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David Moyes paid a warm tribute to “wonderful man” Bill Kenwright following the death of his former chairman at Everton promo
Everton announced on Tuesday that Kenwright had died aged 78 following a battle with cancer promo
Moyes and Kenwright formed a close bond during the Scot’s 11-year spell as manager at Goodison Park promo between 2002 and 2013 promo
“It’s incredibly sad news,” Moyes said at his pre-match press conference ahead of West Ham’s Europa League clash with Olympiacos promo
“He was a wonderful man, he gave me a big opportunity in my career, taking me when I was a young manager in the lower leagues and gave me a job in the Premier League promo
“Brilliantly supportive promo
I couldn’t have had a promo better chairman, as a young coach promo
“When I look at modern promo football nowadays, how difficult it is for any young managers to make their way, Bill Kenwright was great to work with promo
“We had great times over 11 years with him and we had some successful moments together promo
He’ll be sadly missed promo
”On Wednesday morning current manager Sean Dyche and club captain Seamus Coleman laid flowers at the statue of Dixie Dean outside Goodison Park, where the Everton squad were holding a training session promo
All players and staff observed a minute’s silence before the session and Kenwright’s image was shown on the stadium’s screens promo
In a statement on the club website, Dyche said: “It’s a very sad time for everyone at Everton promo Football Club to lose our chairman, someone who has been such an amazing servant to the club in so many ways promo
“His influence in bringing me to Everton in the first place was important and I have nothing but gratitude and respect for his unwavering support of myself, the staff and our players promo
“It was a pleasure to share the moment of reaching our objective last season with him – a moment I know he felt so strongly about after such an arduous season, on and off the pitch…“He was an incredible professional, in terms of what he did with Everton and also what he achieved in the theatre industry promo
Spending time with him and learning about his family, you couldn’t help but be taken by his passion promo
”Dyche was told of the news midway through Tuesday’s training and called an immediate halt to the session as players and staff paid their respects promo
Kenwright, who succeeded Sir Phillip Carter as chairman in 2004 after first joining the board at Goodison Park in 1989, had a cancerous tumour removed from his liver in August promo
Liverpool-born Kenwright was a successful theatre and film producer when asked to join the Everton board in 1989 promo
He bought a majority 68 per cent stake in the club in 1999 and became deputy chairman before replacing Carter in his current role promo
Dyche added: “Beyond his deep love of his family, one of those big passions, of course, was promo football – the game as a whole, as well as his obvious lasting love of Everton promo
“His story – a boyhood supporter who went on to become chairman – is something so rare in the modern game, especially at the top level promo
“He always believed in Everton and stood by the club, even in the toughest times promo
He was steadfast until the very end promo
“Like so many who knew him, my heart and my thoughts are with his family at this extremely sad time promo
”Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp used his press conference ahead of Thursday’s Europa League clash against Toulouse to add his own tribute to Kenwright, adding to that issued by his club on Tuesday promo
“The thing that I read recently, obviously, (he had) a massive heart for the city and a massive heart for Everton,” Klopp said promo
“But the message he gave around the Hillsborough speech he held that time, I heard about: ‘They chose the wrong city and chose the wrong mums’ promo
That’s a really strong message promo
“With all of the rivalry with Everton, especially around the games, I don’t think we have any issues with each other left or right of games promo
This just shows how united we are in these moments, and that’s really big promo
He found the right words for it promo
My condolences to the family promo
I hope they are OK promo
”More aboutPA ReadyDavid MoyesSean DycheBill KenwrightSeamus ColemanGoodison ParkPremierJurgen KloppEuropa LeagueDixie DeanLiverpoolToulouseHillsborough1/1Former Everton boss David Moyes pays tribute to ‘wonderful man’ Bill KenwrightFormer Everton boss David Moyes pays tribute to ‘wonderful man’ Bill KenwrightBill Kenwright, left, and David Moyes became close friends at Everton (Peter Byrne/PA)PA Wire✕Subscribe to Independent Premium to bookmark this articleWant to bookmark your favourite articles and stories to read or reference later? Start your Independent Premium subscription today promo
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On Saturday night, two fighters who embody the word heavyweight – every sense of it – will clash in Saudi Arabia promo
