Anthony Joshua boxing news
By Scott Gilfoid: Promoter Eddie Hearn is looking to build up Dillian Whyte starting this Saturday in his fight with Malcolm Tann for an eventual big money rematch with IBF/WBA heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua. Whyte (20-1, 15 KOs) is only a handful of fights away from rematch with the unbeaten Joshua (19-0, 19 KOs) if he keeps winning.
By Ciaran O’Malley: Eddie Hearn has mapped out a three fight plan for current IBF and WBA world heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua, which over the next twelve months which will see Joshua defending his belts in mandatory fights that have been ordered both governing bodies and then leaving the possibility of a “super-fight” next summer.
By Bob Smith: When trying to find out who is the better boxer, Boxrec rankings are a useful tool. Despite having followed boxing off and on for almost a decade, I was ignorance of these rankings until a month ago.
By Scott Gilfoid: IBF/WBA heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua (19-0, 19 KOs) has three potentially difficult fights ahead of him against Kubrat Pulev, Luis Ortiz and Deontay Wilder. The plan is for Joshua, 27, to fight all three of them consecutively without any breaks in between to fight softer opponents. It could be bad for Joshua. One of those three could deal him his first defeat.
By Scott Gilfoid: Heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua’s promoter Eddie Hearn sounded bummed out on Thursday in talking about Wladimir Klitschko’s decision to retire from boxing instead of continuing on for one last fight against Joshua. Having to fight Pulev instead of Klitschko is a huge buzz-kill for the 27-year-old Joshua. He doesn’t get a chance to show that he’s a better fighter than the one that was decked by Wladimir last April. It’s got to be tough for Joshua. Wladimir lost the fight, but ultimately came out of the fight with more respect from the boxing fans.
By Scott Gilfoid: As I expected, former heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko has chosen to retire and end his long 21-year pro career rather than fight a rematch against IBF/WBA heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua.
By Scott Gilfoid: Matchroom Sport promoter Eddie Hearn expects know by next week whether the rematch between IBF/WBA heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua and Wladimir Klitschko will be taking place. The two giant heavyweights are expected to fight each other on November 11 at the beautiful T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. However, it’s still unclear if the soon to be 42-year-old Klitschko will take the fight or not.
By Gav Duthie: Boxing changed the night Tyson Fury outpointed Wladimir Klitschko in Dusseldorf, bagging 3 of the main 4 heavyweight titles available (WBA, WBO, IBF). Fury didn’t just break the heavyweight stranglehold of Wladimir Klitschko but he blew the division wide open. That result ended a dominant reign of not only Wladimir but also his brother Vitaly and even Lennox Lewis previously.
By Scott Gilfoid: Promoter Eddie Hearn has a lot of interest in putting together a rematch between Dillian Whyte and heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua. But before Hearn can put that fight together, he wants Whyte (20-1, 15 KOs) to capture a world title by beating WBC heavyweight champion Deontay “Bronze Bomber” Wilder.
By Damian Poole: There are those who talk the talk and then there are those who walk the walk. In this article, I am going to cover who the real Kings of the heavyweight division are and those who are the drama Queens and there is always a Joker in the pack.