4 days agoworld NewsComments Off on I’m 5’6” and tried fabulous new cardigan from Dunnes Stores for spring, I love the detail and it costs just €25
A FASHION fan has told how she found a cute cardigan in Dunnes Stores for spring.
Fashion fans are racing to the tills for the new range, which includes everything you need for the warmer weather.
The Gallery Alexa Textured Stripe Cardigan costs just €25INSTAGRAM
Edwina Fitzgerald shared a short video to Instagram for her followers.
In the caption of the post, she wrote: “I tried on this fabulous cardigan in Dunnes Stores.
“I love all the blue hues, it has a crochet detail and it goes so well with jeans”.
At the beginning of the video, she shows the cardigan hanging on the rack.
Then, Edwina tries on the stunning piece, pairing it with light blue denim jeans.
She picked up a size small, and is 5’6″ – and the cardigan looks like a perfect fit.
She stuns in the piece, which is perfect for any event or occasion.
The cardigan has long sleeves, with different shades of blue in stripes across it.
Shoppers could pair it with jeans as Edwina does for a laid-back, casual but dressy outfit.
Or, wear it with a skirt and tights for a more dressy and chic look.
The Gallery Alexa Textured Stripe Cardigan costs just €25.
It is available in sizes XS to XL, though these are set to fly off the shelves.
In the official item description on the Dunnes Stores website, fashion bosses said: “This cardigan from Gallery is made from a wonderfully soft cotton blend, making it perfect for cooler days.
“It is designed with a round neck and a button-through fastening, and boasts a multi-striped, textured pattern.
“Gallery is available exclusively at Dunnes Stores.”
And shoppers can pick up another wardrobe staple from the retailer to wear with the cardigan.
Finding a comfy pair of jeans can sometimes seem like an endless mission.
But Dunnes Stores bosses have come to the rescue with their latest pair of denims.
The Mid Rise Boyfriend Jeans have landed in shops across the country and are also available online.
The jeans are made with soft cotton and denim blend – making them a very comfy option.
For just €25, the jeans come in an indigo shade or a light-wash colour.
Dunnes Stores designers said the jeans are very comfortable.
They said: “Cut to a classic boyfriend fit, these jeans are crafted from a super-soft stretchy cotton for all-day comfort.
“They are designed with turn up cuffs and five pocket detailing.”
The classic jeans range in sizes 8 to 20.
THE HISTORY OF DUNNES STORES
DUNNES Stores opened its first store on Patrick Street in Cork in 1944 - and it was an instant hit.
Shoppers from all over the city rushed to the store to snap up quality clothing at pre-war prices in Ireland’s first ‘shopping frenzy’.
During the excitement, a window was forced in and the police had to be called to help control the crowds hoping to bag founder Ben Dunne’s ‘Better Value’ bargains.
Dunnes later opened more stores in the 1950s and began to sell groceries in 1960 – starting with apples and oranges.
The retailer said: “Fruit was expensive at the time and Ben Dunne yet again offered Better Value than anyone else in town.
“Over time, our food selection has grown and that spirit of good value has remained strong.
“Now we offer a wide range of carefully-sourced foods from both local Irish suppliers and overseas.”
The retailer’s first Dublin store opened its doors in 1957 on Henry Street and a super store on South Great Georges Street was unveiled in 1960.
They added: “In 1971, our first Northern Irish store opened, and many others soon followed.
“Expansion continued in the 1980s in Spain, and later into Scotland and England.”
Dunnes now has 142 stores and employs 15,000 people.
4 days agoworld NewsComments Off on Man Utd statement confirms ‘exceptional’ cost of sacking Erik ten Hag and staff including Dan Ashworth
MANCHESTER UNITED have revealed how much money they spent to sack Erik ten Hag, his staff and Dan Ashworth.
Ten Hag was sacked by the Red Devils in October after winning just three of their opening nine Premier League games.
PAThe cost for Man Utd to sack Erik ten Hag and his staff has been revealed[/caption]
PAThe figure also includes the cost of parting ways with Dan Ashworth after just five months[/caption]
The club also got rid of the Dutchman’s staff as they swept the board clean for Ruben Amorim and the arrival of his own coaching team.
While that move was not too surprising, at the start of December it was announced sporting director Ashworth would be leaving after just five months in charge.
United have now confirmed the cost of parting ways with them.
In the club’s second-quarter fiscal results for 2025 published today, it was noted under “exceptional items for the quarter” that United spent £14.5million to sack Ten Hag and various members of staff.
