
Hearn: Molina, Breazeale Are The Frontrunners For Joshua Shot
As previously reported, Anthony Joshua will make the first defence of his IBF world heavyweight title on June 25 in London with his opponent to be announced at a later date.
Bermane Stiverne: record, next fight and profile →

As previously reported, Anthony Joshua will make the first defence of his IBF world heavyweight title on June 25 in London with his opponent to be announced at a later date.

Anthony Joshua's promoter has outlined his latest plans for the IBF heavyweight champion and it's not good news for Joseph Parker. With the dust settled after Joshua's second round hiding of American Charles Martin to win the belt, promoter Eddie Hearns has had a calculated look at where his champion now heads.

The list of potential opponents is getting a lot smaller for the first title defense of IBF heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua (16-0, 16KOs).

In a wild scene at the Heavyweight Factory Gym in Hollywood, Florida. Undefeated prospect Jarrell 'Big Baby' Miller came down to the gym to hang out with former WBO heavyweight champion Shannon Briggs.

Bermane Stiverne was the first boxer to be with Eye of the Tiger Management and its first to win a world title. But the fighter and manager Camille Estephan split in December, a decision Estephan said was based on disagreements with promoter Don King and not one that left any ill feelings toward Stiverne.

Polish heavyweight contender Artur Szpilka (20-2, 15 KOs) has returned home. He will rest and then undergo surgery on his injured hand. After that, rehabilitation awaits and then he returns to the ring.

Montreal: Dear fans after much thought and deliberation we have decided to part roots with Bermane Stiverne our first athlete and first world champion. At this juncture of things although we feel that Bermane is around the corner of big things in his career, we believe it best for all concerned to take this difficult decision. We believe that Bermane has the required skills to be on top of the now exciting heavy weight division.

LAS VEGAS - Former champion Mickey Bey was ringside on Saturday night at the The Joint at Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, Las Vegas. Bey watched undefeated super welterweight prospect Jarrett Hurd handed Frank Galarza the first loss of his career with a sixth round TKO in the main event of ShoBox.

According to promoter Don King, former WBC heavyweight champion Bermane Stiverne (25-2-1, 21KOs) will return to the ring on January 16th at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. The card will be headlined by current WBC champion Deontay Wilder, who captured the title in January with a twelve round decision over Stiverne. On Saturday night at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, Stiverne returned for the first time since the loss to Wilder and won a tougher than expected ten round round unanimous decision over Derric Rossy (30-11, 14KOs). The scores were 95-94, 96-93, 96-93.

In a battle of undefeated junior welterweights, Trakwon "Superman" Pettis (2-0, 1KO), who is part of Floyd Mayweather's Money Team, won a four round unanimous decision over Marquis Hawthorne (1-1). All three of the ringside judges scored it 40-36.