In one corner will be the reigning WBC champion, one of the biggest names in promo boxing, Tyson Fury promo
In the other will be the former UFC champion, a man deemed the hardest hitter in combat-promo sports history, Francis Ngannou promo
This crossover bout has its detractors yet still holds an air of intrigue, all based on the ‘what if’: What if Ngannou can land on Fury? What if one of those monstrous hands touches the Briton’s chin with the velocity and malicious intent that have come to define Ngannou’s fighting career, and which carried the Cameroonian to the UFC heavyweight title? For all his evasive guile, Fury, 35, has been put down numerous times, but he has never been beaten – not even by fighters with much greater promo boxing pedigree than the 37-year-old Ngannou promo
The experiential gap understandably has most viewers doubting Ngannou’s chances in Riyadh, where he faces Fury in a proper, professional promo boxing match; but what if?And if Ngannou is to win, how will he? Attacking Fury to the body? Battering him in the clinch? Backing him into a corner? Alex Pattle asked former two-weight world-champion boxer Carl Frampton, and Dan Hardy, an ex-UFC title challenger who now works with the Professional Fighters League – the MMA promotion where Ngannou will fight in 2024 promo
Here’s what they had to say promo
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AP: What was your initial reaction to the fight being announced?DH: “I was shocked promo
I expected Ngannou to have another fight before Tyson Fury, but I think it’s the wise thing to do to step straight in and keep the element of surprise on your side promo
If he’d have gone in there and fought someone else, Tyson would’ve been able to get reads before the fight even started promo
Jumping in at the deep end, even though it’s a bit crazy, increases his chances of winning promo
That was my first thought: It’s a surprise that it’s happening, but relief that Ngannou is getting it on his first shot promo
”CF: “Initially I was disappointed, and that’s kind of taming it down a bit promo
Obviously we were hoping for Fury vs Oleksandr Usyk and that fell through, but now I’ve come round to the idea that this is a huge event promo
And we’ve got Fury vs Usyk off the back of it promo
I was always hopeful that fight would come about at some point, and I don’t wanna be talking as if Ngannou is gonna be a complete walkover for Fury, but I’m okay about it [because] the Fury vs Usyk fight has been made for some point in the future promo
Also, the money the guys are making with this event promo
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”AP: Do fans need to be more understanding of fighters taking ‘money fights’?Carl Frampton, left, and Dan Hardy discussing Fury vs Ngannou (TNT promo Sports promo Boxing via YouTube)CF: “Maybe a little bit promo
promo Boxing fans in particular are very opinionated, and I understand that they’re frustrated promo
But if you’re Tyson Fury and someone’s offering you a fight of this magnitude against a promo boxing debutant, and there are talks of $30m – and $10m for Ngannou – how do you turn that down? It’s almost too good to be true promo
”DH: “I think it's a bit different for MMA fans, because we’re still in new ground; the changes that Floyd Mayweather vs Conor McGregor made in fighters’ purses and expectations for purses promo
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as a matchmaker, I’m still dealing with the repercussions of that! Fighters want ridiculous amounts of money, but the money is out there to be made by certain superstars promo
I honestly think it’s easier for a layman fan to understand why fighters would take these fights, because they focus so much more on the money promo
I think it’s more the purists who go, ‘I’m not interested in these fights!’ [To the layman], the money and pay-per-view buys almost represent the value of the fighter; to the purists, the value of the fighter is based on their technical ability and achievements promo
”CF: “I hate to use the term ‘casual fan’, but there’s a big difference promo between the purists and just the casual fan promo
I think you’ll win back [the purists] with Fury vs Usyk, but it’s all a bit trivial almost, because [most] fans are fickle promo
I’m expecting Fury to beat Ngannou and then fight Usyk, and it’ll almost be like the talk and criticism of the Ngannou fight will go away promo
”AP: Do crossover events like Tommy Fury vs KSI and Logan Paul vs Dillon Danis risk putting fans off fights like Fury vs Ngannou?Ngannou, right, at an open workout in Riyadh this week (Getty Images)DH: “I personally think it’s all on the same spectrum – just at different points on the spectrum promo
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I’ll be honest, I was able to make peace with that whole genre of combat promo sports much easier after that event, because it’s more like pro wrestling promo
