Anthony Joshua: record, next fight and profile →
Welterweight contender Conor Benn was ringside last Saturday night at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, where Anthony Joshua was outboxed over twelve rounds by Oleksandr Usyk.
Tyson Fury admitted Wednesday that he was “absolutely wounded” when he watched Oleksandr Usyk knock off Anthony Joshua on Saturday night in London.
Last October, heavyweight contender Derek Chisora gave Oleksander Usyk all he could handle over twelve rounds. The unbeaten former undisputed cruiserweight champion walked away with a twelve round unanimous decision win.
Promoter Eddie Hearn is confident that his charge Anthony Joshua will bounce back in his expected rematch against Oleksandr Usyk. England’s Joshua lost his heavyweight titles (IBF, WBA, IBO, WBO) to the Ukrainian whiz by 12-round unanimous decision at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London last Saturday night.
John Fury, the father of WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury, has actually come out in defense of Anthony Joshua. Last weekend, Joshua suffered a twelve round unanimous decision loss to Oleksandr Uysk, who walked away with the WBO, IBF, IBO, WBA heavyweight titles.
Eddie Hearn, who promotes British superstar Anthony Joshua, felt his boxer was making things very close before Oleksandr Usyk took full control in the final rounds of their bout.
As tantalizing as the prospect might be, Shelly Finkel has no plans of entertaining an undisputed title bout anytime soon for his client Deontay Wilder.
Usyk, Klitschko Photos Gallery - The Mayor of Kiev, Ukraine, Vitali Klitschko, met with the new world heavyweight champion, countryman Oleksandr Usyk, to congratulate him on his recent triumph over British superstar Anthony Joshua.
IBF, IBO, WBA, WBO heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk is expecting his next fight to be a rematch with Anthony Joshua. According to Alexander Krassyuk, who promotes Usyk, the rematch will indeed take place in "February or March" of next year.
Top Rank's CEO Bob Arum, who co-promotes WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury, believes Oleksandr Usyk would have a repeat performance in a rematch with Anthony Joshua.