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Anthony Joshua Presents Heavyweight Titles To Buhari In UK

Heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua has presented his IBF, WBA, WBO, and IBO titles to President Muhammadu Buhari. The 30-year-old celebrated his recent victories with the President on Saturday when the Nigerian...... Read more Joshua Set To Defend World Titles Against Kubrat Pulev

Anthony Joshua’s potential opponent Kubrat Pulev appears to have leaked details over a match-up with the Brit on his Facebook page. The Bulgarian is Joshua’s mandatory challenger via the IBF and...... Read more Fury Chasing Knockout In Wilder Rematch

Tyson Fury vowed on Monday to chase a knockout in next month’s eagerly anticipated rematch with WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder, insisting he believes he has no chance of earning a...... Read more Wilder Won’t Last 7 Rounds Against Me, Joshua vows

Nigerian-born British IBF/WBA/WBO heavyweight champion, Anthony Joshua has been speaking on the possibility of meeting the WBC Champion, Deontay Wilder after he stopped his Mexican conqueror, Andy Ruiz Jr in a...... Read more Onoriode ‘Godzilla’ Ehwarieme, A New ‘Mike Tyson’ Is Born

Before stepping his feet into the ring for the World Boxing Federation (WBF) Intercontinental heavyweight title fight against Argentine Ariel ‘Chiquito’ Baracamonte in Lagos at the weekend, Onoriode ‘Godzilla’ Ehwarieme made...... Read more Anthony Joshua Wary Of Threat Posed By ‘New’ Tyson Fury

Anthony Joshua believes Tyson Fury’s recent career decisions have shown his ‘new’ steely determination to regain a world heavyweight title in 2020. Joshua started his second spell as a unified titleholder...... Read more Fury Welcomes Joshua Sparring Offer Before Wilder Rematch

Tyson Fury says he would "love" to take up Anthony Joshua's offer of sparring before he faces Deontay Wilder. Fury, 31, drew with WBC world heavyweight champion Wilder in 2018 and...... Read more World Boxing Heavyweight Champion Anthony Joshua Vows To Fight Either Wilder Or Fury in 2020

Unified world heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua says a fight with Tyson Fury or Deontay Wilder “has to happen in 2020,” reports BBC. Britain’s Joshua reclaimed his IBF, WBA and WBO titles...... Read more Joshua Targets Fury Or Wilder In 2020

Unified world heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua says a fight with Tyson Fury or Deontay Wilder “has to happen in 2020”. Britain's Joshua reclaimed his IBF, WBA and WBO titles from Andy...... Read more Anthony Joshua Gets Ultimatum To Defend Title

Anthony Joshua has officially been ordered by the World Boxing Organisation to defend his WBO title against mandatory challenger Oleksandr Usyk. The British boxer won his rematch with Andy Ruiz Jr...... Read more Anthony Joshua Will Present Championship Belts To Buhari

World boxing heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua will soon present his belts to President Muhammadu Buhari, a presidential aide disclosed on Wednesday in Abuja. Laolu Akande, the Senior Special Assistant (SSA) to...... Read more BREAKING: Joshua Beats Ruiz To Reclaim Heavyweight World Titles

Anthony Joshua became a two-time world heavyweight champion with a unanimous points victory over Andy Ruiz Jr in a tense rematch in Saudi Arabia. Six months on from the night Ruiz...... Read more Andy Ruiz-Anthony Joshua Rematch — 51 Predictions On Outcome

Ahead what many consider to be the biggest heavyweight fight of the decade between Andy Ruiz, Jr. and Anthony Joshua, DAZN collected predictions from fighters, celebrities, and boxing experts. Below is...... Read more ‘Hungry’ Joshua Says No Celebration If He Beats Ruiz

Anthony Joshua said Wednesday he will not celebrate if he regains his world heavyweight title, as he faced off with rival Andy Ruiz in a final press conference before their controversial...... Read more Pressure On Anthony Joshua Ahead Of World Heavyweight Boxing Rematch: Defending Champion Andy Ruiz Jr

Heavyweight champion Andy Ruiz Jr said Monday that all the pressure will be on dethroned champion Anthony Joshua in their contentious showdown in Saudi Arabia. Ruiz, who was born in the...... Read more Ruiz Jr Vows To ‘Make History Again’ In Joshua Rematch

Andy Ruiz Jr has vowed to “make history again” in his world heavyweight title rematch with Anthony Joshua. Ruiz Jr, 30, arrived in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday to begin preparations for...... Read more Mayweather Ready To Come Out Of Retirement

Former five-weight boxing world champion Floyd Mayweather says he is “coming out of retirement in 2020”. Mayweather, 42, made the announcement on social media after an earlier message that he was...... Read more Ruiz Defeat Made Me A Smarter Fighter, Says Joshua

Briton Anthony Joshua said his first career defeat at the hands of Andy Ruiz Jr. was due to a lack of experience and he had become a “smarter” fighter ahead of...... Read more My Time In The Ring Is Finished: Mayweather

Boxing great Floyd Mayweather said his time in the ring is finished and that he is focused on other projects including his fast-growing chain of boxing fitness gyms and his high-profile...... Read more Anthony Joshua’s Fitness Impressed Chisora — David Haye

Anthony Joshua is making “all the right noises” after sparring with Derek Chisora, according to David Haye. Joshua is three-and-a-half weeks away from his rematch with Andy Ruiz Jr with the...... Read more Australian Boxer Dies After Training Session

Australian boxer Dwight Ritchie has died aged 27 after a training session. The father-of-three had been sparring in Melbourne with Michael Zerafa. “It is with great sadness and shock to announce ‘the...... Read more Boxer Dies After Suffering Brain Injury During Match

Boxer Patrick Day has died aged 27 – four days after suffering a brain injury in a fight against Charles Conwell. The American was put into a coma on Saturday after...... Read more Fury Swaps Boxing Ring For WWE Ring

Well, the undefeated British heavyweight is continuing his charm offensive in the United States after September's points win over Otto Wallin in Las Vegas. On Monday night ‘The Gypsy King’ appeared...... Read more Wilder To Defend Heavyweight Crown Against Ortiz In November

Undefeated American Deontay Wilder will defend his World Boxing Council heavyweight crown against Cuba’s Luis Ortiz in a November rematch of their 2018 title showdown, promoters announced on Saturday. The November...... Read more Tyson Fury Overcomes Scare to Maintain Unbeaten Record in Dramatic Heavyweight Showdown

Tyson Fury battled to a rugged points win over Otto Wallin as he fought for over nine rounds with a heavy cut to maintain his unbeaten record in a dramatic bout...... Read more