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IBF, IBO, WBA, WBO heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua has fully embraced the possibility of fighting Oleksandr Usyk in 2020. Usyk, who unified the entire cruiserweight division in 2020, is the WBO's mandatory challenger to Joshua. At the same time, Kubrat Pulev is the IBF's mandatory challenger to Joshua's title.
IBF, IBO, WBA, WBO heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua (23-1, 21 KOs) is not planning to retire any time soon. The 30-year-old boxer is planning to continue his career for years to come. In a recent interview with Sky Sports, Joshua revealed that he believes his career has at least 14 to 15 fights left.
IBF, IBO, WBA, WBO heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua is looking to apply pressure on Deontay Wilder, the WBC champion, to meet him in the ring for a five belt unification clash in 2020.
Eddie Hearn, promoter for IBF, IBO, WBA, WBO heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua, is not exactly sure if his superstar boxer will make good on a recent statement - where Joshua offered up his services as a sparring partner for domestic rival Tyson Fury. Fury is preparing for a scheduled rematch with WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder on February 22 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.
IBF, WBO, IBO, WBA heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua is very confident that he would take down WBC champion Deontay Wilder in six rounds of action. A potential unification between the two is viewed as the biggest fight in boxing. Wilder will make a world defense on February 22, in a rematch with Tyson Fury, at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.
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IBF, IBO, WBA, WBO heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua strongly feels that a unification with Deontay Wilder should take place in the UK - where he believes it would draw a lot more fans. Wilder defends his WBC world title on February 22nd, in a rematch with Tyson Fury, at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. Joshua drew 90,000 fans to Wembley Stadium in London for his unification with Wladimir Klitschko in 2017.
Top Rank's CEO Bob Arum, who is Tyson Fury’s US promoter, believes that Anthony Joshua would lose to Kubrat Pulev, although he does say that from the point of view of someone who has a promotional deal with the Bulgarian. Pulev is the IBF's mandatory challenger to Joshua, who owns the IBF, IBO, WBA, WBO heavyweight belts.
Anthony Joshua should ignore his mandatory challengers and wait to face the winner of the February 22 clash between Deontay Wilder and Tyson Fury, according to Frank Warren, Fury’s promoter. After regaining his WBA, WBO, IBO and IBF heavyweight titles from Andy Ruiz Jr in Saudi Arabia this month, Joshua was ordered by the WBO and IBF to face their mandatory challengers – Oleksandr Usyk and Kubrat Pulev respectively.
As previously reported on BoxingScene.com, WBA, IBF, WBO and IBO heavyweight world champion Anthony Joshua offered his services as a sparring partner to Tyson Fury, who is preparing for his upcoming rematch with Deontay Wilder. Fury will challenger Wilder for the vacant WBC heavyweight title on February 22 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.