Mar 12 2024
Media Review: Fury vs. Joshua remains an absolute uncertainty
Plenty were quick to form opinions about Fury vs. Joshua after Friday night, but only a fight between them will provide facts, writes George Gigney
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THE rise of Britain’s Anthony Joshua has been meteoric. The big Londoner finished the 2012 Olympics in his home city winning the super-heavyweight gold medal. Feted as he turned professional the following year, his ascent to the top of the sport was rapid. He won the British heavyweight title knocking out old rival Dillian Whyte and picked up the IBF heavyweight world title dispatching an underwhelming Charles Martin.
On an extraordinary night in 2017 he beat ageing legend Wladimir Klitschko in a packed Wembley stadium to become a unified world champion. However in 2019, in one of the biggest upsets of recent years, he lost his titles when unheralded Andy Ruiz stopped him in seven rounds at Madison Square Garden in New York.
Joshua gained revenged and won back his world titles when he outpointed Ruiz six months later in December in Saudi Arabia.
Mar 12 2024
Plenty were quick to form opinions about Fury vs. Joshua after Friday night, but only a fight between them will provide facts, writes George Gigney
Mar 11 2024
It remains to be seen whether Francis Ngannou boxes again, but if Anthony Joshua's right hands proved anything it was that he needs to be more careful in the selection process, writes Elliot Worsell
Mar 11 2024
Hall-of-Fame writer Thomas Hauser looks back at Friday's heavyweight fight between Anthony Joshua, a two-time world champion, and Francis Ngannou, a one-bout novice
Mar 11 2024
On Friday in Riyadh, Anthony Joshua delivered all the lessons and reminders Tyson Fury failed to deliver in October, writes Elliot Worsell
Mar 10 2024
Eddie Hearn has never been more confident that Anthony Joshua beats Tyson Fury than he is right now, writes Elliot Worsell
Mar 09 2024
While it's fine to praise the finishing punches, Joshua's two-round demolition of Ngannou was a reminder of just how foolish and dangerous this experiment was from the outset, writes Elliot Worsell
Mar 09 2024
Whether a proper fight or not, take nothing away from the manner in which Anthony Joshua put Francis Ngannou in his place tonight in Riyadh, writes Elliot Worsell
Mar 08 2024
The role of Francis Ngannou this time around is rather different from the role he was expected to play against Tyson Fury in October, writes Elliot Worsell
Mar 08 2024
Our weekly columnist Joe Hughes explains why there won't be an upset in the 'Knockout Chaos' main event
Mar 07 2024
Shaun Brown asks various members of the boxing industry to pick a winner in Friday's heavyweight clash between Anthony Joshua and Francis Ngannou