Anthony Joshua
17 Oct 2023
Anthony Joshua will have to wait until March at the earliest to face Deontay Wilder after the heavyweight showdown suffered a new delay, reports mirror.co.uk.
14 Aug 2023
Anthony Joshua’s seventh round knockout of Robert Helenius on Saturday has raised questions about the former world champion’s ability to face Deontay Wilder in such form.
12 Aug 2023
Former world champion Anthony Joshua needed seven rounds to stop stand-in opponent Robert Helenius in the seventh round of their heavyweight bout on Saturday.
8 Aug 2023
Anthony Joshua will fight Robert Helenius in London on Saturday after the Finnish boxer was parachuted in as a late replacement for Dillian Whyte.
5 Aug 2023
Dillian Whyte's "adverse analytical findings" from a random anti-doping test have prompted the cancellation of his heavyweight clash with Anthony Joshua.
30 Jul 2023
Eddie Hearn admits that Anthony Joshua vs Deontay Wilder is more likely to hold in January than December - and isn’t expecting Tyson Fury vs Oleksandr Usyk to be on the same card, reports dailymail.co.uk.
11 Jul 2023
Jermaine Franklin has been in the ring with both Anthony Joshua and Dillian Whyte recently and so, is in a position to know the abilities of the two pugilists, who will meet for the third at the O2 Arena, London, next month. When they were still amateurs, Whyte had the better of Joshua, but the…
30 Jun 2023
Negotiations for the rematch between Anthony Joshua and Dillian Whyte are back on track after Joshua’s team agreed to remove their late requested rematch clause, skysports.com reports.
27 Jun 2023
Anthony Joshua’s team has inserted a one-way rematch clause in his favour in a late addition to the contractual terms, which has complicated negotiations for a heavyweight fight with Dillian Whyte, writes skysports.com.
23 Jun 2023
There was a point barely a week after his last fight where Anthony Joshua believed he would have to forgo an August fight for a far-more lucrative year-end opportunity, writes boxingscene.com.
30 May 2023
Anthony Joshua’s promoter, Eddie Hearn, has revealed the rest of the former heavyweight boxing champion’s fights this year, starting with a date with Dillian Whyte in August, reports boxing-social.com.
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