Anthony Joshua: record, next fight and profile →
A blockbuster fight between Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua is back on track. Or at least back in the headlines. Talks are underway to resurrect what has been long hailed as the biggest fight in British heavyweight history, both sides
Eddie Hearn, promoter for former two-time heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua, has doubts about the seriousness of Tyson Fury's offer to face Joshua in December.
Tyson Fury is forcing the issue on Anthony Joshua. The unretired WBC heavyweight champion of the world took to social media Tuesday to reveal the financial compensation he has in mind for his potential British counterpart.
If you can’t beat ‘em, join ‘em. That’s the adage Oleksandr Usyk is offering Anthony Joshua after besting the Brit for a second time via decision.
Tyson Fury has appeared to have extended his most straightforward invitation to Anthony Joshua for a super fight. In an “open letter” published on his social media Monday, Fury, the WBC heavyweight from Manchester, England, addressed his countryman Joshua to an all British mega fight by the end of this year.
WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury is applying a lot of pressure on Oleksandr Usyk, who holds the WBO, IBF, IBO, WBA titles, to face him sooner than later.
There will never come a point in his career where Andy Ruiz won’t desire a rubber match with Anthony Joshua. A third fight between the pair of former unified heavyweight titlists remains a future priority for Ruiz, even in the wake of Joshua’s repeat defeat to current WBA/IBF/WBO/IBO champ Oleksandr Usyk (20-0, 13KOs). Their August 20 clash saw Usyk have to settle for a split decision in a fight he otherwise clearly won, thus leaving Joshua with his third loss in his past five fights.
Eddie Hearn says he was genuinely befuddled by Deontay Wilder’s latest comments directed at him. The British promoter revealed a few weeks ago that he had reached out to Wilder’s longtime handler, Shelly Finkel, about a lucrative fight deal that he had for Wilder to face Anthony Joshua. Hearn, however, said he never heard back from Finkel.
Robert Garcia insists his comments about Anthony Joshua were lost in translation. Garcia, the veteran trainer from Southern California, recently found himself in the hot seat when headlines from the Spanish-language boxing website Izquierdazo began making ripples in the English-language press. The articles featured
Frank Warren believes that Anthony Joshua has some significant fights ahead of him—he is just not convinced that the recently defeated British superstar will necessarily get top billing in them.