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Daily Mail
an hour ago
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Nicola Peltz doubles down amid ongoing Beckham feud as she declares husband Brooklyn 'her everything' in loved up post
Nicola Peltz doubled down amid her and husband Brooklyn Beckham 's feud with his family as she declared him 'her everything' on Wednesday. The heiress, 30, took to her Instagram Stories with snaps of the pair embracing during their sun-soaked getaway on board her billionaire father's yacht. Nicola and Brooklyn, 26, only had eyes for each other as she wrapped her arms around his neck while he pulled her in close. She wore a bikini top and skimpy white shorts while her husband shielded his eyes behind shades and a baseball cap and cheekily squeezed her bottom. Nicola captioned the post: 'My everything @BrooklynBeckhamPeltz' with Brooklyn chef later resharing it with his followers. It comes after Brooklyn showed off his cooking skills as he whipped up a pasta dish as he continues his aim of taking over the food industry. The son of David and Victoria Beckham has launched a whole host of culinary partnerships in recent months as well as his very own hot sauce brand, Cloud23. He also hoped to create his own liquor line but was forced to withdraw his application to avoid a trademark dispute with German booze brand Beck's. Despite the setback, Brooklyn got straight back into the kitchen as he shared his latest advertisement with Italian pasta producer Barilla. The aspiring chef took to Instagram on Tuesday to share a video of himself whipping up a vegetarian Fusilloni dish in the kitchen. He revealed it was one of his 'favourite' meals as he detailed how to make the creamy zucchini and asparagus pasta dish. Brooklyn first put the pasta on to boil before chopping up the asparagus and other vegetables, which he then stirred into a creamy sauce. At the end of the clip, Brooklyn tasted a single piece of pasta which he dipped in a cream sauce - though it did not appear to be the complete dish he had whipped up. 'It's so good,' he declared before flashing a smile to the camera. It comes after Brooklyn showed off his cooking skills as he whipped up a pasta dish as he continues his aim of taking over the food industry Bottles of his Cloud23 sauce could also be seen on the shelf in the background as he also plugged his other business venture. In a caption, he added: 'This is one of my favorite dishes – simple, satisfying and full of flavor from zucchini, onion, squash, and asparagus. 'What truly makes this dish shine is the pasta itself. The rough texture of Barilla Al Bronzo pasta clings to sauce effortlessly, so every bite is rich and flavorful. 'With a sauce this delicious, I want to savor every last drop. Italians call that gesture Scarpetta, and Barilla Al Bronzo does it perfectly! 'I hope you love this recipe as much as I do.' His latest culinary venture comes after Brooklyn was faced with a setback when he was forced to withdraw a trademark application for his liquor line. He also hoped to create his own liquor line but was forced to withdraw his application to avoid a trademark dispute with German booze brand Beck's. This week, Brooklyn gave up on his plan to create his own liquor line – after being handed a headache by the firm behind German booze brand Beck's. He hoped to expand his Cloud23 hot sauce line with more food and drink options and had applied to trademark Becks Buns in the US so he could sell beer and spirits. However, the company that makes Beck's beer challenged it and was given time to bring a case against Brooklyn's line before his application was passed. Parent firm Brauerei Beck & Co opposed it and had been granted an extension to file documents to try and sink Brooklyn's plan. Brooklyn then filed papers with the US Patent and Trademark Office to remove 'beer' and 'distilled spirits; wine; mirin in the nature of Japanese shochu-based mixed liquor' from his application to avoid going to war with the drinks firm. Brooklyn launched his first hot sauce, Cloud 23, last year and said: 'It's been a passion project of mine for the last two and a half years, something I've literally put everything into.' In his personal life, Brooklyn also appears to be locked in a family feud with his parents and brothers over his relationship with his wife and US heiress Nicola Peltz. Last week, it was revealed that Brooklyn and Nicola's Instagram accounts no longer follow his brothers Cruz and Romeo in the latest twist in the family drama. However, Brooklyn's friends told MailOnline on Friday that Cruz and Romeo have actually blocked them on the social media platform. This would make sense given Brooklyn, 26, and Nicola are still following his parents Victoria, 51, and David, 50. Cruz and Romeo were still following Brooklyn and Nicola earlier this week but appeared to take action after Brooklyn posted a birthday tribute to sister Harper, sharing a family photo without them in it - which Nicola reposted. There was much speculation whether Brooklyn would reach out to Harper on her 14th birthday on Thursday, but despite him doing so, it seems all is not well in the camp. Brooklyn's birthday tribute to Harper marked his first public interaction with his family since he paid tribute to his grandmother Sandra on June 26, despite remaining silent and shunning his father's 50th birthday earlier that same month. Sources close to the family have told MailOnline of their fears that Brooklyn and his wife Nicola have also distanced themselves from Harper after they failed to visit her when they flew into London in May to film an advert for French-Italian clothing brand Moncler just over a mile from the family home in Holland Park. David and Victoria had no idea whether Brooklyn, who Harper has idolised since she was a little girl, would message her privately or publicly on Instagram because they have no communication with him.
