Open, two more wins out of three second-round matches came for Italian tennis, and it may not be over yet.
Matteo Arnaldi, world number 30, very convincingly beat Russian Roman Safiullin, number 57, with a score of 6-2 6-4 6-4 in two hours and four minutes of play. The 23-year-old from San Remo will now face’Australian Jordan Thompson.
Back in the third round of Flushing Meadows after nine years Sara Errani, the veteran from Romagna, former world number 5 and now 96, bent with a double 7-5 in an hour and 50 minutes of play the U.S. Caroline Dolehide, number 49, and will now face the promising Russian Diana Shnaider, number 18.
Mattia Bellucci, number 101, instead è surrendered to Australian Christopher O’Connell, number 87, with a score of 6-3 6-4 3-6 6-3 in two hours and 48 minutes.
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NBA, Stephen Curry extends with Warriors
Stephen Curry has extended his contract with the Golden State Warriors by one year, to which he will be bound until 2027.
In 2021, the 36-year-old fresh Olympic champion in Paris with the U.S. Dream team had signed a contract through 2026, worth $215.4 million, and according to ESPN the extension will net him an additional $62.6 million.
Curry has always played for the Warriors, a franchise in which he è arrived in the 2009 draft. He has won four NBA titles (2015, 2017, 2018, 2022) and è been named the season mvp twice.
He also holds the record for the most three-point shots made in the North American League, with 3,747 centers.
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