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JOEY ESSEX returns to the big screens once again TONIGHT… but not for a reality TV show!

The TOWIE legend will be making his highly anticipated boxing debut on the Misfits 22 card against Portuguese influencer Numeiro.

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Joey, 35, was in line to feature on Misfits Boxing’s ‘super card’ in Qatar last November against KSI’s brother Deji.

But it fell through with Joey featuring on season 11 of Love Island instead.

Fast forward a year later, Essex is set to face Numeiro who has a little bit of experience in the ring.

However, the Portuguese star lost his only career fight – a 2023 sixth round stoppage by Kalin Simeonov.

And despite it being Joey’s first-ever boxing bout, he’ll feel confident with his uncle and legendary coach Tony Simms in his corner who is known for his incredible work with British icon Conor Benn.

SunSport can provide fans with all the details ahead of this intriguing clash.

When is Joey Essex vs Numeiro?

• Joey Essex vs Numeiro will take place TONIGHT – Saturday, August 30.
• Ring-walk times for this huge fight are yet to be confirmed but reports suggest that the fight could start around 9pm BST.
• The main card will get underway at 7pm BST, while the main event between Darren Till and Luke Rockhold is expected at 11pm BST.
• Manchester’s AO Arena is the chosen venue and it can host approximately 21,000 fans.

Misfits 22 – All the info

MISFITS boxing is back for an absolutely massive card this weekend.

The a huge event comes from the AO Arena in Manchester, with the night starring a mix of UFC legends, Misfits icons – and two TOWIE stars!

Ring of Thrones, as the night has been dubbed, is headlined by a meeting of two former UFC stars in Darren Till and Luke Rockhold.

Former UFC champ Tony Ferguson is also making his debut for the promotion and puts his legacy on the line against Salt Papi, who has impressed in the ring and won his last three fights by TKO.

A packed night sees reality TV star cousins Joey Essex and Demi Sims make their boxing debuts.

Demi’s dad Tony has trained the likes of Anthony Joshua and Conor Benn and is Matchroom Sport’s head coach.

MMA upstart Dillon Danis is also back on the card, as well as Misfits regulars such as Ty Mitchell, Chase DeMoor and Amir Anderson.

Here’s everything you need to know about the night…

FOLLOW ALL THE ACTION FROM MISFITS 22 LIVE ON DAZN

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What TV channel is Joey Essex vs Numeiro on and can it be live streamed?

Joey Essex vs Numeiro will be available to watch exclusively on DAZN.

There are three options for a DAZN subscription, Annual – either paying a one-off fee or monthly – and a monthly option. 

An annual pass can be purchased for £119.99 in the United Kingdom. That’s just £2.30 per week or 65p per fight (based on 185 fight nights per year).

A monthly flexible pass is priced at £24.99 per month, which can be cancelled at any time.

A subscription allows you to watch every live event and all on-demand programming on DAZN

A DAZN subscription costs:

• Annual Super Saver: £119.99 annually
• Monthly Saver (12-month deal): £14.99 per month
• Monthly Flexible pass (cancel any time): £24.99 per month

Alternatively, SunSport will live blog all the action as it happens.

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Who else is on the card?

Darren Till and Luke Rockhold headline Misfits 22 for a huge MFB bridgerweight title fight.

And fans will get to see Salt Papi in action once again when he takes on Tony Ferguson.

What has been said?

Numeiro has not been impressed with Joey Essex’s sparring videos.

The Portuguese influencer said: “I saw a couple of videos of him boxing and sparring and I do not know if he was trying to look bad on purpose to like not scare me away.

“That was genuinely a question in my head because I do not know the guy. I do not know if he fought as a kid. I saw a couple of videos and they looked really bad.

“Hopefully, he was not playing me. If that was the real him, I am confident I will beat him up.”

DAN EDGAR made a beeline for a stunning brunette on a Towie cast flight to Portugal in front of “fuming” ex Ella Rae Wise.

The Dancing On Ice star, 35, caused a stir on a Jet2 flight from London Standard to Faro in Portugal after making a bold move mid-journey.

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An onlooker told The Sun there were “sparks flying” – but not everyone was enjoying the in-flight entertainment.

CBB ex Ella, 24, was accused of shooting “death stares” to Dan during the entire conversation as Love Island: All Stars couple Sammy Root and Elma Pazar watched on.

An image obtained by The Sun shows Dan locked in conversation with the stunning brunette, who he chatted to for 15 minutes after the pair were “drawn to each other” in the departure queue.

