By Real talk Ray: The undefeated heavyweight prospect Anthony Joshua (14-0, 14) crushed the Scottish Gary Cornish (22-1, 12) in the first round, in what seems to be another routine demolition job at the O2 Arena, in London earlier tonight. Joshua dropped the 28-year-old Cornish within the first 60 seconds, with the fight being stop and all over after 1:37 seconds of the first round.
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Joshua beats Cornish; Whyte stops Minto
By Scott Gilfoid: As I predicted, unbeaten heavyweight #2 WBC Anthony Joshua (14-0, 14 Kos) destroyed a badly over-matched Gary Cornish (21-1, 12 KOs) in the 1st round on Saturday night to capture the vacant Commonwealth heavyweight title at the O2 Arena in London, England. Joshua knocked the stork-like Cornish down twice in the round.
Cornish will give Joshua a real test, says Froch
By Scott Gilfoid: On paper, the 6’7” Gary Cornish (21-0, 12 KOs) is little more than just the usual 3rd tier fodder opponent like the previous 13 other weak fodder opponents that British heavyweight Anthony Joshua (13-0, 13 KOs) has padded his record with since he first turned pro in 2013 after winning a controversial gold medal in the 2012 London Olympics. But in the mind of former IBF/WBA/WBC super middleweight champion Carl Froch, the 28-year-old Cornish will be a real test for the 6’6” Joshua.
Weights: Joshua 249, Cornish 256, Whyte 249, Minto 211
By Scott Gilfoid: British heavyweight Anthony Joshua (13-0, 13 KOs) weighed in at a career high of 249 pounds on Friday at his weigh-in for his bout this Saturday night against unbeaten Gary Cornish (21-0, 12 KOs) at the O2 Arena in London, UK. For his part, the 6’7” Cornish also came in at a career high weight in weighing in at 256lbs.
Could Minto or Cornish spoil the party?
By Gav Duthie: I have to give credit to Eddie Hearn and Matchroom Promotions for creating an interesting show on Sept 12 involving Anthony Joshua 13-0 (13) and Dillian Whyte 15-0 (12) at the O2 arena in London. Joshua and Whyte are heavy favorites to win in separate bouts but are on a collision course to fight each other. Despite this there is an outside chance that Gary Cornish or Brian Minto could win their fights and spoil the party.
It is a risk from Matchroom to put Joshua in with a hungry contender and Whyte with a seasoned veteran but I feel it is the right decision. There must have been a temptation to go easy. In the press conference Whyte was at it with Joshua and their future fight is building itself. It didn’t really matter who they fought tomorrow but if either loses the Joshua-Whyte fight is over, can this actually happen?
Joshua focusing on Cornish, not Whyte
By Scott Gilfoid: With a very real threat in Dillian Whyte (15-0, 12 KOs) looming down the road for December 12th, unbeaten #2 WBC Anthony Joshua (13-0, 13 KOs) is trying not to think about that risky fight, and istead concentrate at the task at hand of facing unbeaten Gary Cornish (21-0, 12 KOs) this Saturday night at the O2 Arena in London, England.
Whyte is fighting Brian Minto (41-9, 26 KOs) on the Joshua-Cornish undercard in a move to help draw interest in the Joshua-Whyte fight on December 12th. Joshua says he’s not going to overlook the 28-year-old Cornish because he doesn’t believe in looking ahead, but obviously that’s something that Joshua has been doing a lot of in talking about wanting to fight the winner of the Tyson Fury vs. Wladimir Klitschko fight next year for the IBF/IBO/WBA/WBO heavyweight titles.
Whyte: Joshua is like a housewife that is being controlled
By Scott Gilfoid: Dillian Whyte (15-0, 12 KOs) will be battling Brian Minto, and Anthony Joshua (13-0, 13 KOs) takes on Gary Cornish in heavyweight action this Saturday night at the O2 Arena in London, England. Whyte and Joshua will be meeting each other on December 12th if they win their respective fights on Saturday.
During Thursday’s final press conference, Whyte and Joshua jawed back and forth with one another about their upcoming December fight. Joshua doesn’t seem capable of taking Whyte seriously, as he sees him as little more than a speed bump that he doesn’t need to pay attention to or respect.
Whyte tells Joshua: I am going to hurt you in December
By Scott Gilfoid: British heavyweights Anthony Joshua (13-0, 13 KOs) and Dillian Whyte (15-0, 12 KOs) traded shots today at the final press conference in London, England to hype their separate fights on Saturday at the O2 Arena in London, UK.
Everything was fine for a while when Joshua, 25, was focusing on talking about his fight against Gary Cornish (21-0, 12 KOs), but then things turned bad when Joshua switched lanes and started trashing Whyte.
Anthony Joshua vs. Gary Cornish this weekend
By Real Talk Ray: unbeaten #2 WBC heavyweight contender Anthony Joshua (13-0, 13 KO’s) will be stepping it up this weekend by taking on the undefeated Gary Cornish (21-0, 12 KO’s) this Saturday at the O2 Arena in London, England.
There has been plenty of noise about the opponents that Joshua has been fed since the beginning of his pro career forgetting he is only on his 13th fight, and has already taking much tougher fights than WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder (34-0, 33 KOs) did at the same time in his career and some might even say still is.
Joshua not looking past Cornish
By Scott Gilfoid: Anthony Joshua (13-0, 13 KOs) says he’s not looking past his opponent Gary Cornish (21-0, 12 KOs) this Saturday towards a more dangerous fight against Dillian Whyte (15-0, 12 KOs) on December 12th.
Joshua says his concentration is completely on the task at hand in trying to defeat the 28-year-old Cornish to capture the vacant Commonwealth heavyweight title at the O2 Arena in London, UK. Whyte is fighting on the undercard against Brian Minto (41-9, 26 KOs).