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I was working 6am shifts as electrician before life-changing call, now I’m biggest underdog on Anthony Joshua undercard
JOSH PADLEY had his world switched upside down when he received a shock call to light up Anthony Joshua’s undercard.
The 28-year-old Doncaster electrician had to do the small-hall circuits at the start of his career, at places like his local Holiday Inn and, more recently, the Bradford Hotel.
But on Saturday he fights Mark Chamberlain on the AJ versus Daniel Dubois show at Wembley Stadium, which will be beamed around the world, in front of 96,000 fans.
And thankfully his bosses back on site have backed his bid to drastically change his life and he’s now tipped for a life-changing night – rather than another trip to the tip.
The 14-0 ace told SunSport: “My alarm was set for a 6am start until I got a call to tell me I had to be in London the next day for 3pm for the launch press conference.
“The call came when I was driving from my paid job to go and work on my own house so I had a van full of rubbish ready to go to the local tip.
“So I texted the lads I was supposed to be working with and told them, ‘I won’t be in tomorrow, you’ll have to crack on without me.’
“I didn’t tell my bosses, I got messages from them saying, ‘Where are you?’ and then one saying, ‘Are you on the AJ undercard?’
“I had to come clean and they replied, ‘Not great for the next few jobs we had lined up – but we’re absolutely over the moon for you.’
“They instantly started thinking of ways they could help and support me because they know the opportunity is massive.
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“I am the biggest underdog on the whole card, everyone else is a superstar or a well-supported prospect. But I am going to bring the fire.”
A victory over the Portsmouth lightweight – who is the favourite fighter of Saudi boxing supremo Turki Alalshikh – will hurl Padley into the big time.
But he’s not trying to trash talk his opponent or grab the limelight, he just wants to swap his hi-vis for high-risk fights.
The underdog is not even too fussed about the money for the massive fight as he reckons his missus Sylvana will have already spent it in Ikea.
He said: “I am not here for the payday.
“I want what comes after the win, the next challenge or title.
“And whatever money I make won’t matter because my girlfriend is doing the house up with me, so she will have spent every penny of my purse, no doubt.”
How AJ punched his way to the top
ANTHONY JOSHUA punched his way to the top of the world before being knocked off his perch.
From humble origins in Watford to Olympic hero, the boxer has made a heavyweight impact in and out of the ring.
Eddie Hearn claims a collision with rival Tyson Fury could be worth a whopping £200million.
The pair’s bitter feud saw them refuse to say a word to each other as they met Cristiano Ronaldo in Saudi Arabia.
Joshua has already hinted at when he will hang up his gloves.
And he revealed why his son will NEVER be allowed to box. despite amassing a £215m empire thanks to the sweet science.
AJ enjoys a lavish lifestyle including private jets and a £350k watch.
His career and sponsorship deals have seen him swap his council estate upbringing for a luxury car collection.
London hairdresser Kika Osunde is believed to have swept the KO king off his feet.
But Joshua still lives with his mum Yeta when he is not on the road.
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There’s a lot of talk about the cash involved in these new Riyadh Season shows that are taking place in the desert, in Los Angeles and now London.
But tales like Padley’s – about the brave working-class boys and girls who risk their lives for the sport they love – should remind us that increased fighter pay can only ever be a good thing.
He explained: “My usual week is up at 5:50am, travel with the lads to wherever the work is, last week we were about an hour away.
“I clock off and go home and at the minute I am renovating my house so I do another hour on that, go to the gym for 5pm for an hour, home, dinner, bed and repeat and repeat and repeat.
“Wembley will be a big stage, I have only boxed on small-hall shows.
“The press conference room at Wembley Arena was bigger than most of the places I have boxed in, so it is some step up.
“But that’s what I want, I want to change my life, I don’t want to go back to building sites after September 21. So I am grabbing this with both hands.”
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I’ve tried the iPhone 16 for a week and the battery life blew me away – but there’s a giant rival phone I love even more
IT’S hard to make a bad smartphone these days – and even harder if you’re Apple.
Most iPhone models aren’t exactly cheap, which has the upside of meaning they’re generally packed with the most high-end tech. Enter: the iPhone 16.
Or rather, the iPhone 16, iPhone 16 Plus, iPhone 16 Pro, and iPhone 16 Pro Max.
I’ve been testing them since they were announced at Apple’s Glowtime event on September 9.
And I’ve got an easy favourite for two big reasons – but more on that later.
For now, let’s talk about the entry-level iPhone 16.
SWEET 16
It starts at £799 in the UK and $799 in the US and has a sensibly sized 6.1-inch screen.
Or you can pay an extra £100 / $100 and bag the Plus to get a more generous 6.7-inch panel.
It’s a bright and beautiful OLED display with Apple’s floating Dynamic Island at the top to show how far your Uber is away or album art for the song you’re listening to.