A source told The Sun: “We saw Dan Edgar chatting away to a woman who was on a hen do on our flight – the plane was full of the entire Towie cast.

“One of the girls from the hen do, he took a liking to. He was with her for quite a fair bit of the flight and his cast members didn’t seem too happy.

“You could tell it was a flirty exchange – they were laughing and touching. There were definitely sparks flying.

“Sat near where they were talking was Sammy Root, Elma and Ella Wise. Ella was giving death stares – it looked like she was fuming. It was a very entertaining flight.

“We noticed they were drawn to each other – we could see them eyeing each other in the departure queue.

“It looked like socials were exchanged so it seems their conversation went really well.”

Dan’s potential new romance comes as the Towie cast jetted off to Portugal to kick off filming for the long-running ITV reality series’ 15th anniversary.

He had been dating CBB star Ella in the run-up to her stint on the show in April.

While the last series saw Ella and Dan become “official” ahead of her stint on Celebrity Big Brother, it was revealed on the show that the two had split “amicably”.

The pair now face the first reunion since their split as the cast film scenes in the Algarve for the latest season, out later this year.

Sophie Kasaei, boyfriend Jordan Brook, Junaid Ahmed and boyfriend Joe Blackman also join them in Portugal.

Towie has been approached for comment.

Meanwhile, Matilda Draper and Jodie Wells have been soaking up the sun at the luxury resort’s pool.

Elma Pazar, Harry Derbridge, Amber Turner and Dani Imbert, AMY Childs and Lauren Goodger are also on the trip.

Dan is also set to face off with another of his exes – 31-year-old Amber Turner, who has since moved on from the Dancing On Ice star with Kent-based hunk Archie Chandler.

The pair have been together since May last year, with sources reporting that Amber has finally found “the one”.

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A TOWIE star was rushed to hospital during filming after she ignored her worrying symptoms.

Reality TV star Chloe Meadows, 33, was so “scared” of the doctors and the prospect of “having any procedure done” that she ignored symptoms of a chronic inflammatory bowel condition for around 10 years.

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Chloe said she had some health checks aged 26, 10 years after her symptoms appeared, after she went on a diet at a time where she was also losing a lot of blood.

She told the podcast Bedside Manners with Dr Oscar Duke, that her mother intervened and said she should go to the doctors and get a blood test as she looked grey.

While she was out filming, after she had the blood tests, Chloe received a number of missed calls from her father who then texted her to say a doctor had advised her she should got straight to A&E because her “blood was so low”.

“I went to the hospital. I had to have all of these checks and these iron infusions and that was where it started,” she said.

Chloe also revealed that she had probably her longest flare-up after filming a nerve wracking scene on Towie.

The star first discovered blood in her stool, a symptom of ulcerative colitis, when she was 16.

“I went to a college where I boarded when I was 16.

“I was staying away from home and I was living in a student house and there was blood down the toilet”, she told Dr Oscar Duke’s Bedside Manners podcast.

“I remember I told my mum and I was like, there’s quite a lot of blood down the toilet.

“I’m not really sure what’s going on. She was of course like, go to the doctors.

“I went to the doctors, and they said that I would have to have a colonoscopy, which is a camera into the bowel.”

Chloe added: “At this point in my life, I had never really ever been to the hospital. I’d never been sick.

“I’d never had any procedure or operation. I’d never been sedated.

“I’d never had anything and the doctor referred me and I got this letter, and this is awful, but I got this letter and I just never went to the appointment because I was terrified.

“Then I ignored it and what would happen, which is what I realise now, is that I can go into remission, I can go into a flare-up in remission.

“It would stop for periods of time so that the blood would go away. I’d be like, ‘Oh, cool, it’s gone away, I’m better. There’s nothing wrong with me’.

“I’d go through years where it wouldn’t happen and then it would happen again, and then it would stop again.

“I would probably lie to my mum about how much it would happen because she always pestered me about it and I was like, ‘No, it’s fine’.

Chloe admitted she was scared of having any procedure done.

“I was also scared of what they were going to tell me. I was just terrified, which is not really a reason not to go to the doctor, but I think that’s just what I thought.

“I was young as well, so I would forget when there wasn’t blood down the toilet, I would completely forget.”

Ulcerative colitis is a long-term condition where the colon and rectum become inflamed, according to the NHS website.

Symptoms include recurring diarrhoea, which may contain blood, extreme tiredness, loss of appetite and weight loss.

Some people with ulcerative colitis may go for weeks or months with very mild symptoms, or none at all (remission), followed by flare-ups and relapses.

Treatment options include corticosteroids, immunosuppressants and surgery.

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