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Joshua Could Prioritise Fury Fight In 2020 — Promoter

Anthony Joshua wants to face Tyson Fury in a world heavyweight unification fight if he has to settle for just one bout this year due to the coronavirus. Joshua is scheduled...... Read more Anthony Joshua Loses ‘Close Friends’ To COVID-19

Unified heavyweight champion, Anthony Joshua, says he has lost ‘close friends’ to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. The WBA, IBF, WBO, and IBO titles holder revealed this in a video on his...... Read more Fury-Wilder Rematch Postponed Over COVID-19

The third fight in Tyson Fury and Deontay Wilder’s heavyweight rivalry has been postponed as the coronavirus pandemic grips the United States and Britain, ESPN reported on Tuesday. Britain’s Fury, who...... Read more Fury Still Eager To Fight Joshua In December

Tyson Fury’s priority this year remains a fight with Anthony Joshua in December despite the coronavirus pandemic putting another bout against Deontay Wilder at risk, according to his promoter Frank Warren....... Read more Fury Won’t Lose World Title Over Doping Allegation — WBC Chief

Tyson Fury’s reign as world heavyweight champion will not be ended by new claims over an alleged drug-testing scam, according to WBC president Mauricio Sulaiman. It was alleged in a Mail...... Read more Anthony Joshua To Defend IBF Title At Tottenham Hotspur Stadium In June

British world champion Anthony Joshua will fight Kubrat Pulev at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on Saturday 20 June. Bulgarian Pulev, 38, is the mandatory IBF challenger to take on Joshua, who holds...... Read more Why I Lost World Heavyweight Title To Fury — Wilder

Deontay Wilder has blamed his elaborate ring-walk costume for his WBC heavyweight title defeat by Tyson Fury. The American, 34, said his costume was too heavy and as a result he...... Read more BREAKING NEWS: Fury Knocks Out Wilder In Seventh Round To Become World Heavyweight Champion Again

Britain’s Tyson Fury became world heavyweight champion for the second time after stopping Deontay Wilder in a thrilling bout in Las Vegas this morning of Sunday, February 23, 2020. Fury knocked...... Read more Wilder v Fury: All You Need To Know About The Big Fight

Tyson Fury and Deontay Wilder will face each other again almost 15 months on from a controversial draw that left punters desperate for a re-run of their thrilling affair in Los...... Read more Anthony Joshua Storms Nigeria, Visits ‘Sagamu’ His Home Town

Barely six months he visited Makoko area of Lagos state, the World heavyweight boxing champion, Anthony Joshua, Tuesday, stormed Nigeria and visited his home town Sagamu, Ogun State. In Sagamu, Joshua...... Read more Wilder Points Win In Las Vegas Is Impossible — Fury

Tyson Fury says a points defeat against Deontay Wilder is impossible as his style of boxing suits Las Vegas. Fury, 31, drew with Wilder in Los Angeles in 2018 and he...... Read more Anthony Joshua Backs Tyson Fury To Defeat Deontay Wilder

Deontay Wilder and Tyson Fury meet once again on February 22 in one of the most anticipated rematches of the year. After their first bout ended in a controversial draw, a...... Read more Joshua Set For Bout At Tottenham: Promoter

Heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua is close to agreeing a deal to fight at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium later this year, promoter Eddie Hearn said on Thursday. Britain’s Joshua beat Andy Ruiz...... Read more 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