Yahoo
3 hours ago
- Politics
- Yahoo
Trump Threatens to Revoke Rosie O'Donnell's Citizenship
President Donald Trump ignited a new war of words with Rosie O'Donnell. Trump suggested on Saturday that he should revoke O'Donnell's citizenship. Even though that is not possible, he dug in even deeper at Andrews Air Force Base Monday. O'Donnell, who moved to Ireland after Trump's 2024 election, fired back. The Trump and O'Donnell feud goes back nearly two decades, ever since she mocked the future president's hair on The View.
The Sun
6 hours ago
- Entertainment
- The Sun
X-rated slur that ended Kerry Katona's hopes of Atomic Kitten reunion – pals reveal why band will NEVER forgive her
SHE'S not heard from either of them in years, but Kerry Katona has issued yet another olive branch to former Atomic Kitten bandmates, Liz McLarnon and Natasha Hamilton, saying: 'I wish I was closer to the girls'. However, pals have revealed that despite Kerry 's pleas, there is no chance of the band reuniting and that years of bitter feuding, drunken brawls and vicious slurs have ensured there's no going back. 9 9 9 Speaking about Spice Girl Mel B 's wedding last week, Kerry was speculating that Victoria Beckham, Geri Horner and Mel C might not have attended due to a fall out and lamented on her own dysfunctional band. 'It would be sad if they weren't going due to a fallout, as the Spice Girls have so much history,' Kerry, 44, mused in her weekly new! magazine column. "It's like me and Atomic Kitten – I do wish I was closer to the girls because we had amazing experiences together. But sometimes it is what it is.' Now sources close to the situation have revealed the real reason Natasha, 42, and Liz, 44, won't speak to Kerry - and it's sure to devastate her. 'The truth is, they simply got fed up with dealing with Kerry,' the insider said. 'She became unreliable, every gig they did she would make some kind of foul mouthed joke and it all became very tiresome and embarrassing for Tash and Liz." Now, almost a decade after they last spoke, Kerry is desperate to reunite once more - though her wishes are falling on deaf ears. 'Kerry genuinely believes getting the girls back together would be as big as the Oasis reunion,' our insider said. 'But it's just not going to happen. "Liz is currently expecting her first baby and Tash is trying to make it as a solo star. "Kerry's making a fortune on her OnlyFans and doing Celebs Go Dating, and these are things the other two just don't want to be associated with.' Kerry Katona risks reigniting feud with Atomic Kitten as she sings hits on stage after bitter band split - Instagram, nptpride The girls formed in 1998 but Kerry initially quit the group in 2001 when she fell pregnant with Molly, her first daughter with Westlife star Brian McFadden. She was replaced by Jenny Frost and the band continued with moderate success. However, an opportunity for Kerry to rejoin the band in 2012, for ITV show The Big Reunion, meant Jenny was out - and Kerry was back in. According to reports Jenny, now 47, was 'devastated' and fell out with Natasha and Liz as a result. 'She's a toxic c***' She also got a dig in at Kerry, telling Closer Magazine she'd 'rather eat her own kidney with a spoon' than ever work with her. She later moaned, 'I'm not in contact with them any more, which I think is a real shame. But I didn't like how things were handled with the reunion and Kerry replacing me.' 9 9 The Kittens continued in their original format for the next few years, though it wasn't without copious amounts of drama. Kerry recalls in her book Whole Again how she and Natasha 'got physical' when on a tour of Australia in 2017, both accusing one another of setting up unflattering pap shots. The girls had to be dragged apart in a pub, with Kerry getting locked out while Natasha screamed obscenities inside. Kerry later blamed a mystery 'panto injury' for then missing one of the Australia gigs, where Liberty X's Michelle Heaton had temporarily replaced Liz. The truth is, they simply got fed up with dealing with Kerry Insider Kerry also remembered when Liz 'punched me in the back of head' after performing on ITV kids show SM:TV. Writing in her new! column in 2019, Kerry revealed: "I remember some of the fights we had in Atomic Kitten back in the day. "Once, Liz punched me from behind after we had a little row. I was furious and got my own back. "I made her get changed in the toilets at SMTV Live, then I stamped on her feet while we were up on stage singing Whole Again." But the straw that broke the camel's back came in 2018 when Kerry did a comedy gig with some drag queens, which, in her own words, was 'vulgar and in bad taste but hilarious'. 9 9 9 When asked by a queen what Natasha was really like, Kerry joked to a packed house: 'she's a toxic c***'. 