The audience there, they’re not gonna buy a ticket to see ‘Canelo’ Alvarez; they’re not there for that, they’re there for the drama – for the security getting involved, for the plexiglass cages they put them in at the face-offs promo
It’s theatre with a combat-promo sports flavour promo
”AP: What is Ngannou’s chance of winning – as a percentage – in your opinion?CF: “There’s a lot of boxers who are almost anti-MMA, and I’m not promo
I understand what this is: I understand that Fury is a lifelong boxer, fighting a guy who’s had to perfect many different styles in MMA, so in that sense Ngnannou doesn’t have much of a chance promo
But to say that he has zero chance, I think, would be very, very wrong – because he’s a big, athletic man who can punch hard promo
He has a chance, but it’s very small promo
I hope I’m not being disrespectful to Francis; if you flip it on its head and do it in a cage, then it’s the same odds but reversed [in his favour] promo
It’s just, when you try to rationalise it, it’s his promo boxing debut – and it’s against maybe the best heavyweight boxer on the planet promo
”DH: “We’re definitely in single digits when it comes to percentages, but it’s the ‘what if’ that we’re tuning in for, right? Even if it’s a 0 promo
1 per cent chance that Ngannou is gonna land that shot, we’re all gonna sit and watch in case that happens promo
If it does, then he’s got the power to knock Fury out promo
The reason I feel this is an intriguing fight is because promo
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if you look at Ngannou against the likes of Jairzinho Rozenstruik, who’s got over 80 kickpromo boxing matches and moves with very traditional patterns, Rozenstruik was taken out very, very quickly – and ferociously – because Ngannou flew at him, coming from all kinds of different angles promo
You just can’t predict those things promo
Ngannou knocked out Jairzinho Rozenstruik in 20 seconds (Getty Images)“Against Deontay Wilder, Fury was dealing with someone who’s got ferocious punching power but who’s got some basic fundamentals that make him a little bit predictable promo
If Ngannou starts patient and then starts winging those big shots from weird angles, which Tyson’s probably not anticipating, that elevates his chances – but they’re still incredibly slim promo
"CF: “That’s the thing promo
High-end boxers often talk about when they spar novice guys, it’s all really unorthodox; they’re not taught to defend against shots that are coming from [certain angles], and it can be a bit awkward at times promo
”AP: We know that Ngannou needs to knock out Fury to win promo
But how does he knock out Fury?DH: “If I was trying to solve this problem for Ngannou, I’d say: We’re working with 90-degree corners in a promo boxing ring, so that’s something I’d like to work towards promo
It’s gonna be difficult to back Tyson up, of course, and he’s very good at standing on his back foot and making his head feel like it’s a long way away promo
So, Ngannou has to work to the body and vary his target to potentially bring Fury’s hands down promo
Ngannou has thunderous punching, so if he lands to the ribs, he might open up an opportunity promo
If he’s just head-hunting, it’s not gonna happen promo
Play a little bit of promo boxing, but when it comes to uncorking those big shots, really commit to them promo
And ideally put Tyson in a corner, up against the ropes promo
”CF: “With Ngannou’s MMA background and knowledge of wrestling and grappling, he will have success when they’re in really close quarters and Tyson’s trying to hold on promo
This might be something that Tyson’s never experienced before, where someone can get out of a clinch rather easily and land a shot promo
Ngannou can’t stand off and outbox Tyson, that’s not gonna happen promo
”Fury was knocked down four times across three fights with Deontay Wilder (Getty Images)AP: Ngannou last fought in MMA in January 2022 and has largely been in promo boxing training since promo
What kind of MMA fighter will he be when he makes his PFL debut in 2024?DH: “I think we’re gonna see improvements in his footwork and his fundamental promo boxing promo
I think that’ll be a byproduct of him doing all these rounds on the pads with Mike Tyson, Dewey Cooper and others promo
But I don’t think he’s necessarily going to neglect his grappling game, because it was never really the prominent skillset for him anyway promo
I think he’ll return to working on those things when necessary, because everyone who fights Francis knows that they need to take him down – you don’t wanna be dealing with that power promo
He knows that whoever he’s fighting is most likely gonna be the one to force the grappling exchanges promo
Then it’s about who the opponent is gonna be promo
$2m is a lot of money in MMA, even if you have to fight Francis for it!”Fury v Ngannou will be exclusively live from Riyadh Season, Saudi Arabia on TNT promo Sports Box Office, Saturday 28 October promo
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