The fiscal report also revealed the club’s total revenue was down 12 per cent over the quarter.
This was due to a 42.1 per cent reduction in broadcasting revenue, falling to £61.6m from the lack of Champions League football.
That came despite commercial revenue increasing by 18.5 per cent driven by a new shirt sponsorship with Qualcomm’s Snapdragon brand.
The accounts revealed United had an operating profit of £3.1m, with EBITDA (earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation) of £70.5m, down 22.9 per cent from £91.4m in 2Q24.
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However, including player trading, this figure resulted in a £27.7m loss.
The balance sheet of the club was also strengthened by an £80m investment by Ineos.
In a statement, CEO Omar Berrada spoke about the challenges facing the club and the ongoing work to regenerate Old Trafford and redevelop the Carrington training centre.
He said: “We recognise the challenges in improving our men’s team’s league position and we are all working hard, collectively, to achieve that.
“At the same time, we are pleased to have progressed to the knock-out phase of the UEFA Europa League and the 5th Round of the FA Cup.
“Meanwhile, our women’s team is currently placed second in the Women’s Super League, and has reached the Quarter Finals of the FA Cup.
“Our redevelopment of the Carrington Training Complex remains on track.
“We continue to work towards a decision on the future of Old Trafford as part of a wider regeneration programme, which has now attracted UK Government support.
“This follows the work of the Old Trafford Regeneration Task Force in demonstrating the significant economic potential of a revitalised area around a future stadium project.”
4 days agoworld NewsComments Off on Aldi Ireland set to sell major ‘just in case’ staple in middle aisle ALL Irish homes should have and it costs just €13
ALDI Ireland are set to stock a major emergency staple that all homes should have – and for just €12.99.
The bargain supermarket will stock a bright red fire extinguisher from tomorrow, February 20, onwards.
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And like all handy items on offer, this item will be found in the shop’s popular middle aisle.
It’s a must-have for homes in case of an emergency.
Most houses around Ireland are stocked with one, either kept in storage or tucked into a utility room.
It means that you have peace of mind in the event that a fire starts in your home.
Aldi said: “Ensure your mind is at ease for that ‘just in case’ accident. Ideal for your home.”
The fire extinguisher can be used for fires in categories A, B, and C.
That means it can be used on rubbish, wood, paper, liquid, and electrical items which may catch fire.
It weighs roughly one kilogram and has a discharge time of ten seconds.
And it has a controlled discharge design, meaning you have control over what direction the device is sprayed in.
It has a discharge range of 0.4m so you don’t have to get too close to any dangerous fires.
And the must-have item comes with a five-year warranty.
Meanwhile, Aldi Ireland are also selling another must-have item that’s perfect for organising your home.
The Laundry Storage Solution can now be found in locations around the country.
The see through containers are ideal for saving space as they can be stacked on top of each other.
They can be used for storing laundry, organising kitchen items, and keeping your fridge or cupboards organised.
They cost just €4.99 each and can be found in the middle aisle.
There are three options available: round, stackable, and a narrow bin.
The stacking bins can be placed on top of one another with dimensions of 25.4 x 25.4 x 15.2cm.
The narrow bin has dimensions of 25.4 x 12.0 x 15.2cm.
And lastly, the turntable is a round container that can be spun for easy selection of items.
Aldi said: “Organise your clothes with ease with this Laundry Storage Solution!”
4 days agoworld NewsComments Off on What TV channel is Ortiz Jr vs Madrimov on and can it be live streamed?
WBC interim super-welterweight title holder Vergil Ortiz Jr will square up against former WBA junior middleweight champion Israil Madrimov THIS WEEKEND.
Ortiz Jr said he wanted to fight Madrimov because of their “fun” sparring session against each other – and expects an entertaining bout.
GettyWorld champ Vergil Ortiz Jr (left) beat Fredrick Lawson by TKO last January[/caption]
APIsrail Madrimov (left) lost to Terrence Crawford by unanimous decision last time out[/caption]
Ortiz Jr will enter the ring with an unbeaten record of 21-0 (20 KOs), while Madrimov comes in with a record of 10-1-1 (7 KOs).
The Uzbek comes off the back of a narrow defeat to Terrence Crawford in the BMO Stadium in California last August.
He was scheduled to fight Serhii Bohachuk on the undercard of Tyson Fury vs Oleksandr Usyk 2 in December but had to pull out due to acute bronchitis.
