Anthony Joshua boxing news
By Scott Gilfoid: WBA mandatory challenger Alexander Povetkin’s Russian promoter Andrey Ryabinskiy states that negotiations have started for a fight against WBA heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua for a fight that could take place in UK, USA or Russia.
By Scott Gilfoid: Anthony Joshua’s promoter Eddie Hearn admitted today that the reason he’s not offering WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder a percentage deal for a fight against AJ is because he feels he doesn’t rate it. All he rates is a flat fee offer, according to Hearn. Wilder is not going to accept Hearn’s 88/12 purse split for the fight with Joshua. That’s not going to happen.
By Scott Gilfoid: Anthony Joshua says his fight instincts kick in when he hears the likes of Tyson Fury and Deontay Wilder trash talking him. Joshua says he wants a “face to face” with those two to fight them. Unfortunately, it doesn’t look like either of those guys will be facing Joshua soon.
By Scott Gilfoid: Wladimir Klitschko says WBC heavyweight champion Deontay ‘Bronze Bomber’ Wilder (40-0, 39 KOs) would be a dangerous fight for IBF/WBA/WBO champion Anthony Joshua (21-0, 20 KOs) right now if that fight were to happen. The combination of the 6’7″ Wilder’s speed and power would be potentially devastating to Joshua, who has has been hurt numerous times in fights in the last three years.
By Scott Gilfoid: Tyson Fury asked for a 50-50 purse split for a fight against IBF/WBA/WBO heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua, according to Matchroom Boxing promoter Eddie Hearn. He says Fury wants four easy tune-up fights against poor opposition, and then he wants a fight against Joshua (21-0, 20 KOs) for a 50 percent cut of the revenue.
By Damian Poole: I’m going to keep this article as short as possible. But I want to cover all the news surrounding the unification fight between Anthony Joshua – Deontay Wilder and all the misleading information that’s been posted around by Wilder’s managers.
By Scott Gilfoid: Anthony Joshua’s eager promoter Eddie Hearn says his fighter wants to face WBC heavyweight champion Deontay ‘Bronze Bomber’ Wilder (40-0, 39 KOs) at Wembley Stadium in London, England this September.
By Scott Gilfoid: Eddie Hearn’s flat fee $12.5 million offer made to WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder is not what he and his co-manager Shelly Finkel are looking to get for a big unification fight against IBF/WBA heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua. They want a MUCH better deal than that, which could come out to a split of nearly 90/10 in favor of Joshua if Team Deontay had agreed to it. Hearn is going to need to sweeten the pot considerably if he’s going to get Wilder to agree to a flat fee.
By Scott Gilfoid: It doesn’t look like the fans are going to be seeing a unification fight between WBC heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua and WBC champion Deontay Wilder in 2018. Joshua’s promoter Eddie Hearn has given Wilder’s manager Al Haymon a $12.5 million take it or leave it offer for a fight, and if they don’t accept it, then they’ll move on to face AJ’s WBA mandatory challenger Alexander Povetkin in their next fight, and then after that Jarrell ‘Big Baby’ Miller.
By Scott Gilfoid: Deontay Wilder has reportedly been offered a flat fee of 20 percent for his unification fight against IBF/WBA/WBO heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua, according to Boxingtalk. If this offer is true, then it’s a big hint that Joshua and his management don’t fancy the fight with Deontay. Wilder not even getting a percentage of the gate and pay-per-view sounds bad. I can’t see Wilder and his management ever agreeing to that kind of a one-sided offer from Joshua.