Anthony Joshua: record, next fight and profile →
Tyson Fury has lashed out at IBF, IBO, WBA, WBO heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua. Fury, who makes his Las Vegas debut on June 15 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, will face Tom Schwarz. The contest will be the first for Fury as part of his deal with Top Rank and ESPN.
In the last few weeks, Cuban heavyweight Luis Ortiz has taken a lot of heat for allegedly taking a pass on a June 1 clash with IBF, IBO, WBA, WBO world champion Anthony Joshua. Joshua's camp was looking for a replacement opponent, after Jarrell Miller was removed for testing positive for performance enhancing drugs.
IBF, IBO, WBA, WBO heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua will be keeping a close eye on Saturday night, when Deontay Wilder defends his WBC world title against Dominic Breazeale. Joshua faced Breazeale back in June 2016, and stopped him in seven rounds
Andy Ruiz warns that Anthony Joshua will be surprised this coming June 1 at the Madison Square Garden in New York, when he pulls off the shocker to capture the IBF, IBO, WBA, WBO world titles - which would make him the first Mexican fighter to capture the heavyweight title.
On the heels of the success of 40 DAYS: CANELO-JACOBS, DAZN will bring back the docu-series with a new production partner and a new subject. Award-winning recording artist Meek Mill and Roc Nation will executive produce 40 DAYS: JOSHUA-RUIZ, a look at the upcoming world heavyweight title fight between Anthony Joshua and Andy Ruiz Jr. The matchup marks Joshua’s U.S. debut after years selling out stadiums in the U.K. and a chance for Ruiz Jr. to become the first Mexican heavyweight champion. The fight, taking place at the historic Madison Square Garden, will stream live on DAZN on Saturday, June 1.
Andy Ruiz obviously wasn’t Anthony Joshua’s first choice to replace Jarrell Miller. Once Brooklyn’s Miller failed three performance-enhancing drug tests, Joshua urged his promoter, Eddie Hearn, to make a deal with Luis Ortiz. Hearn says he ultimately offered Ortiz’s handlers $7 million, by far the biggest purse of his career.
Eddie Hearn, promoter for IBF, IBO, WBO, WBA heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua, maintains that Luis Ortiz was their first choice to replace Jarrell Miller on June 1. Miller was pulled from the contest after testing positive for performance enhancers. Joshua will face late replacement Andy Ruiz on the June date, at Madison Square Garden in New York City.
Dillian Whyte has come out verbally swinging, after his heavyweight rival, Anthony Joshua, had claimed that he presented him with an offer to collide in a rematch on June 1, at Madison Square Garden in New York City.
Eddie Hearn, the promoter for IBF, WBA, WBO, IBO heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua, says their main target for the next fight is WBC champion Deontay Wilder. Joshua will defend his belts against Andy Ruiz on June 1 at Madison Square Garden in New York City.
Anthony Joshua says he would’ve fought Jarrell Miller even after Miller failed multiple tests for performance-enhancing drugs. The New York State Athletic Commission refused to license Miller for his ill-fated fight against Joshua because he tested positive three times for PEDs. California’s Andy Ruiz (32-1, 21 KOs) eventually replaced Miller as Joshua’s opponent for that June 1 fight at Madison Square Garden in New York (DAZN).