
Guido Vianello wants Anthony Joshua or another top heavyweight
Guido Vianello is back on track after losing two of his last four fights – and he wants that track to keep taking him forward.
Anthony Joshua: record, next fight and profile →

Guido Vianello is back on track after losing two of his last four fights – and he wants that track to keep taking him forward.

FOR most people, the shots Francis Ngannou received square on the jaw from Anthony Joshua’s right fist in March would have been enough to see that they never so much as returned to an orthodox boxing stance, much less a boxing ring.

Lawrence Okolie believes that Daniel Dubois has an advantage in power over Anthony Joshua

Things are looking up for Ringside Charitable Trust (RCT), the British charity built by Dave Harris that’s designed to help ex-boxers in need. Anthony Joshua, the former world heavyweight champion and one of the most recognizable faces in the sport, will soon be involved and British boxing royalty Joe Calzaghe has joined their team of ambassadors.

When Anthony Joshua walks to the ring to fight Daniel Dubois for the IBF heavyweight title at Wembley Stadium in London, England, on September 21, 3,088 days will have passed since Joshua breezed past Charles Martin to first win the famous red belt.

THERE is no defeat in boxing quite like the one suffered by a heavyweight. The punches responsible for it are louder, and more hurtful, and the scene of devastation is usually akin to that of a house party the morning after. Even for the lucky ones, the ones who finish on their feet rather than staring up at the lights, a heavyweight defeat remains a humiliating experience, with either exhaustion involved, or flailing limbs and desperate clinches only compounding the sense of humiliation.

Officially, Daniel Dubois is the IBF heavyweight champion. The 26-year-old Londoner is, however, continuing to talk like a challenger. Dubois insists that he wants to knock Anthony Joshua off his “pedestal” when they meet at Wembley Stadium on September 21.

Oleksandr Usyk is open to a third fight with Anthony Joshua if Joshua beats Daniel Dubois in September

On Sept. 21, Anthony Joshua will face IBF heavyweight champion Daniel Dubois at Wembley Stadium. Should Joshua, 28-3 (25 KOs), beat his fellow Londoner, he will recapture the belt he first won against Charles Martin more than eight years ago. Yet this is a much more mature and considered Joshua than the ultra confident wrecking machine who brushed Martin aside inside two rounds.

At recent editions of the Olympic Games, medallists from Team GB have stepped down from the podium to find professional promoters waiting with open cheque books. Things will be different this year and that will be as much down to the current state of British boxing as it is a disappointing return from the British contingent in France.