By SlyFox: A name that has gone under the boxing radar for a good number of months is that of Dominic ‘Trouble’ Breazeale (19-1, 17 KOs): a fighter that in 2016 was on the tongues of a lot heavyweight boxing fans as the next challenger and potential threat to the IBF champion ‘AJ’ Anthony Joshua (21-0, 20 KOs).
By Sly Fox: Former Cruiserweight and Heavyweight champion David Haye (26-2, 24 KOs) recently shared his thoughts with the BBC on how he feels his style would fair against the newly crowned WBA, WBO, IBO and IBF champion Tyson Fury (25-0-0).
“The Hayemaker” appeared very confident in claiming that Tyson Fury is avoiding him, adding: “It says a lot about a new champion that he’s saying he won’t fight the man who would generate the most amount of interest and money, and would be the biggest possible fight on the planet for him.”
By Sly Fox: The super heavyweight prospect, Anthony Joshua (13-0-0), has recently been the talk of many heavyweight boxing fans. With his reputation growing and his name traveling across the seas from the United Kingdom for his knock-out power, current WBA, WBO, IBF and IBO heavyweight champion, Wladimir Klitschko (64-3-0), has had his say on what the future holds for the fighter from Watford, London. Having sparred with A.J. and reportedly defeated in their training clash, Wladimir preaches high hopes for Joshua and claims he has more potential than any other heavyweight in the division he has seen thus far.
Anthony Joshua has been under heavy criticism as of late, by both hardcore boxing fans and writers for possessing too much muscle mass and prioritizing strength over conditioning. However, it is difficult to overlook the variety of different opponents Joshua has fought within three years of making his professional debut. Having faced the enduring Kevin “Kingpin” Johnson (29-7-1) and explosive Dennis Bakhtov (39-10-0) and eliminating them both within two rounds, the world has yet to see A.J. go the distance.
By Sly Fox: Russ Anber, a trainer most notably responsible for the amateur coaching of David Lemieux and the publishing of multiple tutorial DVD’s, has recently had his say on the potential super-fight between the Olympic gold medallist, Anthony Joshua (13-0-0), and current WBC heavyweight champion, Deontay Wilder (34-0-0).
After giving an evaluative breakdown of the Wladimir Klitschko and Tyson Fury bout scheduled for October in an online interview, Russ praised the developments of both Joshua and Wilder and mentioned the eventual clash of the two heavyweights to be nothing short of spectacular.
By Sly Fox: Recently, an agreement has been reached between Anthony Joshua’s manager and Dillian Whyte’s. Through the past few weeks, rumours have been running rampant about Anthony Joshua (13-0-0) and his next few opponents. These all ranged from Mariusz Wach (31-1-0) to Gary Cornish (21-0-0) and even the semi-retired, former world champion David Haye (28-2-0).
Fresh off his spectacular TKO victory over the American Kevin Johnson (37-7-1), Eddie Hearn was finding it difficult to match his up-and-coming Super Heavyweight prospect against a viable opponent to test him.