RIYADH (AFP) -- Two-time world champion Anthony Joshua knocked out mixed martial arts star Francis Ngannou in just the second round of their widely-hyped heavyweight clash on Saturday, March 9, with his promoter quickly declaring him the division's "number one" fighter. British boxer Anthony Joshua...
RIYADH (AFP) -- Francis Ngannou once toiled in a sand mine, scavenged for food to avoid starvation and slept rough in a car park, so facing former two-time world heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua on Friday, March 8, is just another stop on his epic rags-to-riches journey. British boxer Anthony...
LONDON (AFP) -- Tyson Fury has set out an ambitious five-fight plan, including a long-awaited bout against fellow British boxer Anthony Joshua, as the world heavyweight champion dismissed talk of retirement. Great Britain's Tyson Fury (AFP/File photo) WBC champion Fury's unification bout with...
LONDON (AFP) -- Francis Ngannou can cause a "massive upset" by defeating Anthony Joshua in their heavyweight showdown in Saudi Arabia, according to veteran promoter Frank Warren. Cameroonian-French boxer Francis Ngannou (AFP) British boxer Joshua heads into the March 8 fight looking to back-up his...
LONDON (AFP) -- Anthony Joshua said on Monday, Jan. 15, he is hoping a fight against ex-mixed martial arts fighter Francis Ngannou will lead to a shot at becoming the undisputed heavyweight champion of the world. Britain's Anthony Joshua (AFP) Former heavyweight world champion Joshua will face...
RIYADH (AFP) -- Former world champions Anthony Joshua and Joseph Parker re-established their heavyweight title credentials with victories on the same Riyadh bill on Saturday, Dec. 23. Britain's Anthony Joshua (right) competes with Sweden's Otto Wallin during their heavyweight boxing match at the...
RIYADH (AFP) -- Anthony Joshua insisted on Friday, Dec. 22, he was completely focused on beating Otto Wallin rather than worrying what the outcome of the bout in Saudi Arabia might mean for his future in heavyweight boxing. Great Britain's Anthony Joshua (AFP) The 34-year-old Englishman will be...
Ukraine's Oleksandr Usyk won his rematch against Anthony Joshua by split decision to set up a potential unification bout with Britain's Tyson Fury in Saudi Arabia on Saturday. Ukraine's Oleksandr Usyk (right) and Britain's Anthony Joshua compete during the heavyweight boxing rematch for the WBA,...
Anthony Joshua (AFP file photo) Anthony Joshua said Monday "I'm in control of my own destiny" as he insisted reports he had agreed a £15 million ($20 million, 18 million euros) deal to step aside from his world heavyweight title rematch with Oleksandr Usyk were false. Several stories in the UK...
Ukrainian boxer Oleksandr Usyk (left) fights British heavyweight champion boxer Anthony Joshua at the end of their heavyweight boxing match at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in north London on September 25, 2021. - Usyk defeated Joshua on points. (Photo by Adrian DENNIS / AFP) Oleksandr Usyk ended...
File photo/AFP Anthony Joshua says the mouthwatering heavyweight boxing bout with fellow Briton Tyson Fury will happen preferably in Britain before he hangs up his gloves. Between them, the two boxers currently hold all the major versions of the heavyweight world title. Talks of a unification...
In this file photo taken on December 12, 2020 Britain's Anthony Joshua (right) lands a punch on Bulgaria's Kubrat Pulev during their heavyweight world title boxing match at Wembley Arena in north west London on December 12, 2020. (AFP) Anthony Joshua has said he needs a fight against Tyson Fury "on...
