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Bryan Armen Graham straps in for live coverage of events in Miami as the former two-time world heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua meets the YouTuber turned boxer Jake Paul across eight three-minute rounds. Given Paul’s 13-fight career consists mainly of former UFC stars or faded boxing greats, this contest and Joshua’s involvement has sparked a backlash, particularly since Paul, who has regularly fought at cruiserweight since he swapped life as an influencer to enter the world of boxing, came in at 15st 6lb to give away a hefty 26.8lb difference to his British opponent.
There’s no better way into the weekend’s footballing action than our rolling blog as Dominic Booth sets up Saturday’s big matches. Breaking news, team updates and the vibe from around the grounds keeps you bang up to date with all the latest developments. There’s a bumper eight Premier League fixtures, Championship, EFL and Scottish Premiership games to stay across and readers are cordially invited to join the conversation. Send your thoughts to matchday.live@theguardian.com
The Premier League soon gets under way with the lunchtime kick-off that pits 12th against fourth. Eddie Howe is hoping Yoane Wissa can bring the best out of Nick Woltemade with his new-look £124m Newcastle strikeforce now fit and available. The record £69m signing Woltemade has had to lead the line this season after his fellow summer arrival Wissa picked up a knee injury on international duty before he had kicked a ball for the club, but the £55m capture started and scored for the first time in Wednesday night’s Carabao Cup quarter-final win over Fulham. Niall McVeigh helms our live blog and Louise Taylor reports.
