Anthony Joshua boxing news
By Scott Gilfoid: A nervous sounding Eddie Hearn says he’s not going to let Anthony Joshua face Deontay Wilder with just an 8-week training camp. Hearn wants Joshua to have more than eight weeks to prepare for the unification fight against unbeaten WBC heavyweight champion Wilder (40-0, 39 KOs). Hearn believes that Joshua (21-0, 20 KOs) is the best fighter in the heavyweight division, but he still feels that he needs more than 8 weeks to get ready for Wilder.
By Scott Gilfoid: Anthony Joshua’s promoter Eddie Hearn is interested in having AJ’s unification fight against WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder on DAZN in October or November in Cardiff, Wales. Hearn told IFL TV that he’s interested in potentially putting the Joshua-Wilder fight on DAZN. Why Hearn wants to stage Joshua vs. Wilder in Cardiff, Wales is unknown.
By Scott Gilfoid: Deontay Wilder has agreed to a unification fight against Anthony Joshua to take place in the UK, and contract will be sent out this week to the WBC champion to sign, according to promoter Eddie Hearn of Matchroom Boxing.
By Scott Gilfoid: Deontay Wilder’s manager Shelly Finkel says they have no problems fighting Anthony Joshua in the UK. That’s not a show stopper in putting the fight together. Wilder (40-0, 39 KOs) is willing to fight Joshua on his home turf if that’s the only way it can get made.
By Scott Gilfoid: Promoter Eddie Hearn says he has a deal that he already has a deal in position between IBF, WBA heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua and his WBA mandatory challenger Alexander Povetkin, but there’s still a possibility WBC champion Deontay Wilder could get the fight depending on his willingness to come to the UK for the match.
By Scott Gilfoid: Yvan Mendy and Luke Campbell will be battling it out on the undercard of heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua’s next fight on September 22 or 29 at Wembley in a WBC lightweight title eliminator, according to Lequipe. #2 WBC Campbell (18-2, 15 KOs) lost to Mendy (40-4-1, 19 KOs) by a 12 round split decision three years ago in December 2015.
By Scott Gilfoid: Eddie Hearn says he’s improved the offer for the Anthony Joshua vs. Deontay Wilder fight, but he says his offer must be accepted or they will “move on” and face Alexander Povetkin next. Hearn isn’t saying what so-called improvements that he’s made to the $50 million offer that Wilder’s team made to Joshua.
By Allan Fox: WBA secondary heavyweight champion Manuel Charr (31-4, 17 KOs) called out Anthony Joshua and Tyson Fury today, saying he’s coming for both of them and he plans on coming to the UK to take them on.
By Scott Gilfoid: Heavyweight world champion Deontay Wilder says he’s thinking of making a move down in weight to the cruiserweight division to unify all the titles after he’s captured all the belts. The unbeaten WBC champion Wilder (40-0, 39 KOs) only needs to defeat IBF/WBA/WBO heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua to have all four of the titles in his possession.
By Scott Gilfoid: WBC heavyweight champion Deontay ‘Bronze Bomber’ Wilder (40-0, 39 KOs) says he’s willing to give IBF/WBA heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua (21-0, 20 KOs) by fighting him in the UK for their first of two fights, but his $50 million guaranteed purse will be slashed by $20 million to $30 million.