Ortiz Jr beat Bohachuk in his most recent fight in August, winning by majority decision in the Michelob Ultra Arena in Nevada.
4 days agoworld NewsComments Off on UK must ‘out crazy’ Putin to win war – peace talks are just like ‘bar fights’, aggression will triumph, Trump ally says
EUROPE must become “uncomfortably aggressive” against Russia for the “bar fight” of peace talk with Putin, a leading ally of Donald Trump demands.
Republican Congressman Dan Crenshaw says it’s time to “out crazy” the Kremlin with a dramatic hike in European aggression and boots on the ground in Ukraine.
Dan Crenshaw appearing on Never Mind The BallotsDonald Trump speaking in Mar-A-Largo overnight
He warned France and Germany’s dithering will leave Russia with the upper hand in talks and the continent must immediately “be more threatening”.
The Texas congressman and decorated veteran told Never Mind the Ballots: “Whether you’re in a bar fight or whether you’re in an international conflict, the framework is the same.
“You have to out crazy the other which means you have to win in the escalation dominance ladder.”
He added: “Europeans need to help by being in the background of those negotiations, saying, If this doesn’t work, we’re going to take further action that you’re not going to like. Now, that’s a very uncomfortable thing for Europeans to do, but it’s very necessary.”
As Donald Trump faces a major backlash over claims Ukraine should never have picked up arms in the face of the brutal Russian aggression, the Congressman defended his ally.
He insisted: “He takes pretty hard actions against Russia. So this is a strategy we should be more optimistic about than pessimistic about, that’s what I would tell Europeans right now.
“And the other thing I’d tell Europeans is be uncomfortably aggressive, please. It will make the outcome of this better for Ukraine.”
And he hit out at “handwringing” form the continent about being asked to step up on defence and security funding and the US talking to Putin.
“My point to Europe is, look, if you’re going to, if you’re going to lambast the Trump administration for giving up too much, well, then put them in a situation where they have so much more leverage that they don’t have to give up much.”
He warned: “Russia will keep spending human capital like there’s no tomorrow, because they can, because they have just, they simply have more people that they can force into the fight.
“They have an industrial complex where they can build more artillery rounds than everyone, and they don’t care about human life, and they don’t care about re-election prospects.
“So given those advantages, you have to, you have to present different leverage against them, harsher leverage than we have thus far.”
Mr Crenshaw also insisted that the Ukrainians DO have a place at the talks, insisting th White House has been “very clear that Ukrainians have a place at the table.”
He added: “This is how this is going to go and I think there’s a lot of hand wringing that neither, no one from Ukraine or the EU was in Riyadh.
“But how? I’m not sure how else you would do it. This is the strategy. You talk to one side, you get what they want to say, Okay, now you talk the other side.
“How do you feel about this? And this is going to be an ongoing conversation where it ends up no one is sure. The Russians are, of course, starting out with pretty outlandish demands.”
And he said Trump is playing a tactical game, saying: “you have to understand how he thinks and how he negotiates.”
“He will use kind words in order to get somebody to the table. And what hasn’t worked is not talking to Putin for the last two years, which Biden has not done and then slow rolling this aid to Ukraine.”
He added: “We’re in a very unique situation right now, which I think President Trump is taking advantage of, which is you finally, finally got an escalation from Biden at the very end of his administration, allowing weapons to be used inside Russia.
“Ukrainians have taken Russian territory they now hold that induces additional leverage, and that leadership has also increased slightly.”
And he warned it is now time to double down, adding: “You add additional sanctions on top of that, which President Trump is always ready to use a lot more than his predecessor, and you’ve got a better place for negotiation.
“How that negotiation plays out. That’s what everybody’s question is. And I have no idea.”
GettyJose Munuera says his family have received threats since he sent off Jude Bellingham[/caption]
ReutersThe England ace has been banned for two matches for swearing at the official[/caption]
Real Madrid plan on appealing the two-match ban, with the club and Bellingham insisting he did not swear at Munuera.
But the ref claims the incident has seen his family receive various threats, saying they are under “attack” following his red card for Bellingham.
He said: “Today it was my turn, but how long has the committee been suffering these attacks?
“They are vilifying my nephews, they are attacking my nine brothers, my 80-year-old father went to mass today and… I better keep quiet.
“What are we creating? How can we show in a newspaper the barbarities that we are saying? Are we crazy? Are we controlling violence or promoting it? This is getting out of hand. What sport are we creating with football?
