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Frank Warren, promoter for heavyweight contender Tyson Fury, has rubbished a recent claim by Anthony Joshua, who stated in an interview that there have been fresh discussions for a 2020 unification with WBC champion Deontay Wilder. Fury will challenge Wilder on February 22 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. They fought to a controversial draw in December 2018.
Kevin Barry, the head trainer for Joseph Parker, does not expect the WBO to force Anthony Joshua to vacate his world title. Joshua was ordered by the WBO to make a mandatory defense against Oleksandr Usyk, while the IBF ordered Joshua to face his mandatory challenger Kubrat Pulev.
IBF, IBO, WBA, WBO heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua explained recently that he's looking to leapfrog over a Tyson Fury trilogy bout in order to secure a showdown with WBC champion Deontay Wilder.
Once pressed with the hard choice between which mandatory title challenge to honor first, Anthony Joshua now has until the end of the month to confirm his next step. A bilateral request to extend negotiations for Joshua’s ordered title defense versus Bulgaria’s Kubrat Pulev was approved by the International Boxing Federation (IBF), a representative from the New Jersey-based sanctioning body informed BoxingScene.com. The two sides now have until January 31—a full 20 days beyond the original January 11 deadline—to come to terms to avoid a scheduled purse bid hearing at IBF headquarters in Springfield, New Jersey.
WBO, IBF, WBA, IBO heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua is very motivated to jumped right over a Tyson Fury trilogy to finalize a showdown with WBC world champion Deontay Wilder. Wilder is scheduled to face Fury in a rematch on February 22 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. Joshua will make a mandatory defense of his four belts against either Kubrat Pulev or Oleksandr Usyk.
Kubrat Pulev has backed a claim that he will fight Anthony Joshua in Istanbul in May. The 38-year-old posted a link on his official social media page to an article which appears to claim that the much-anticipated fight will take place at the Vodafone Arena, which is the home of Turkish football club Besiktas JK.
Heavyweight Tyson Fury has lashed out in the direction of Anthony Joshua. Joshua, who holds the IBF, WBA, WBO, IBO world heavyweight titles, made a public offer to assist Fury as a sparring partner. Fury is in training for his upcoming rematch with WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder. The rematch with Wilder takes place on February 22 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.
A few weeks ago, promoter Eddie Hearn - who represents WBA, IBO, IBF, WBO heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua - admitted that a 50-50 deal was likely the only way he could finalize a unification with WBC world champion Deontay Wilder.
2019 was a mixed bag for WBO, IBF, IBO, WBA heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua. In June, he lost his four world titles in a major upset, when Andy Ruiz dropped him four times for a seventh round stoppage at Madison Square Garden in New York City.
A springtime ring return and the opportunity to fight for the heavyweight title. The two are not separate goals in 2020 for Oleksandr Usyk, but very much the expectation for his next fight. “[Usyk’s next fight] should happen either in March or in April,” Alex Krassyuk, general director of K2 Promotions-Ukraine confirmed to BoxingScene.com, reiterating his client’s intention of challenging for the heavyweight crown.