'It was all meant in good humour, and if you'd been in the audience you would've known that straight away from my delivery,' she later said. However, when word got back to Natasha, she didn't see it that way and just a few weeks later while gigging at Butlins and still fuming, she told Kerry, 'I don't wanna do this anymore.' When the press got wind of this, headlines splashed with the news that the Kittens were done, but Kerry, believing Natasha would come back after a break, insisted that wasn't the case. The truth left Kerry shattered. Natasha and Liz had continued to gig behind Kerry's back, without her. 'It broke my heart,' Kerry wrote in her book. 'I had no idea what had happened or where I stood. No one would answer my texts and we never spoke in person again.' Our source explained, 'Kerry truly believes Natasha was looking for a reason to lose her and the toxic joke was a perfect excuse. She never, ever, forgave Kerry for that. "It was humiliating for her and it's typical of Kerry, to say something so ridiculous and get herself into trouble. Tash even blocked her on social media, she genuinely doesn't want anything to do with her.' In developments that are sure to devastate Kerry further, Natasha recently hinted that the Kittens might get back together yet again - only this time with returning member Jenny, now all their bridges are mended. "If we did have a reunion, it would be me, Liz and Jenny,' she said in May. 'And we're all still close. We all speak. We all hang out. So there's no reason why, if it was for the right thing, and everyone was in the right place, that we could do it.' Meanwhile there's still no love loss between Kerry and Jenny, even though Kerry stayed at the hotel Jenny now owns in Ibiza, where she currently lives, while filming Celebs Go Dating. Keen to get a dig in, Kerry said the hotel and Ibiza was 'gorgeous' and that Jenny had 'done so well for herself,' but added, 'I can't say I've got any desire to go back - it's not my scene.' Miaow, indeed.
RNZ News
18 hours ago
- Sport
- RNZ News
Boxing: Paul Gallen and Sonny Bill Williams meet in the ring, but does it matter if it doesn't mean anything?
By Simon Smale , ABC News Paul Gallen and Sonny Bill Williams. Photo: Photosport Opinion: Instances of two former footy players in their 40s punching on is rarely cause for celebration. Even if the fight in question is covered by the thin veneer of respectability provided by a boxing ring and gloves, there is still little to be pleased about. Footballers-turned-boxers Paul Gallen and Sonny Bill Williams will lace up the gloves and meet in a heavyweight bout in Sydney's Olympic Park on Wednesday. The two ex-NRL forwards will fight over eight two-minute rounds and - hopefully - put an end to one of the least dignified feuds in Australian sport. Aside from settling their post-football career rivalry, it's hard to know what is at stake in this bout. Perhaps pride? Most certainly ego. Financial incentives? That goes without saying. Perhaps it doesn't need to be anything more than that. As boxing continues to evolve and find its way in an era where the long-term impacts of repeated head knocks are becoming all the more apparent and audience tastes are changing from the sport's mid-century heyday, non-title fights are becoming more and more prevalent. Whether it's Jake Paul selling out massive arenas stateside, or Conor Benn and Chris Eubank Jr meeting at a catchweight despite their vast size differential to satisfy Britain's lust for another instalment of the legendary battles between their respective fathers, boxing is changing. And to those publicising the fights, that doesn't matter. If you've watched any sporting event covered by Channel Nine over the last couple of weeks, you'd know this fight is taking place. Particularly jarring was the interview that took place in the aftermath of Queensland's State of Origin Game III victory over New South Wales a week ago , when viewers were subject to the insalubrious exhibition of a pitch-side Gallen and Williams via video link bellowing insults over each other. Of course, Nine has to promote its own content and doing so to its target audience of football fans is entirely sensible. It's not the act of promotion that's the issue here. It's what's being sold. The juxtaposition between analysis of a genuine sporting triumph and promoting this contest between two aged warriors felt very off. But this fight is grabbing attention across the networks - Fox Sport mentions it when publicising Sunday's rematch between Sebastian Fundora and Tim Tszyu. "Forget the sideshow," Matt Nable, another footy player who has embraced a new performative career now his playing days are done, drawls. "This ain't two old footy players cashing cheques long after their careers ended," he continues - a puzzling and somewhat hypocritical dig given the success the network enjoyed when Gallen was beating up his fellow NRL retirees on its own pay-per-view channel over the years. This is not to criticise the two men for their willingness to get into the ring. Anyone with the courage to step inside the squared circle, arguably