“Before they sent me another hundred thousand death threats or insults, I silenced my Linkedin account so that the same thing wouldn’t happen again. I’m not afraid, it’s for my protection and that of my family. They are in a bad way, very worried.
“They haven’t asked me to stop because they know that’s impossible. My parents don’t deserve this.”
Meanwhile, the Mail reports that the official himself is under investigation from the Spanish Football Federation (RFEF).
It has nothing to do with Bellingham’s red card though, and is instead related to his ownership of Talentus Sports — a sports consultancy agency.
Alleged clients including Uefa, LaLiga and several football clubs.
The RFEF is reportedly investigating an incident based on Munuera’s “extra-sporting activities.”
But Munuera denies any conflict of interest, claiming: “I have been doing it for a year now, and I and other sportsmen give talks to companies of all kinds.
“As an extra service, and that is where the whole mess came from, we offer a free service on Linkedin to the people who go to these conferences, without any kind of connection, let’s be clear, neither economic nor contact, in which we create a database with the job offers generated by sport, basketball, tennis, football.
“So that young people who have done a postgraduate degree in sport have a reference site to be able to see these job offers. Full stop. There is nothing else.”
4 days agoworld NewsComments Off on I was in a coma for 10 months, nurses were just about to switch off my life support – here’s what life was like in limbo
ONE guaranteed thing in life is death but for one man, it felt like that would never happen as he was trapped in a coma for 10 months.
Enduring chronic pain and constant boredom, 27-year-old Jake Haendel found himself praying for his life to end, until he heard medical staff planning to turn off his life support.
Tiktok/@miraclman31Brain disease survivor Jake Haendel recalled his experience being trapped in coma-like state for 10 months[/caption]
Speaking on the We’re All Insane podcast, Jake explained that he is the only survivor of an extremely rare brain disease called ATPL.
He is also one of the only people to recover from locked in syndrome, which is a often referred to as a coma.
In 2017, Jake was newly married and working as a head executive chef, describing himself as “able-bodied, able to do whatever I wanted”.
However, he noticed he felt kind of weird one day, struggling with his balance and involuntarily swerving while driving.
Jake’s voice also got a little higher pitched and people close to him noticed he was “acting weird”.
“I remember walking down the halls of my house, having to reach out and hold the walls,” he recalled.
After two weeks of experiencing these symptoms, he decided to go to the emergency room.
His now ex-wife played a voicemail he had left for her for a team of doctors.
“They heard a totally different voice,” Jake explained.
“So I was admitted with stroke-like symptoms and given an emergency MRI.”
At this point he thought he would still be able to return home with some medication help whatever issue he was having.
“But life would definitely never be the same, in the morning, I woke up and there were about eight doctors in the room with somber looks,” he said.
“They said: ‘We’re so sorry, you have six months to live. You have an extremely rare brain disease’ and they laid it out for me.”
The medical experts explained that Jake would lose the ability to walk without support after the first month and would barely be able to tolerate sitting in a wheel chair after two.
“Months three and four, I will become bed bound and lose the ability to eat, swallow, and talk,” he recalled.
She said: ‘Don’t worry, he can’t hear you, he’s brain dead anyway.’
Jake HaendelBrain disease survivor
“In month five, I will slip into a coma, which is stage four of the disease, and probably pass away.”
All of their predictions came true but at the fourth and final stage, Jake defied the odds.
“I was given a ventilator to breathe, a feeding tube, all the hookups, the bells and whistles,” he said.
By the beginning of November he could no longer talk or even blink and eventually he noticed the medical staff stopped talking to him altogether.
“Two nurses were working on me and one said to the other: ‘I’ve got to tell you about this real awkward hook up I had last tonight,'” he recalled.
“Internally, I was still the same guy with the same sense of humour, I was like ‘Wow, this is the best thing I’ve heard in months. I can’t wait to hear where this goes.’”
When the other nurse warned her not to tell the story in front of a patient, her colleague’s response shook Jake.
“She said: ‘Don’t worry, he can’t hear you, he’s brain dead anyway,'” he told podcast listeners.
“So that was the first time I learned how I was perceived, I was like ‘Holy s**t, they think I’m brain dead.’
“I immediately felt panicked and I was like ‘I’ve got to let them know.’”
Minutes felt like hours, hours felt like days, days felt like months, months felt like years.
Jake Haendel
He described the “sheer panic” and “constant emotional and physical pain” he was in at this time.
However, Jake decided to spend his time “more wisely” and kept himself calm by testing his memory with maths problems and geography capitals.
