Anthony Joshua: record, next fight and profile →
Last month, Anthony Joshua traveled to Saudi Arabia to get revenge, when he outboxed Andy Ruiz over twelve rounds to recapture the IBF, IBO, WBA, WBO heavyweight titles. Saudi Arabia dropped down a heavy amount of money to beat out all of the possible locations and venues who were trying very hard to secure the Joshua-Ruiz rematch.
Anthony Joshua and Kubrat Pulev will likely go the rest of the month without reaching a deal for their heavyweight title fight. The hope, however, is for enough cooperation from all involved parties for just a little more time to bring it to the finish line. For the second time in less than a week, an extension request has been placed with the International Boxing Federation (IBF) for their pair of heavyweights to continue negotiations for a due mandatory title defense, BoxingScene.com has learned. The previously rescheduled deadline of January 31 has now been pushed back two weeks to February 14, although both sides have expressed confidence in all terms being finalized in time to avoid a purse bid hearing.
Frank Warren, promoter for heavyweight contender Tyson Fury, says Anthony Joshua had no intention of coming over to Las Vegas to help Fury train. Fury is preparing for his upcoming rematch with WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder, which takes place on February 22 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.
IBF, IBO, WBA, WBO heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua is not sold on the scenario of offering a 50-50 revenue split to the winner of next month's rematch between WBC champion Deontay Wilder and challenger Tyson Fury. Fury will challenge Wilder on February 22 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.
Eddie Hearn, promoter for IBF, IBO, WBA, WBO heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua, is not convinced by Tyson Fury's recent promise to score a second round knockout of WBC world champion Deontay Wilder. Fury will challenge Wilder on February 22nd at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.
IBF, IBO, WBA, WBO heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua recently appeared at a Club Wembley members event where he was interviewed by former cruiserweight world champion and Sky Sports presenter, Johnny Nelson. Last month in Saudi Arabia, Joshua bounced back from his first career defeat when he won a dominant twelve round unanimous decision over Andy Ruiz.
In an interview on JD’s In The Duffle Bag podcast - IBF, IBO, WBA, WBO heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua played down the competition with WBC champion Deontay Wilder, by saying: “He’s just another fighter to me.”
Eddie Hearn, promoter for IBF, IBO, WBA, WBO heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua, is expecting to finalize a deal for a mandatory fight with Kubrat Pulev. Pulev is the mandatory challenger under the IBF, while there is also a mandatory due to Oleksandr Usyk under the WBO.
Eddie Hearn, promoter for IBF, IBO, WBA, WBO heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua, has revealed that a "huge site offer" has been presented from Saudi Arabia to stage a unification between Joshua and the winner of the upcoming fight between WBC champion Deontay Wilder and challenger Tyson Fury.
When Anthony Joshua recaptured his WBA, WBO, IBF and IBO titles in December, he also inherited two mandatory obligations. It appears that he will face his IBF mandatory Kubrat Pulev first and then his WBO mandatory Oleksandr Usyk if he is successful against Pulev.