the least forgiving arena in all of sport, deserves admiration and respect - to a point. Neither Gallen nor Williams come into this as desperate wannabes, misguidedly believing themselves capable of dancing on the canvas having shadow-boxed in front of the bathroom mirror and watched the Rocky movies a couple of times. Gallen has fought 18 times in his ring career for a record of 15-2-1 (8KOs). Admittedly, there has been a heady whiff of farce about some of those opponents, but Gallen has never once taken anyone lightly, bringing the same determination and professionalism to the ring that characterised his professional football career. Paul Gallen in his rugby league days. Photo: PHOTOSPORT And in amongst the Darcy Lussicks, Ben Hannants and Justin Hodges - who he inexplicably fought twice - on his resume, he has also stood up against some of Australia's best. Justis Huni and Kris Terzievski both may have beaten Gallen in their Australian heavyweight title bouts, but Gallen did better than most have against genuine prospects. And even while Gallen was fighting other ex-footballers, he used the interest generated by him fighting to help promote other Australian fighters and give them sizeable paydays. Boxers like Tim and Nikita Tszyu, Harry Garside and Huni all benefited from Gallen's profile with inflated purses and prize money on pay-per-views across the country. This fight card sees recognised fighters David Nyika and Terzievski fight, as well as young prospects Alex Leapai Jnr and Rahim Mundine, who will all doubtless benefit from the exposure a Gallen fight will bring. For that alone, Gallen deserves an awful lot of credit - although his ring career has earned him AU$25 million to date, according to the man himself, so he has been well rewarded. Sonny Bill Williams. Photo: RNZ/Marika Khabazi Williams too has pedigree of sorts in the ring. His grandfather, Bill Woolsey, was a New Zealand heavyweight champion and Williams emulated him by claiming that same title in a knockout victory over Clarence Tillman in 2012. That was Williams's fifth pro fight and he followed that up with wins against veterans Frans Botha and Chauncy Welliver before stepping away from the ring between 2015 and 2021. When Williams returned to boxing, he fought Waikato Falefehi and Barry Hall for wins, before a knockout defeat against Mark Hunt, his first in the ring, to leave the New Zealand dual-code international with a pro record of 9-1 (4KOs). So, if these are two professional boxers getting in the ring, having talked about the fight taking place desperately for years, what's the problem? Their age doesn't help. Paul Gallen will be 44 years old in under a month. Sonny Bill Williams is 40. Both men have been out of the ring for two-and-a-half-years. Is that even an obstacle? Co-headliner in Tszyu's fight on the weekend, Manny Pacquiao, is 46, hasn't fought anyone since 2021 and hasn't won a fight since 2019 - he is meeting Mario Barrios for the WBC welterweight title on Sunday in Las Vegas. If that makes you feel uneasy, it probably should. Studies show that the impacts of concussions linger for longer and are more severe as people age. Other impacts of aging - reduced reaction time, increasing fatigue and muscle weakness - all combine to make the ring even more dangerous as you get older than it is for younger fighters. Mike Tyson's hideous parody of a return to the ring aged 58 against Jake Paul should be a lesson to us all of the dangers of going on too long. OK, so if the age thing isn't an issue, is it because these two are not "the best" boxers in the traditional sense - Williams admitted as much at the press conference on Monday - but celebrities risking their health for a suggested AU$1 million payday? That might be it, just as people have issues with YouTuber Paul and his improbable quest for a world title shot . Boxing fans can hardly clutch at their pearls if that is the issue. Both Gallen and Paul, love or loathe them, have contributed and continue to contribute to the development of the sport by adding casual eyeballs to their events - Paul promotes Amanda Serrano through his promotion company and allows the seven-weight world champion from Puerto Rico to actually earn something approaching a decent wage from the sport. Perhaps it is the nauseating back and forth that has been seemingly going on for years - all around them maybe or maybe not meeting in a ring. Maybe, with no clear villain or outright good guy to root for or against, fans are simply conflicted. Let's not forget that, despite being rival players on the pitch several times over the years in the NRL and in international rugby league, there was never any genuine beef between them as players. Perhaps if there had been, we'd have been spared this unedifying spectacle. Sonny Bill Williams and Clarence Tillman III in action during their fight for the New Zealand Heavyweight Belt title in Hamilton, 2012. Photo: Dion Mellow So, why