He also spent what felt like hours recounting every detail of his childhood he could remember.
“Minutes felt like hours, hours felt like days, days felt like months, months felt like years,” he said.
Then one day, he heard a hospice nurse tell his then wife he had hours left to live.
“They say: ‘We’re really sorry your husband’s not going to make it to Christmas. It’s time for us to think about withdrawing life support,'” he remembered.
And despite wishing for death and fearing that he would remain in his locked in state for the next 40 years, Jake felt panicked.
“I was like: ‘No, don’t do that, I’m here,'” he said.
After making it through Christmas, he was moved to another part of the hospital, since he was neither dying nor getting better.
Jake described how one nurse would come in and “yap about her day”, even singing him opera on occasion.
Wow, I think this is dying, this is definitely death.
Jake Haendel
Another night shift worker would place her fist on his chest and tell him everything was going to be OK.
He described the level of pain he was in, with his bladder feeling like it was overfilling and his bones, muscles, and tendons feeling like they were in a vice grip being “twisted and contorted”.
Hypersensitive to the lightest of breezes, Jake said even his fingernails began to hurt.
He recalled how he would “lay there waiting to die” and one day he thought it had finally happened.
Jake explained that the volume of things around him became lower, as if his brain made it happen.
“Simultaneously, I start hearing a hum so it’s like this humming getting louder, their voices getting lower, until it was all hum and no more voice,” he said.
“Right when it was no more voice, it was like this chronic pain I’ve been in for so long starts to float away.”
Jake recalled thinking to himself: “Wow, I think this is dying, this is definitely death.”
However, he woke up some time later in constant pain once again.
Then one day as the doctors on his new ward were doing their rounds, he heard one of them say: “Hey, you guys see that? He’s moving.”
Research shows 30% of people in comas are likely locked in and talking to themselves and screaming inside just like I was for many months.
Jake Haendel
His colleagues insisted that it was an involuntary movement, referring to his brain scans and describing anything more as “impossible”.
“He said: ‘Hey, I don’t know if you can hear me but if you can, do that again,'” Jake recalled.
Describing the moment as his “one shot” he tensed up his body as though he was “trying to bench press 500 pounds”.
It worked and his medical status was officially changed, with doctors assigning him a non-verbal augmentative speech therapy to teach him how to communicate.
“They said: ‘I think he’s in there,'” Jake said, explaining how he would stick his tongue out to signal yes and blink to signal no.
He was then trained on a letterboard, taking 10 minutes to spell out the message he’s desperately wanted to send for months: “I can hear you.”
Tiktok/@miraclman31After spending 10 months in a paralysed state, Jake went on a four-year-long recovery process to learn how to walk again[/caption]
This began a long four-year recovery journey for Jake, who was able to move to a 24-hour care unit in his native Boston in December 2020.
He is currently undergoing physiotherapy to learn how to walk with a cane.
In 2022, he started his company Ahoi, which he described as “Google Maps, Waze, and Yelp for personalised accessibility.”
Tests have not been able to determine what differed in Jake’s case compared to other patients with the same condition.
He has cited research which suggest covert consciousness is more common than we think.
“Research shows 30% of people in comas are likely locked in and talking to themselves and screaming inside just like I was for many months,” he said.
The American retail tradition is always held the day after Thanksgiving in the US, which we’ve detailed in our guide to the Black Friday meaning.
These days, retailers tend to launch the best Black Friday deals from early November, so you have most of the month to go bargain-hunting.
Plus, some brands will keep up the discounts after the Cyber weekend or while stocks last.
Our Simba Hybrid Luxe review
Clara Wolsey, our Commercial SEO Lead, roadtested the Simba Hybrid Luxe mattress in a bid to cure her back pain. Here are her honest thoughts...
The Simba Hybrid Luxe is an ultra-comfortable, high-quality, premium mattress with a price tag that reflects that.
I tested it out over three months and have completely fallen in love with it.
One of the major differences that I first noticed about the mattress was that I could no longer feel my husband moving in the night.
The whole bed used to shake as he rolled over, but the Luxe had put an end to that. This has hugely improved my sleep quality, as my sleep is less disturbed.
The second major difference is that I no longer wake up with back pain thanks to its pressure relief tech.
I still experience it in day-to-day life, but not first thing in the morning, which is a massive improvement.
The only drawbacks I could find are the price (I recommend snapping one up in the sale if this is a concern), and that my partner’s side sinks due to him being significantly heavier.
