Anthony Joshua boxing news
By Scott Gilfoid: Eddie Hearn says unbeaten American heavyweight Jarrell ‘Big Baby’ Miller is the likely next opponent for Matchroom Boxing heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua for his U.S debut later this year instead of WBC champion Deontay ‘Bronze Bomber’ Wilder.
By Dan Fitz-Simons: Fight fans eagerly awaiting the Joshua-Parker title fight on March 31st in Cardiff, Wales, could witness an exciting contest on the under card. Ryan Burnett, a brawler, who always shows up to fight, will enter the ring to exhibit the speed and grit of the sweet science.
By Scott Gilfoid: IBF/WBA heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua says WBC champion Deontay Wilder is welcome to attend his March 31 fight against WBO champion Joseph Parker, but he’s not all that interested in hyping their fight afterwards.
By Jeff Aranow: Eddie Hearn would like to build up the heavyweight clash between Deontay Wilder and Anthony Joshua a little bit more by having them both fight on the same card his summer in New York before matching them against each other later this year. However, Hearn is worried about Wilder’s ability to get through another fight without taking a loss to one of his challengers.
By Scott Gilfoid: Trainer Freddie Roach rates Anthony Joshua as the best heavyweight in the world right now, and he says he would knockout WBC champion Deontay ‘Bronze Bomber’ Wilder if that fight ever happens.
Ahead of his titanic unification fight against Joseph Parker in Cardiff, Under Armour – official training, footwear and apparel partner to the heavyweight champion – has released their latest campaign featuring Anthony Joshua, focusing on his mental preparation and conditioning. The piece tells an inspirational message of the internal battle athletes must win to hit their maximum potential, by ignoring the voice inside your head that says ‘stop’ when you are pushing yourself to, and beyond, your physical and mental limitations.
By Scott Gilfoid: Joseph Parker’s promoter David Higgins thinks Anthony Joshua is asking for trouble in putting his focus on a unification fight against WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder rather than focusing on the task at hand in the March 31st unification fight against Parker at the Principality Stadium in Cardiff, Wales.
By Tim Royner: IBF/WBA heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua’s promoter Eddie Hearn has been doing a lot of talking about how he’s going to make a fight between AJ and WBC heavyweight champion Deontay ‘Bronze Bomber’ Wilder next, but thus far he’s done nothing to indicate that he intends on doing that.
By Jim Dower: WBC heavyweight champion Deontay ‘Bronze Bomber’ Wilder (40-0, 39 KOs0 is reportedly willing to accept a smaller 40 percent split of the revenue for a unification fight against IBF/WBA heavyweight champion, if he can get 60 percent of the split in a rematch, according to Michael Benson. Joshua’s promoter Eddie Hearn appears to like the deal.
By Jim Dower: WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder’s performance against Luis Ortiz last Saturday night impressed Matchroom Boxing promoter Eddie Hearn enough to where he’s now saying that his fighter Anthony Joshua will likely face him next if he gets past WBO champion Joseph Parker on March 31.