are they fighting in the first place? Tickets at the Arena in Homebush range from AU$1495 to AU$49. The pay-per-view on Stan Sport is AU$70. As of Tuesday, the tickets are not sold out but they have been selling. For contrast, the Tszyu vs Fundora world title rematch on Sunday (AEDT) will set fight fans back AU$69.95 on Main Event - a fight that, from a sporting context, means something. By that, fight fans will tell you it means a world title, a career-defining moment for Tszyu and Fundora both. A chance for them to add their names to the list of legends in their sport. What, then, does the Gallen-Williams fight mean? Perhaps a bigger question is, does it need to mean anything? "I've never been concerned about legacy," Gallen said. "I'm trained to fight. I've been here for one reason. To have a go." The proof will be in how many people tune in to watch it. But whether people do or don't, perhaps the only error is trying to read anything more into this bout than it being a chance for two middle-aged men to publicly air their grievances and make a sack full of cash at the same time. -ABC
ABC News
20 hours ago
- Sport
- ABC News
Paul Gallen and Sonny Bill Williams meet in the boxing ring, but does it matter if it doesn't mean anything?
Instances of two former footy players in their 40s punching on is rarely cause for celebration. Even if the fight in question is covered by the thin veneer of respectability provided by a boxing ring and gloves, there is still little to be pleased about. Footballers-turned-boxers Paul Gallen and Sonny Bill Williams will lace up the gloves and meet in a heavyweight bout in Sydney's Olympic Park on Wednesday. The two ex-NRL forwards will fight over eight, 2-minute rounds and — hopefully — put an end to one of the least dignified feuds in Australian sport. Aside from settling their post-football career rivalry, it's hard to know what is at stake in this bout. Perhaps pride? Most certainly ego. Financial incentives? That goes without saying. Perhaps it doesn't need to be anything more than that. As boxing continues to evolve and find its way in an era where the long-term impacts of repeated head knocks are becoming all the more apparent and audience tastes are changing from the sport's mid-century heyday, non-title fights are becoming more and more prevalent. Whether it's Jake Paul selling out massive arenas stateside, or Conor Benn and Chris Eubank Jr meeting at a catchweight despite their vast size differential to satisfy Britain's lust for another instalment of the legendary battles between their respective fathers, boxing is changing. And to those publicising the fights, that doesn't matter. If you've watched any sporting event covered by Channel Nine over the last couple of weeks, you'd know this fight is taking place. Particularly jarring was the interview that took place in the aftermath of Queensland's State of Origin Game III victory over New South Wales a week ago, when viewers were subject to the insalubrious exhibition of a pitch-side Gallen and Williams via video link bellowing insults over each other. Of course, Nine has to promote its own content and doing so to its target audience of football fans is entirely sensible. It's not the act of promotion that's the issue here. It's what's being sold. The juxtaposition between analysis of a genuine sporting triumph and promoting this contest between two aged warriors felt very off. But this fight is grabbing attention across the networks — Fox Sport mentions it when publicising Sunday's rematch between Sebastian Fundora and Tim Tszyu. "Forget the sideshow," Matt Nable, another footy player who has embraced a new performative career now his playing days are done, drawls. "This ain't two old footy players cashing cheques long after their careers ended," he continues — a puzzling and somewhat hypocritical dig given the success the network enjoyed when Gallen was beating up his fellow NRL retirees on its own pay-per-view channel over the years. This is not to criticise the two men for their willingness to get into the ring. Anyone with the courage to step inside the squared circle, arguably the least forgiving arena in all ot sport, deserves admiration and respect — to a point. Neither Gallen nor Williams comes into this as desperate wannabes, misguidedly believing themselves capable of dancing on the canvas having shadow-boxed in front of the bathroom mirror and watched the Rocky movies a couple of times. Gallen has fought 18 times in his ring career for a record of 15-2-1 (8KOs). Admittedly, there has been a heady whiff of farce about some of those opponents, but Gallen has never once taken anyone lightly, bringing the same determination and professionalism to the ring that characterised his professional football career. And in amongst the Darcy Lussick's, Ben Hannant's and Justin Hodges's — who he inexplicably fought twice — on his resume, he has also stood up against some of Australia's best. Justis