Wladimir Klitschko boxing news
By Jeff Aranow: Amir “King” Khan (31-4, 19 KOs) has had a change of mind, and he now is very interested in facing IBF welterweight champion Kell “Special K” Brook (36-1, 25 KOs), and get this, he doesn’t care if he has his title or not. Khan just wants the Brook fight. Some boxing would see this sudden burst of interest from the 30-year-old Khan as a sign that he knows that his days of getting nice paydays for his fights could be grinding to a halt very soon.
By Scott Gilfoid: Tony Bellew started yapping at WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder at Friday’s Anthony Joshua vs. Wladimir Klitschko weigh-in, which boxing fans felt was premeditated on Bellew’s part. The big punching 6’7” Wilder appeared to get EXTREMELY angry at one point during the war of words. Fortunately for Bellew, there was a small fence that separated the two fighters.
By Scott Gilfoid: IBF heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua says he’s going to surpass the accomplishments that Floyd “Money” Mayweather has done with his boxing career in the sport, and his fight with Wladimir Klitschko on Saturday is part of his legacy-building journey to get there. Joshua (18-0, 18 KOs) has talked about wanting to be the first billionaire in boxing. Whether Joshua can surpass Mayweather’s accomplishments will depend on a number of factors.
By Scott Gilfoid: Former heavyweight champion Wladimir “Steelhammer” Klitschko (64-4, 53 KOs) came in at his lowest weight in 8 years on Friday in weighing in at a light 240.5 pounds at his weigh-in today for his title shot against IBF heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua (18-0, 18 KOs) for their fight this Saturday night on Sky Box Office PPV and HBO/Showtime at Wembley Stadium in London, England.
IBF Heavyweight Champion Anthony Joshua tipped the scale at 250 pounds and long-reigning champ Wladimir Klitschko measured 240 ½ pounds for their heavyweight blockbuster this Saturday live on SHOWTIME (4:15 p.m. ET/1:15 p.m. PT).
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Anthony Joshua: 250.1 lbs.
Wladimir Klitschko: 240.5 lbs.
SHOWTIME Sports will carry the live streams of official fight week events in advance of this Saturday’s heavyweight world championship blockbuster fight from London.
By Jeff Aranow: IBF heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua (18-0, 18 KOs) is looking forward to seeing how much the 41-year-old Wladimir Klitschko (64-4, 53 KOs) has let in the tank after being out of the ring for 18 months following a loss to Tyson Fury in 2015. Wladimir and Joshua will be fighting on Saturday night at Wembley Stadium in London, England. The fight is going to be a huge one with a massive amount of people attending and a lot more watching it on television in the UK and the U.S.
By Jim Dower: Wladimir Klitschko (64-4, 53 KOs) says he can see himself in IBF heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua (18-0, 18 KOs), and he knows how he thinks, and most importantly, he knows exactly what the 27-year-old British fighter will be doing inside the ring this Saturday night. Wladimir isn’t worried about defeat, because he’s already been there and done that. Wladimir says the pressure if off of him now. He’s no longer a world champion, and he doesn’t have the carry the weight and the huge responsibility of being the heavyweight world champion.
Anthony Joshua and Wladimir Klitschko came face-to-face on Thursday at the sprawling Sky Headquarters in London as the two 6-foot-6 giants participated in a final press conference for Saturday’s blockbuster heavyweight world championship event.
SHOWTIME will televise the fight LIVE at 4:15 p.m. ET/1:15 p.m. PT from sold-out Wembley Stadium where a record-setting 90,000 fans are expected to be in attendance.
By Scott Gilfoid: Anthony Joshua (18-0, 18 KOs) is going to be knocked out by the 10th round by former heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko this Saturday night if he’s fully focused for the fight, says his brother Vitali Klitschko. Vitali believes that Wladimir is going to be especially dangerous to the 27-year-old Joshua early in the fight. This thought runs counter to what most boxing fans and writers are saying right now. They believe that it’s Joshua who will be more dangerous in the first half of the fight than he will in the second half.