Immediately you’ll notice two big changes to the outside of the phone.
First up is a new Action Button that may be familiar if you watched last year’s Apple keynote.
It replaced the Mute Switch on the iPhone 15 Pro in 2023, and now it’s coming to the regular iPhone 16 too.
You can use it for muting the phone, sure.
But it’s reprogrammable so that you can have it do basically anything.
It can be as simple as turning your phone’s camera flash on or off, triggering Shazam to identify a song playing nearby, recording a voice memo, or even opening the Translate app – a great trick for when you’re on holiday.
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The full verdict is below, but here’s a quick look at how Sean Keach, The Sun’s Head of Technology and Science, got on with the new iPhone 16…
I’ve been trying out Apple’s new lot of iPhones.
There’s the iPhone 16 and 16 Plus, and the iPhone 16 Pro and Pro Max.
All of them get a new Camera Control button for quick access to clever snapping feature. Taking photos has never been easier.
And the regular iPhone 16s are upgraded with the Pro’s Action Button, which I’m using to identify songs with Shazam – but you might want to set it up to translate foreign languages, or just turn the torch on.
There are loads of new colours for both models. My favourite is Teal on the iPhone 16, and Desert Titanium on the iPhone 16 Pro Max.
Powerful new A18 processors make photos look better, and battery life gets huge gains. Video playback hits a whopping 33 hours on the iPhone 16 Pro Max. I can’t run it down.
That’s my favourite model, also in part thanks to its newly-giant 6.9-inch screen.
But I think the iPhone 16 is now so good that most people will get on just fine with it.
It’s probably not worth upgrading if you’ve bought a new iPhone in the last year or two – but consider buying this or a newly-discounted older or refurbished model if your current model is feeling a little long in the tooth. I can’t imagine you’ll regret it.
The second button is brand new this year, and lands on all four new iPhone models.
It’s called the Camera Control button, which gives away what it’s for.
Click it once to launch the camera, and then again to take a photo.
That’s not all: it’s pressure-sensitive, so a light press brings up a camera menu with features like zoom, focus, and photographic styles.
You can then scroll along with the button to easily switch between them.
It’s a great way to get you thinking about using these special features more, and hopefully turn you into a pro snapper.
If you’re holding your iPhone vertically then your thumb will rest perfectly on the Camera Control button.
And for horizontal snaps, you’ll need to arch your finger over a little.
This might feel a little weird at first, but it gives your finger a nice range of motion to actually use the button.
It means you can launch the camera, set up the shot, and take the image all with a single button.
Eventually Apple is adding a Visual Intelligence feature that involves holding down the Camera Control to tell you info about what you’re looking at – like the breed of a dog. But that’s not out yet, so stay tuned.
The other thing you’ll probably notice from a quick glance at the iPhone 16 is that it’s a pretty beautiful device.
Apple is shipping five colours: black, white, pink, ultramarine, and teal (which I’ve been using).
Honestly the colours are a big part of the fun, so I’d recommend avoiding just going for the black model.
But if you’re going to hide it in a case anyway then maybe it doesn’t matter.
To help you avoid having to use a case, there’s a new Ceramic Shield on the outside that’s supposed to be 50% tougher than the original version.
IPHONE 16 PRICES – HOW MUCH ARE YOU PAYING?
Here's what you need to know...
iPhone 16:
- 128GB: £799 (UK) / $799 (US)
- 256GB: £899 (UK) / $899 (US)
- 512GB: £1,099 (UK) / $1,099 (US)
iPhone 16 Plus:
- 128GB: £899 (UK) / $899 (US)
- 256GB: £999 (UK) / $999 (US)
- 512GB: £1,199 (UK) / $1,199 (US)
iPhone 16 Pro:
- 128GB: £999 (UK) / $999 (US)
- 256GB: £1,099 (UK) / $1,099 (US)
- 512GB: £1,299 (UK) / $1,299 (US)
- 1TB: £1,499 (UK) / $1,499 (US)
iPhone 16 Pro Max:
- 256GB: £1,199 (UK) / $1,199 (US)
- 512GB: £1,399 (UK) / $1,399 (US)
- 1TB: £1,599 (UK) / $1,599 (US)
I haven’t thrown it at the ground yet – and probably won’t – but I trust that some wealthy maniac will do it and let us know how tough the iPhone really is.
What I will say is that I’ve been using iPhones for years and I’ve never broken a screen. I’ve probably jinxed it now. Whoops.
Anyway enough about the outside. What’s going on inside?
Well there’s a new A18 chip inside, which is designed in-house by Apple and is faster than the old one.
But the iPhone hasn’t really felt slow in a long while, so it’s hard to get a tangible feeling of how different it is.
