Anthony Joshua boxing news
By Scott Gilfoid: As I reported previously, HBO and Showtime will both televise the April 29 fight between 41-year-old Wladimir Klitschko and IBF belt holder Anthony Joshua from Wembley Stadium in London, England. This was a deal reached by Joshua’s promoters at Matchroom Sport, with Klitschko’s promoters at Klitschko Management Group (KMG) and K2 Promotions with HBO and Showtime.
SHOWTIME Sports has unveiled the network’s complete spring 2017 boxing schedule following today’s earlier announcement that the heavyweight boxing event of the year will be televised live on SHOWTIME. The stacked lineup includes seven world championship fights across eight live boxing telecasts over an eight-week span.
By Scott Gilfoid: According to 41-year-old Wladimir Klitschko, he and Anthony Joshua are carbon copies of each other in a lot of different areas. He says they’re similar in the way they look size, skills and power. The difference that Wladimir sees is he’s “obsessed” with winning their April 29th fight at Wembley Stadium, and he believes that’s going to be the difference on the night.
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.
