Anthony Joshua: record, next fight and profile →
Now that the initial sting of Anthony Joshua’s upset loss to Andy Ruiz Jr. has subsided, Deontay Wilder has taken an optimistic approach to their highly anticipated fight falling apart. The unbeaten WBC champion told Scott Van Pelt on his ESPN show Wednesday night that he believes he’ll eventually fight Joshua. That’ll largely depend, of course, on whether Joshua can beat Ruiz in their immediate rematch later this year.
UFC President Dana White regards Tyson Fury as the top heavyweight in the division. Fury returns on Saturday night, when he makes his Las Vegas debut against Tom Schwarz at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. The contest will be the first for Fury, since fighting to a controversial twelve round split draw with WBC champion Deontay Wilder.
If Manny Robles was the trainer of Anthony Joshua, he would not be taking the direct rematch with Andy Ruiz, but he is not the coach of the Briton. Robles is the head trainer of Ruiz, and he welcomes a direct rematch between the two at the end of the year.
Francisco "Paco" Valcarcel, President of the World Boxing Organization (WBO), said the organization is not going to deprive Andy Ruiz of their heavyweight title. On June 1 at Madison Square Garden in New York City, Ruiz created history and shocked the boxing world when he dropped Anthony Joshua four times for a seventh round stoppage, to capture the WBO, IBF, IBO, WBA world titles.
After becoming the unified heavyweight champion by stopping Anthony Joshua in seven rounds, Andy Ruiz is pushing to have the rematch take place in Mexico so that his fans can see him. "The entire [Mexican] race has supported me a lot and it feels good. I don't want to say that they love me, but I am very proud of everything. We are already in talks with them to fight here in Mexico City," Ruiz said.
Eddie Hearn, promoter for British superstar Anthony Joshua, is already in talks for three potential locations, all in the UK, for the fall rematch with Andy Ruiz. On June 1 at Madison Square Garden in New York City, Ruiz secured one of the biggest upsets in boxing history when he stopped Joshua in the seventh round to capture the IBF, IBO, WBA, WBO world heavyweight titles.
Ben Davison, the head trainer of heavyweight Tyson Fury, saw several errors in Anthony Joshua's shocking defeat to Andy Ruiz. Ruiz pulled off a huge upset when he stopped Joshua in seven rounds on June 1 at Madison Square Garden in New York City, to capture the WBA, WBO, IBF, IBO heavyweight titles.
Top Rank's CEO Bob Arum, who is the co-promoter of Tyson Fury, expects Andy Ruiz to once again come out on top when he takes part in a rematch with Anthony Joshua. Back on June 1 at Madison Square Garden in New York City, Ruiz shocked the world when he stopped Joshua in the seventh round to capture the IBF, IBO, WBA, WBO world titles.
Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez isn’t just the highest paid boxer in the world today; he also strongly rivals the richest athletes among any genre. The Mexican superstar and reigning World middleweight champion cracked the top 10 of the annual Forbes World’s Highest-Paid Athletes list, which profiles the 100 top earners from around the world. The list is generated every June by the business magazine, based on earnings generated from the prior June to present day rather than over the course of a traditional calendar year. He is among five boxers on this year's list, matching the total from 2018.
Tyson Fury is backing Andy Ruiz to once again come out on top, when he faces Anthony Joshua in a fall rematch. Back on June 1 at Madison Square Garden in New York City, Ruiz shocked the world when he dropped Joshua four times for a seventh round TKO to capture the WBO, IBF, WBA, IBO world titles.