Anthony Joshua boxing news
By Scott Gilfoid: Deontay “Bronze Bomber” Wilder will be in attendance for this month’s fight between Anthony Joshua and Wladimir Klitschko at Wembley Stadium in London, England. Wilder (38-0, 37 KOs) says he’d like to get inside the ring afterwards to be with the fighters, but he wants to be respectful of them. The 6’7” Wilder is hoping to face the Joshua-Klitschko winner in a unification fight in 2017 if possible.
By Scott Gilfoid: Former heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko (64-4, 53 KOs) is saying that he’ll hurt Anthony Joshua (18-0 18 KOs) up off the canvas after he beats him this month in their big fight on Sky Box Office pay-per-view, HBO and Showtime Championship Boxing from the giant Wembley Stadium in London, England. Wladimir talks about having a gene that makes him want to compete.
By Scott Gilfoid: IBF heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua will soon be taking part in the biggest fight in British boxing history in his match against 41-year-old Wladimir Klitschko, according to his promoter Eddie Hearn of Matchroom Sport. Hearn says the Joshua-Klitschko fight will be the biggest fight in the history for British boxing, even though there have seemingly bigger fights like Lennox Lewis vs. Mike Tyson and Nigel Benn vs. Chris Eubank.
By Dan Ambrose: Former 4 time world champion Adrien “The Problem” Broner says IBF/IBO/WBA/WBC middleweight champion Gennady “GGG” Golovkin will lose to Saul “Canelo” Alvarez when the two of them get around to facing each other. Broner is picking Canelo to knock Golovkin out with a head shot.
By Scott Gilfoid: Recent world title challenger Gerald Washington turned down a chance to work as a sparring partner with IBF heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua (18-0, 18 KOs) in order to soak up the knowledge of firmer undisputed heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko (64-4, 53 KOs) to get him ready for his April 29 fight at Wembley Stadium in London, England.
By Scott Gilfoid: This months’ fight between IBF heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua and Wladimir Klitschko will be shown on both HBO Championship Boxing and on Showtime in the U.S on April 29. The Jacobs-Klitschko fight will be taking place at the 90,000 seat Wembley Stadium in London, England.
By Scott Gilfoid: Anthony Joshua says his goal is to become a billionaire in the sport of boxing. The IBF heavyweight champion Joshua (18-0, 18 KOs) says his original goal when he first started out in the pro ranks was to be a millionaire. Now that he’s achieved that, he wants to go past what he sees from ordinary people to that of the billionaire status.
By Scott Gilfoid: Former WBO junior middleweight champion Liam “Beefy” Smith (24-1-1, 13 KOs) came in 1 ½ pounds over the 154lb weigh-in limit on Friday in weighing in at 155.9 lbs. for his fight for the interim WBO junior middleweight title against Liam Williams (16-0-1, 11 KOs) for their important bout this Saturday night on April 8 at the Manchester Arena in Manchester, England.
By Scott Gilfoid: WBO lightweight title holder Terry Flanagan (32-0, 13 KOs) successfully weighed in on Friday in coming in at 134 ½ pounds for his title defense against No.2 Petr Petrov (38-4-2, 19 KOs) this Saturday night at the Manchester Arena in Manchester, England. Petrov weighed 134.6 lbs. This is a fight that the 5’9” Flanagan is expected to win because he’s got a considerable height – and weight – advantage over the 5’6” Petrov. Flanagan looked mighty thin standing next to Petrov tonight.