Probably the most obvious improvement is the efficiency gain for battery life.
You’ll get 22 hours of video playback on the iPhone 16 versus 20 hours on the iPhone 15.
And the Plus is up an hour to 27 hours total.
Honestly I’ve not been able to run the iPhone 16 down in a single day.
And you could probably get two days of use out of it if you were really careful.
The chip also powers new AI features as well as the bulk of the Apple Intelligence goodness coming in a future iOS 18 update.
That means transcribing your voice notes, rewriting your texts, summarising your emails, and prioritising notifications.
Siri will also eventually offer more natural conversation plus integration with ChatGPT for complicated queries – but that’s not out yet, so I couldn’t test it.
Similarly you’ll be able to create original Genmoji emoji based on what you’re talking about, and even generate entire images from scratch. All coming in the future. I’ll let you know how I get on, once I get a chance to try it out.
What I can talk about is the camera.
Apple’s iPhone 16 has a great snapper with a new Ultra Wide lens for very cool macro photography.
And the cameras are now repositioned vertically so you can capture Spatial Videos in landscape mode.
They’re eerily lifelike 3D videos that you can rewatch inside Apple’s Vision Pro headset.
It’s not much use right now if you don’t have one. But it feels likely that Apple will eventually launch a cheaper headset that will allow you to step back into those memories without paying an arm and a leg.
Apple has also upgraded its Photographic Styles feature to better capture your skin undertones.
And you can use them to personalise how you look in photos.
It’s a neat trick, and means you should find yourself much happier with your selfies. Who doesn’t want that?
Finally, you’ll still be able to use Emergency SOS via Satellite to contact emergency services when you’re stuck without phone signal.
But you can also enjoy Messages via Satellite, for just texting your friends even when you can’t reach your regular network.
It’ll only work outdoors, but it’s a fun little trick. If you’re ever at the top of a mountain, you’ll now properly be able to brag about it. Nice.
GOING PRO!
Now for the gadget connoisseur, there exists even better versions of the iPhone 16: the Pro and Pro Max.
Like the iPhone 16, you’ll enjoy the Action Button and new Camera Control button, and all the features I talked about above.
But there are a few key changes.
For a start, the screens are bigger. The Pro has a 6.3-inch display, and the Pro Max has a mammoth 6.9-inch panel that’s the biggest on any iPhone ever. It’s fantastically large and I love it.
If you have small hands then the Pro will likely be a better fit for you. But I’m obsessed with the newly gigantic screen and I will never use a tiny phone again.
The iPhone 16 Pro models are built from a lightweight titanium, so even the Pro Max feels relatively feathery.
And there are four colours this time around, black titanium, natural titanium, white titanium, and the new desert titanium.
They all look really nice, albeit a little safe compared to the iPhone 16 line.
My favourite is probably the desert, followed by the black. But they all look very premium, which is the main thing when you’re forking out £999 / $999 for the Pro or £1,199 / $1,199 for the Pro Max.
To help motivate you to pay such lofty sums of money, you’ll get an upgraded A18 Pro chip.
This powers a whole host of behind-the-scenes AI bits, including improving the quality of the photos you take.
There’s a new 48-megapixel Fusion camera that’s capable of shooing 4K video in Dolby Vision at a staggeringly high 120 frames per second.
And you can also capture footage at 4K120fps in Slow-Mo for wildly high-quality movie-style cinematic. Hollywood in your hand, basically.
But honestly, the thing I’m most impressed by – aided by the A18 Pro chip – is the ludicrous battery life.
The iPhone 16 Pro promises 27 hours of video playback compared to last year’s 23 hours.
And on the Pro Max, you’re looking at 33 hours up from 29 hours.
It’s frankly staggering how much stamina these phones have.
I’ve mostly been using the Pro Max and I just can’t run it down to zero in a day.
Battery life is usually a bit dodgy in the first few days while the iPhone is still setting up.
And I’ve been using it relentlessly too, testing out all the new features.
It just seems to keep going and going. It’s an absolute workhorse and you can really feel the gains.
I-UPGRADE?
So is it worth upgrading to either of these new phones?
If you’ve got last year’s model then it’s almost certainly a no – unless you’re a real gadget geek.
The changes aren’t big enough to warrant a yearly swap, especially as many of the new features are baked into iOS 18.
But if you’ve had an iPhone for three years, there are some great new tricks worth upgrading for.
Most people will get on just fine with the regular iPhone 16 or Plus.
Only spring for the Pro model if you need the absolute best camera, or you’re looking for supercharged battery life.
There are some general points I’d also make about the iPhone.
An iPhone tends to hold value very well, so you’re likely to get a fair chunk of money back for it when it’s time to sell it on.
And Apple has also been very good with providing software updates. The new iOS 18 works on the iPhone XS and XR, which came out all the way back in 2018.
