
Anthony Joshua Plans To Return Before Year's End, December Date Targeted
Anthony Joshua says he wants to return to the ring before the end of the year as he starts to target his route back to another world heavyweight title shot.

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Anthony Joshua says he wants to return to the ring before the end of the year as he starts to target his route back to another world heavyweight title shot.

Oleksandr Usyk says he dream every day of fighting Tyson Fury and reiterated that he might not fight again if he does not get to fight the WBC heavyweight champion.

By Ron Lewis - Oleksandr Usyk dug deep when he needed to, cementing his position as an elite fighter as he repeated his win over Anthony Joshua as he held on to his WBA, WBO and IBF heavyweight titles, adding The Ring belt too, with a split decision at the King Abdullah Sports City Arena in Jeddah.

Filip Hrgovic got off the floor to scrape home with a narrow but unanimous decision over Zhilei Zhang in their IBF heavyweight final eliminator, a result that drew plenty of boos from the placid crowd in Jeddah.

Callum Smith lined up a world title shot at light-heavyweight as he knocked out Mathieu Bauderlique with a huge left hook in the fourth round of the WBC final eliminator on the Usyk-Joshua undercard in Jeddah.

Badou Jack kept on track in his bid to become a three-weight world champion, as the former super-middleweight and light-heavyweight title-holder snapped the unbeaten record of Connecticut’s Richard Rivera with a ten-round split decision on the Usyk-Joshua bill in Jeddah.

Former IBF cruiserweight title challenger Andrew Tabiti came through his first test as a heavyweight as he dropped James Wilson before Wilson was pulled out at the end of the fifth round on the Usyk-Joshua bill in Jeddah.

It probably doesn’t do to pay too much attention to what a boxer says when discussing upcoming fights, but if Oleksandr Usyk is as good as his word, he is looking to finish off Anthony Joshua pretty quickly in their rematch.

Ben Whittaker says he was on holiday relaxing last week when he got the call to box on the undercard in Jeddah, but had no problem cutting the trip short for the chance to box on the Oleksandr Usyk and Anthony Joshua bill on Saturday.

Anthony Joshua admits that he has been feeling nervous prior to his rematch with Oleksandr Usyk, the match he says is the most high-pressure fight of his career.