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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.
Sep 16 2023
In this week's column, Joe Hughes tries to imagine being Tyson Fury's manager and plots the ideal route to retirement for the "Gypsy King"
Sep 12 2023
With December the target, and Deontay Wilder looking unlikely, Shaun Brown assesses five possible opponents for Anthony Joshua
Aug 26 2023
Helenius, Alycia Baumagrdner and Dillian Whyte have all failed drug tests in August
Aug 23 2023
The world heavyweight champion has a fight this weekend in Poland, but it’s nothing like the fight he’s been accustomed to for too long, writes Declan Taylor
Aug 18 2023
Joe Hughes is back with the second instalment of his weekly column for Boxing News
Aug 17 2023
Joshua scores a crushing KO but it’s what came before that leaves fans wanting more, writes Matt Christie
Aug 16 2023
There is no place quite like backstage at the O2 on a big fight night, writes Steve Bunce
Aug 15 2023
The DAZN commentary team don’t go easy on Joshua and co while Hearn and Jordan on TalkSport leaves a lot to be desired, writes George Gigney
Aug 14 2023
Aug 14 2023
After Anthony Joshua secured his 26th professional win with a one-punch knockout of Robert Helenius, we rank his 10 best…