Plus even if you feel like battery life has started to degrade, you can pay for a battery swap that breathes new life for a lot less than upgrading your model.
So factor all of this in when you’re thinking about buying a new phone.
For what it’s worth, my favourite of the new devices is the iPhone 16 Pro Max.
Firstly, the screen is enormous and honestly, delightful.
And secondly, the battery life is so generous that I think I’d now find it hard to switch to something else.
For me – a bona fide gadget-obsessive – the cost is worth it.
But I think most people will be happy with the £799 / $799 iPhone 16.
Alternatively, if budgets are tight, consider buying some of the now-cheaper older models benefitting from price drops.
I probably wouldn’t say it’s worth the hassle of switching from Android, so if you’re on that side of the fence, my top pick is the Google Pixel 9 Pro XL.
But I still favour the iPhone 16 Pro Max overall – it just has that Apple magic (even if some of that magic is pending Apple’s big AI rollout…).
The Sun says: The iPhone 16 Pro Max is the best smartphone you can buy today. But all four new iPhone 16 devices are great if you can afford them. If not, there are plenty of cheaper Apple alternatives – so check out trade-ins, refurbished units, and discounted older models instead. Updates come for years, so you won’t be missing out on much. 5/5
The new iPhone 16 models are available from £799 / $799 on Friday, September 20.
All prices in this article were correct at the time of writing, but may have since changed.
Always do your own research before making any purchase.
Kelly Brook reveals cruel treatment from Race Across The World producers as she begged for a shower and food
KELLY Brook has revealed she begged producers for food and a shower while competing on Celebrity Race Across The World.
The star 44, is currently appearing in the popular BBC competition alongside husband Jeremy Parisi.
Kelly shared: “[Production] would not help us at all.
“They are eating Brazilian BBQ in front of you and won’t give you anything.
“There was a hotel room which all the crew were using to shower and charge their phones and I hadn’t showered in three days and they wouldn’t give me the key.
“I was trying to bond with them to get them to help us but they weren’t having any of it.
“The only thing we managed to get off them was a coconut because I suggested it would be good for a shot.”
Meanwhile, the show’s format sees four celebrities – each partnered with a loved one – race to be the fastest across a region to the final destination.
The teams, however, must complete the trek without using air travel.
Altogether, there have been four civilian series and two celebrity editions of the show.
In tonight’s finale, the teams — which also include Jeff Brazier and son Freddy, Ted Lasso star Kola Bokinni and his cousin Mary Ellen, and Radio 2’s Scott Mills and his now-husband Sam — will race to the last checkpoint in Frutillar, Chile.
The first episode saw them set off from Belem in Brazil.
It comes as the star opened up about her plans post-Celebrity Race Across the World.
She exclusively told The Sun: “I feel like I have already semi-retired. I am certainly not a bikini model any more and am not acting any more.
“I have been doing radio for the last five years and they say I have a face for radio these days.
“It’s not by choice — I think they retired me.”
Celeb Race Across the World: Series 2 cast and odds to win
The second edition of Celebrity Race Across the World has seen the cast undertake a gruelling South American trek. The stars who have taken part include.
- Jeff Brazier and son Freddie Brazier
- Kelly Brook and husband Jeremy Parisi
- Scott Mills and husband (then fiancé) Sam Vaughan
- Kola Bokinni and cousin Mary Ellen Moriarty
Heading into the final leg, per Gambling.com, Jeff & Freddie Brazier are the 11/10 favourites to cross the finish line first and win the race.
Scott Mills and Sam Vaughan have odds of 6/4.
Meanwhile, Kelly Brook and Jeremy Parisi have odds of 13/8.
Kola Bokinni and Mary Ellen Moriarty have odds of 5/2.
Addressing her decision to sign up for the show, Kelly shared: “Race Across The World was a bit left-field.
“It wasn’t something I was pursuing to get back on TV, it was just an incredible experience.
“I have no interest in other reality TV shows and I have no ambition to be stuck in a jungle with a bunch of people I don’t like.”
Celebrity Race Across the World airs on BBC One and is available on iPlayer.
English Open Snooker 2024 LIVE RESULTS: Judd Trump in last-32 action NOW, Ronnie O’Sullivan OUT – latest updates
SOME of the world’s best snooker players are currently battling it out at the English Open in Brentwood – but Ronnie O’Sullivan is OUT!
The Rocket was beaten 4-2 by He Guoqiang in the last-64 in dramatic circumstances last night.
O’Sullivan went three frames down early on but clawed the tie back to 3-2 before Guoqiang took the sixth frame to progress.
John Higgins booked his spot in the next round after beating Andrew Higginson 4-1.
The Scotsman returns to the table today as he faces David Gilbert while Judd Trump goes head-to-head with Matthew Selt.
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