Anthony Joshua: record, next fight and profile →
Heavyweight contender Efe Ajagba is already eyeing some of the bigger names in the weight class - including IBF, WBA, WBO, IBO heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua. Ajagba recently signed a promotional contract with Top Rank and hired James Prince as his manager.
Anthony Joshua and Tyson Fury are destined to meet for a super fight in the not too distant future. Both sides have already agreed to a deal, but in the meantime, both fighters have unfinished business — Joshua with Kubrat Pulev and Fury with his trilogy against Deontay Wilder on a yet to be finalized date.
Eddie Hearn, promoter for IBF, IBO, WBA, WBO heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua, has heard the recent challenge that came from WBC champion Tyson Fury. Fury is scheduled to face Deontay Wilder in a trilogy fight on a tentative date of December 19.
IBF, IBO, WBA, WBO heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua is not overlooking his upcoming mandatory defense against Kubrat Pulev, and he believes WBC champion Tyson Fury is full focused on a planned trilogy fight with Deontay Wilder.
IBF, IBO, WBA, WBO heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua explains that he changed everything around after suffering his first career defeat, a seven round stoppage at the hands of Andy Ruiz back in June of 2019. Joshua was stopped after getting dropped for the fourth time in the bout, which took place at Madison Square Garden in New York City.
Frank Warren, promoter for heavyweight banger Daniel Dubois (15-0, 14 KOs), would be very open to matching his fighter against Oleksandr Usyk in a world title fight. Usyk is the mandatory challenger to the WBO heavyweight title. Dubois is sitting in the number two position within the rankings.
Former undisputed cruiserweight champion Oleksandr Usyk is planning to enforce his mandatory fight with IBF, IBO, WBA, WBO world heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua. Usyk in the mandatory challenger under the World Boxing Organization.
The fight between unified heavyweight world titlist Anthony Joshua and mandatory challenger Kubrat Pulev is being penciled in to take place on Dec. 12 at the O2 Arena in London, both sides told BoxingScene on Monday. The fight for Joshua’s three major belts was originally scheduled to take place on June 20 at the 70,000-seat Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London but it had to be postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic.
IBF, IBO, WBA, WBO heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua is crossing his fingers that a full division unification takes place in 2021. A showdown with WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury is targeted for 2021 - with both boxers already agreeing on a 50-50 split for the first bout, with a rematch clause that each boxer can exercise.
Tyson Fury says he wants to fight Anthony Joshua in December if his fight with Deontay Wilder does not go ahead. Fury and Frank Warren, his promoter, confirmed that December 19 is still the planned date for third fight with Wilder, with Warren saying talks had taken place with some locations about a large site fee in case it cannot be held in front of a large crowd in the United States.