Since swapping my mattress for the Simba Hybrid Luxe, I genuinely look forward to getting into bed every night.
Climbing in is absolute bliss, a feeling I’ve never experienced with any of my former mattresses.
We’re expecting Simba to take part in the online shopping event, as it has done previously.
Usually, it’s safe to assume that brands participating in Black Friday will continue their sales into Cyber Monday.
For many shoppers, Cyber Monday is the last day to find the best bargain buys, as the annual sale draws to a close and retailers rush to clear stock.
There’s a chance that Simba’s Cyber Monday deals might include further discounts on mattresses, bedding, and sleep accessories only available on that day.
However, there are no guarantees.
Some Black Friday sales maintain the same prices on Cyber Monday, so we’d always recommend snapping up a good deal when you find it.
How much does Simba’s shipping cost?
Simba offers free next-day delivery to most UK postcodes.
If you’re looking for a more tailored delivery experience, you can opt for the Specified Time Delivery option which is priced at £10.
You can also choose VIP delivery, which costs £50 and includes a “bespoke service by a specialist team who install your mattress or bed for immediate use and remove all packaging”.
For an extra fee, they’ll also take away your old mattress or bed to be recycled.
Alongside Simba’s Black Friday deals, throughout the year you’ll find seasonal sales, bundle discounts, and promotional codes that can significantly reduce the cost of your order.
Students, key workers, and anyone in the armed forces can often benefit from additional discounts.
Additionally, Simba sometimes offers referral discounts, allowing both the referrer and the new customer to save.
Are mattresses cheaper on Black Friday?
Because mattress brands tend to run year-round sales, it’s hard to tell if you’re getting the best deal.
However, because almost every mattress seller runs a sale simultaneously on Black Friday, the extra competitiveness means you should be able to find a decent price at the tail-end of November.
It might not be the huge discount it once was, but we’d be surprised if you could find a better time of year to buy a mattress than Black Friday.
4 days agoworld NewsComments Off on Watch the moment Jack Whitehall shocks fans with crude joke about sex life with Roxy Horner at star-studded F1 event
JACK Whitehall left fans taken aback when he made a crude joke about his sex life with his future wife.
SplashJack Whitehall hosted the F1 75 Live ceremony on Tuesday night at the O2 Arena in London[/caption]
GettyThe comedian cracked a crude joke while on stage[/caption]
GettyJack is engaged to model Roxy Horner, whom he shares a daughter with[/caption]
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4 days agoworld NewsComments Off on ‘Nowhere else in the world has this’ – Eddie Hearn reveals little-known rule that can catch boxers out
EDDIE HEARN has revealed the little-known rule that is catching international boxers out when they fight in Saudi Arabia.
The British Boxing Board of Control oversee the bouts staged in Saudi – including this Saturday’s mega-event.
Eddie Hearn revealed the little-known rule that is catching international boxers out
And Hearn revealed how the BBBoC enforce a rule that boxers must check their weight on the Wednesday of fight week.
That is two days before the official weigh in.
So Hearn admitted uninformed boxers flying in internationally are sometimes blindsided by this rule.
He told iFL TV: “One of the issues – and I’ll be completely honest – it’s a bit of a pain in the a***e.
“The British Boxing Board of Control operate the events out here. They have a very strict rule of a check weight on the Wednesday of fight week.
“Now, I’m not saying that rule is a bad rule but, nowhere else in the world to my knowledge of any major commission has that rule.
“So every international fighter that comes over – I mean they should be told weeks in advance, some only find out when they actually get there, that’s not our job if it’s not our fighter.
“But, basically and this is where I think it’s a bad policy is fighters are really focussed on making that weight for the check weight.
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“And then they’re rehydrating for the check weight and then they’re going forward to another weigh in two days later.
“So I don’t know, I can’t give you the doctors opinion on whether it’s a good or a bad rule but it’s a rule and that’s it.”
Official BBBoC rules read: “Three days prior to the contest both Boxers will have to submit to a further check weigh-in before a designated official of the Board or Area Council at a time and place to be determined by the Board or Area Council.
“A Boxer weighing more than 3% above the relevant Championship limit three days prior to the date of the contest will require the sanction of the B.B.B. of C. before being permitted to box for that Championship on the contracted contest date.”
Artur Beterbiev, 40, rematches Dmitry Bivol, 34, in the main-event on Saturday after his close points win in October.
And Daniel Dubois, 27, defends his IBF title against Joseph Parker, 33, as part of the massive card.