Huni and Kris Terzievski both may have beaten Gallen in their Australian heavyweight title bouts, but Gallen did better than most have against genuine prospects. And even while Gallen was fighting other ex-footballers, he used the interest generated by him fighting to help promote other Australian fighters and give them sizeable paydays. Boxers like Tim and Nikita Tszyu, Harry Garside and Huni all benefited from Gallen's profile with inflated purses and prize money on pay-per-views across the country. This fight card sees recognised fighters David Nyika and Terzievski fight, as well as young prospects Alex Leapai Jnr and Rahim Mundine, who will all doubtless benefit from the exposure a Gallen fight will bring. For that alone, Gallen deserves an awful lot of credit — although his ring career has earned him $25 million to date, according to the man himself, so he has been well rewarded. Williams too has pedigree of sorts in the ring. His grandfather, Bill Woolsey, was a New Zealand heavyweight champion and Williams emulated him by claiming that same title in a knockout victory over Clarence Tillman in 2012. That was Williams's fifth pro fight and he followed that up with wins against veterans Frans Botha and Chauncy Welliver before stepping away from the ring between 2015 and 2021. When Williams returned to boxing, he fought Waikato Falefehi and Barry Hall for wins, before a knockout defeat against Mark Hunt, his first in the ring, to leave the New Zealand dual-code international with a pro record of 9-1 (4KOs). So, if these are two professional boxers getting in the ring, having talked about the fight taking place desperately for years, what's the problem? Their age doesn't help. Paul Gallen will be 44 years old in under a month. Sonny Bill Williams is 40. Both men have been out of the ring for two-and-a-half years. Is that even an obstacle? Co-headliner in Tszyu's fight on the weekend, Manny Pacquiao, is 46, hasn't fought anyone since 2021 and hasn't won a fight since 2019 — he is meeting Mario Barrios for the WBC welterweight title on Sunday in Las Vegas. If that makes you feel uneasy, it probably should. Studies show that the impacts of concussions linger for longer and are more severe as people age. Other impacts of aging — reduced reaction time, increasing fatigue and muscle weakness — all combine to make the ring even more dangerous as you get older than it is for younger fighters. Mike Tyson's hideous parody of a return to the ring aged 58 against Jake Paul should be a lesson to us all of the dangers of going on too long. OK, so if the age thing isn't an issue, is it because these two are not "the best" boxers in the traditional sense — Williams admitted as much at the press conference on Monday — but celebrities risking their health for a suggested $1 million payday? That might be it, just as people have issues with YouTuber Paul and his improbable quest for a world title shot. Boxing fans can hardly clutch at their pearls if that is the issue. Both Gallen and Paul, love or loathe them, have contributed and continue to contribute to the development of the sport by adding casual eyeballs to their events — Paul promotes Amanda Serrano through his promotion company and allows the seven-weight world champion from Puerto Rico to actually earn something approaching a decent wage from the sport. Perhaps it is the nauseating back and forth that has been seemingly going on for years — all around them maybe or maybe not meeting in a ring. Maybe, with no clear villain or outright good guy to root for or against, fans are simply conflicted. Let's not forget that, despite being rival players on the pitch several times over the years in the NRL and in international rugby league, there was never any genuine beef between them as players. Perhaps if there had been, we'd have been spared this unedifying spectacle. So, why are they fighting in the first place? Tickets at the Arena in Homebush range from $1,495 to $49. The pay-per-view on Stan Sport is $70. As of Tuesday, the tickets are not sold out but they have been selling. For contrast, the Tszyu vs Fundora world title rematch on Sunday (AEDT) will set fight fans back $69.95 on Main Event — a fight that, from a sporting context, means something. By that, fight fans will tell you it means a world title, a career-defining moment for Tszyu and Fundora both. A chance for them to add their names to the list of legends in their sport. What, then, does the Gallen-Williams fight mean? Perhaps a bigger question is, does it need to mean anything? "I've never been concerned about legacy," Gallen said. "I'm trained to fight. I've been here for one reason. To have a go." The proof will be in how many people tune in to watch it. But whether people do or don't, perhaps the only error is trying to read anything more into this bout than it being a chance for two middle-aged men to publicly air their grievances and make a sack full of cash at the same time.
