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Though it became public more than two weeks ago that the Anthony Joshua and Joseph Parker camps had reached an agreement on the purse split for a massive heavyweight title unification bout, boxing fans were left waiting for an official announcement. We were initially led to believe it would come early in the new year, but those first days of …

Anthony Joshua and Wladimir Klitschko might not have been the only ones to wake up with headaches the morning after their titanic tussle last April, as a clip of the post-fight celebrations that has been doing the rounds online shows a hilarious clash of heads between AJ’s jubilant promoter Eddie Hearn and former WBC cruiserweight champion Tony Bellew. Joshua had …

Bob Arum and Dana White don’t exactly see eye-to-eye.  The Top Rank Promotions boss and UFC president have made that much pretty clear at just about every opportunity they get to discuss the other. Dana recently revealed his plans to move into boxing promotion in 2018 as well as mixed martial arts moving forward. The UFC boss, along with Frettita …

Heavyweight champion of the world Anthony Joshua has revealed he is sick of being nice and will no longer to pretend to respect rival Tyson Fury.  In a fascinating interview with the BBC, Joshua has let his guard down and also stated that he really doesn’t respect many of his rivals in the heavyweight division today. Fury has been vocal in …

Last month, as part of their campaign for a unification bout with IBF and WBA heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua, WBO titlist Joseph Parker and his team hosted a truly bizarre press conference in Auckland during which they attempted to cast aspersions upon AJ’s chin. They had promised “rare footage” of Joshua being “dropped repeatedly by little known opponents” but what …

Anthony Joshua has responded to a recent call-out from Deontay Wilder and fired a shot at Tyson Fury.

Anthony Joshua is just about the most called-out man in boxing nowadays.  The IBO, WBA and IBF world heavyweight champion recently overcame Carlos Takam at the Principality Stadium in Cardiff in front of a whopping 70,000 fans. It was his first time in action since his epic win over Wladimir Klitschko at Wembley in April. The win over Takam was …

Tyson Fury has promised a swift end to Anthony Joshua's title reign as he unloaded a vicious rant in the hopes of firing up the fans for his comeback.

Anthony Joshua’s title defence on October 28 in the Principality Stadium, Cardiff, has had to be altered.   His scheduled opponent Kubrat Pulev has suffered a shoulder injury in training just two weeks out from the bout meaning this bout is now cancelled. The Bulgarian is believed to have damaged his shoulder during a sparring session resulting in a muscle injury. …

Wladimir Klitschko has announced his retirement from professional boxing with immediate effect, bringing an end to a legendary career that has spanned over 20 years.  The Ukrainian had toyed with the idea of attempting to avenge his loss to Anthony Joshua in a rematch of that Wembley classic back in April. However, in a sudden announcement earlier this week, Dr. …

Heavyweight champion of the world Anthony Joshua has been spending some time in Las Vegas this week and he made visiting Floyd Mayweather a priority during his stay as ‘Money’ prepares to throw down with Conor McGregor.  ‘AJ’ made it clear whose side he is taking in the August 26 showdown in the T-Mobile Arena. Joshua declared his support for …

UFC heavyweight champion Stipe Miocic put boxing heavyweight titlist Anthony Joshua firmly in his place on Twitter yesterday, days after the towering Englishman had essentially dismissed him as a nobody. Apparently believing that the UFC’s willingness to even entertain the idea of a boxing match between their lightweight champion Conor McGregor and Floyd Mayweather Jr. had opened up the opportunity …

Andre Ward has spoken before about his desire to some day make the move up to heavyweight and challenge for gold. After he controversially dispatched light-heavyweight rival Sergey Kovalev in the eighth round on Saturday night in Las Vegas, ‘SOG’ once again teased fans with the idea. However, as he has done in the past, Ward added that he would …

Anthony Joshua rubbed shoulders with Floyd Mayweather Jr. at a meet and greet event recently… Boxer come promoter Floyd Mayweather Jr. was on this side of the Atlantic over the weekend, as he accompanied his heavily-touted super-featherweight charge Gervonta ‘Tank’ Davis Jr. to London for a clash with previously unbeaten Englishman Liam Walsh. Davis, who scooped the IBF 130-pound strap …

After an epic encounter in Wembley Stadium on the 29th of April, Wladimir Klitschko and Anthony Joshua are now set to throw down for a second time before the end of the year. Anthony Joshua vs Wladimir Klitschko was unquestionably one of the most highly anticipated heavyweight clashes of the last decade and, when the two giants finally threw down …

Anthony Joshua’s promoter Eddie Hearn recently told Boxing News about how Wladimir Klitschko’s older brother Vitali, himself a man-mountain and former heavyweight titlist, tried his best to intimidate A.J at Wembley on April 29th. As Joshua paced in his corner waiting for Michael Buffer to finish the introductions so that he could finally step out to meet Wladimir at centre-ring, …