JOEY ESSEX has had his boxing debut postponed – but talks for the TV star to fight are still ongoing.

The Only Way is Essex legend was in line to feature on Misfits Boxing’s “super card” in Qatar with KSI’s brother Deji his scheduled opponent.

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But Deji, 27, was announced on the November 28 card noticeably without an opponent.

It leaves Essex’s boxing debut up in the air but Misfits head honcho Mams Taylor revealed the door is still wide open.

Taylor told SunSport: “Well, let’s see how this plays out.

“But, Joey and I have had conversations and I think he’d be great on Misfits.

“He’s naturally such a villain, like a lovable rogue and we need characters like him and I’m confident Joey will will appear on Misfits sooner or later.”

Misfits Boxing was launched in 2022 by YouTuber-turned-prizefighter KSI and his music mogul manager Mams Taylor.

And it has become a home to celebrity-style crossover bouts with stars of the boxing, MMA and social media world involved in big fights.

Taylor expects reality TV’s Essex, 34, to join their roster – just not yet against 2-4 Deji.

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He said: “Deji was just a bit too experienced for your first fight and although I think it would have made a great story it just didn’t materialise in the end.

“But yeah, I look forward to having Joey on in the future. I think rather than fight Deji for his first fight, I think he’ll want to get some experience in there, see how it plays out.

“And then I think that’d be a big fight in the future. Maybe he’ll get a couple of wins under his belt, build the story and and I think it could happen.”

Essex’s uncle Tony Sims is an esteemed coach who formerly trained Anthony Joshua and often has his celeb nephew in his Romford gym.

MMA Fighting has UFC Vegas 99 results for the Hernandez vs. Pereira fight card, a live blog of the main event, and more from UFC APEX in Las Vegas on Saturday night.

In the main event, surging middleweights Anthony Hernandez and Michel Pereira square off. Hernandez has won five straight fights, while Pereira has reeled off eight straight wins.

Rob Font and Kyler Phillips compete in a bantamweight contest in the co-main event. Font has lost four of his past five fights, while Phillips has won three straight.

Check out the UFC Vegas 99 results below.

Main Card (ESPN+ at 7 p.m. ET)

Anthony Hernandez vs. Michel Pereira

Rob Font vs. Kyler Phillips

Charles Johnson vs. Sumudaerji

Darren Elkins vs. Daniel Pineda

Preliminary Card (ESPN+ at 4 p.m. ET)

Matheus Nicolau vs. Asu Almabayev

Brad Katona vs. Jean Matsumoto

Joselyne Edwards vs. Tamires Vidal

Jessica Penne vs. Elise Reed

Melissa Martinez vs. Alice Ardelean

Austen Lane vs. Robelis Despaigne

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Great Britain’s Dave Ellis and guide Luke Pollard claimed the Para-triathlon triple crown by taking gold at the World Triathlon Para Championships in Spain.

The pair, who won gold at the Paralympic Games and European Championships earlier this year, were victorious in the men’s PTV1 in Torremolinos as Ellis won his seventh world title.

Ellis, 38, and the 33-year-old Pollard were second after the swim, but took the lead midway through the bike session and finished almost a minute clear of France’s Thibaut Rigaudeau and his guide after breaking away during the run.

There was a major upset in the PTS3 category as Great Britain’s Henry Urand claimed the world title by 50 seconds on his World Championship debut.

The 22-year-old was more than 10 minutes off the lead after the 750m swim, but just 48 seconds behind Paralympic silver medalist and then-leader Max Gelhaar as he came off the bike.

Urand took the lead in the run and remained in control to claim an impressive success, with Paralympic gold medalist Daniel Molina in second place.

The British medal rush didn’t end there, as Claire Cashmore and Lauren Steadman added a silver and bronze respectively to Great Britain’s haul in the women’s PTS5 race.

Cashmore finished more than a minute behind America’s Grace Norman, with Steadman in third – in what was a repeat of the podium from the Paris Paralympics.

Liverpool were close to signing a defensive midfielder in the summer, only for Martin Zubimendi to reject a move from Real Sociedad – but now it looks like they did not need him anyway.

Ryan Gravenberch, 22, only started 12 games in Jurgen Klopp’s last season at Anfield, but the all-action Netherlands midfielder has looked a different player this season and thrived under Dutch boss Arne Slot.

Gravenberch has been instrumental to the Reds’ start to the campaign that has included six wins in seven matches in the Premier League, as well as victories in both their Champions League games.

Did you know? Ryan Gravenberch is the only player in the Premier League this season to play 300 or more passes (476), make 100 or more carries (123), win possession 40 or more times (42) and win 40 or more duels (41).

RENEE SLEGERS describes herself as a coach who prefers to live in the moment. 

It is an approach she is taking when it comes to being in charge of Arsenal in the interim. 

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The stand-in Gunners boss insists the permanent job is not on her mind despite guiding the team out of a winless run in the top tier and Europe.

Tomorrow Sunday Slegers will be at Arsenal’s helm again overseeing the team for the first time in a Women’s Super League duel.

Their trip to West Ham follows the Netherlands-born coach manaing the Gunners in their 4-1 defeat of Valerenga in the Champions League following a loss to Bayern Munich. 

The match will be their first top-flight game since their former boss Jonas Eidevall resigned on October 15.

A draw and a loss from their last two WSL outings saw them drop to sixth and five points off leaders Man City. 

This weekend they hope to return to winning ways in the top tier ahead of their November 3rd trip to Manchester United after the international break. 

Slegers said: ”I like to be in the moment in life in general and that’s what’s needed at the moment.

“It’s something we talked about with the players as well, can we be as much as possible in the here and now because that’s what we can impact.”

On whether she knows if she intends to put herself forward for the permanent Arsenal head coach vacancy, Slegers added: “No, that’s not on my mind at all. 

“It’s a beautiful club and it’s a brilliant squad. We have all the facilities, all the resources, so it’s obviously a very good job to have. 

“I haven’t had time to reflect on myself that much during these past couple of days.

“But I want to believe. I want the best for every individual, to have every individual show their biggest strength and to have the team play really good football. 

“I don’t think at the moment that’s what I want to deep-dive. At the moment it’s West Ham and to get the three points on Sunday. 

“I’m happy to be a part of it at this moment in time doing everything I can do to help the team more.”

Sunday’s derby will see the Irons and the Gunners battling for maximum points. 

While West Ham are still chasing their first win in the top tier this term, Arsenal have fared slightly better away from home, narrowly beating Leicester 1-0 in September. 

The Gunners will be aiming to boost their goal tally having netted just once in their last two WSL games. 

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And Slegers hopes Alessia Russo scoring her first group stage Champions League goal this term will pave the way for more goals for the striker in the WSL this term.

The interim Arsenal chief added: “Alessia is really good at understanding it’s important to get yourself into good positions and then the goals will come and she scored on Wednesday.

“That’s the main focus – to keep on getting our forwards in good positions to be able to get the ball into the back of the net.”