Niall Horan on feeling trapped in One Direction: I struggled with the idea of ‘why won’t you just let us out?’

Amir Khan admits he’s risking his legacy in the sport by fighting Kell Brook.But his wife, Faryal Makhdoom, only gave him the green light to take the gamble when he proved to her he was taking the fight seriously.Khan and Brook will finally settle their rivalry tonight at Manchester Arena in a clash which has been 19 years in the making.There are no titles on the line for the past-their-best welterweights but there is a lot to lose in terms of reputation.Both are at the end of storied careers and this fight has lingered throughout their time in the ring.Khan, 35, has won Olympic silver at 17 and became a unified light-welterweight champion as well as making a name for himself in America.But, should he suffer a sixth defeat tonight, then he may be more remembered for bowing out in defeat to his bitter rival, who he has been bickering with since a sparring session as amateurs when they were teenagers.“You’re always that one fight away from destroying your whole legacy,” said the Bolton fighter.“This is a fight that I could end up losing what I’ve done in my whole career.

UFC fighter Mike Perry is set to take on Julian Lane in the co-main event of the Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship (BKFC) Knuckle Mania 2 event on Saturday and the pair had a heated show-down at the press-conference.The two fighters exchanged verbal barbs and needed to be separated when Perry pulled out a baseball bat and threatened Lane.After calling Lane a "little b****", Perry put down his microphone, picked up the bat and brandished it towards his opponent.As security personnel stepped between the two fighters to ensure things could not get physical, Lane said: "Oh yeah? You got a bat, b****? Look at this guy: he needs a bat."Lane and Perry previously got into a ringside scrap at the BKFC Fight Night: Tampa event in December, with Lane provoking Perry while he was speaking to the commentary team about his decision to join the promotion.Perry put down his headset and left the commentary booth to brawl with Lane in the crowd before security separated them and the pair are now set to fight in Perry's BKFC debut.Reflecting on the scrap ahead of their bout, Perry said: "When they brought me over – and I had a few drinks that night, so I wasn't fully clear-headed and wasn’t totally sober.What did you make of the scuffle? Let us know in the comments section."I tried to drink some water before I went over there to do the interview. I tried to take some deep breaths and be like, 'Oh man, I've got to try to sober up,' and I don’t know, he threw those cards at me."Whatever, bro.

Coronation Street fans found out that Max Turner spiked Amy Barlow’s drink at their school disco as police seized his video camera.During Friday’s (18 February) instalment of the popular ITV soap, viewers were glued to their screens after they noticed the student filmed the school dance on the big night.But when Daniel Osborne and David Metcalfe started pestering the him for the much-needed footage, Max managed to find ways out of handing the clip into evidence.As he went through the footage on his laptop, David stormed into the house and demanded the camera with a police officer hot on his tails.Yet when the doting dad attempted to look through the clips on the camera, he came up blank as he handed over the equipment to the officer.As he turned his back to the room and pulled out the SD card from his pocket before he ran out of the room.Later on, doting dad David asked what was getting his son so upset as he walked in on him watching back the hidden footage on his computer. It was at this point that he watched Max hide a bottle of GHB inside his cast where he went on to subtly spike one of the drinks.

Kell Brook believed he could beat Amir Khan from the moment his mentor Brendan Ingle told him he would as a teenager.Now the Sheffield star is ready to fulfil the late Ingle’s prophecy and finally earn the respect from Khan he has always craved.The pair will meet in the ring at Manchester Arena tonight to end their long-running feud.Famed Irish-born trainer Ingle - who helped Prince Naseem Hamed become a superstar - first predicted ‘Special One’ Brook would topple the Bolton fighter back in 2005 when he was just 18.Now, with both fighters at 35, Brook is ready to deliver on the promise.“Whatever Brendan said to me I believed,” said Brook, who is now trained by Ingle’s son Dom.“He’s my hero, Brendan Ingle.“He’s said that, but I grew up with confidence because I was a winner. I’ve always believed I have the beating of him.

ONE Direction star Niall Horan was reportedly left shocked and shaken after an intruder was caught inside his £5 million penthouse in London. The 27-year-old's personal assistant confronted the trespasser in the foyer outside the singer's south London apartment, according to reports.

Niall Horan was reportedly left 'shocked and shaken' after an intruder was noticed walking around his £5million London home in July last year.

According to reports the superstar's home was broken into after the intruder jumped over the balcony from apartment next door after following a resident into the main complex.A source told Mail Online: "He came out onto that [next door's] property's balcony, jumped over the wall onto Niall's balcony and then entered into his apartment through the French doors."Niall wasn't at home at the time but one of his assistants was and saw the man walk through the apartment to the foyer outside."She managed to keep the intruder talking until security were called."The police were said to have attended the incident and arrested the man – who was later released."He returned to the apartment building the following day but he'd been caught on CCTV and his

Niall Horan has opened up about his time in One Direction, which at the height of their fame, was the biggest band in the world. The 27-year-old singer reflected on that period of his life during the March 23 episode of People, Just People with host Dermot O’Leary, comparing the experience to being “a prisoner”. “I struggled with the idea of, ‘Why won’t you just let us out?'” he explained, noting that fans would be “banging on car windows [before we could get out of the vehicle]. [I was thinking], ‘We just want to go for a walk,’ you know?”

Niall Horan says he "felt like a prisoner" at some points during his time in One Direction. The singer, 27, shot to unimaginable heights of fame after auditioning on X Factor in 2010 as a 16-year-old.

NIALL Horan has said that he "felt like a prisoner" in One Direction, with the band achieving worldwide success after shooting to fame on The X Factor in 2010. The 27-year-old star was just 16 when Simon Cowell and co.

Sometimes all the fame and hysteria that comes with being part of a boy band isn’t what it’s cracked up to be!

Niall Horan has admitted that he "struggled" with the attention of One Direction fans during the band's heyday and that he 'felt like a prisoner' as they became famous across the globe.

He wrote: 'When I met these four gents there was no way I thought we would go on to do what we did. So many unbelievable memories we shared together.

Fame has been quite an adventure for Niall Horan.

Louis Tomlinson, Harry Styles, Zayn Malik, Liam Payne and Niall Horan were just teenagers when Simon Cowell threw them together on The X Factor to form One Direction in 2010 in a move that would see them become one of the most successful boybands of all time.

It was in 2010, on The X Factor, when One Direction was first formed comprising of young, talented teenagers - Harry Styles, Liam Payne, Louis Tomlinson, Niall Horan and Zayn Malik. While 1D didn't win the music competition, they instead went on to win the hearts of millions with five chart-topping albums and sold-out world tours.

Directioners, get ready to weep tears of joy! In a recent interview, former One Direction member Zayn Malik was all praises for Niall Horan's music. To give you some context, the 28-year-old singer has been on an interview spree for his recent collaboration with Ingrid Michaelson titled To Begin Again.

They’ve got a whole lot of history! Zayn Malik may have been the first to exit One Direction, but he hasn’t stopped supporting his former bandmates since they’ve gone solo.

Each of One Direction’s five members have all had successful solo careers, but Zayn Malik’s personal favourite is Niall Horan.

Zayn Malik believes his ‘favourite’ One Direction bandmate makes better music than him.

Zayn Malik was asked a tough question while making an appearance on SiriusXM’s Debatable.