What Next for Anthony Joshua By Simon Graham On Saturday night in Saudi Arabia, Anthony Joshua became a two-time unified heavyweight champion. I for one am extremely happy to say I called this wrong, I had Andy Ruiz Jnr to put on a repeat performance and beat Joshua again. Joshua put on a great performance … Continue reading What Next for Anthony Joshua
FightPost Boxer of the Week: Anthony Joshua By Gary Kittilsen On a weekend that was chock-filled with world title fights all over the world. One big fight in the most unusual of locations stood out for a variety of reasons. A gold medalist and former unified heavyweight champion looked to reclaim his belts from the … Continue reading FightPost Boxer of the Week: Anthony Joshua
Battle at the Banks’s Round-up Walsall’s James Beech Jr became a two-weight Midlands Area Champion on Saturday evening thanks to a hard fought victory over Luke Jones. The local duo, Jones is from Chasetown, met in an absorbing ten round contest at the top of BCB Promotions’ ‘Battle at the Banks’s’ show at Walsall Football … Continue reading Battle at the Banks’s Round-up
BRAITHWAITE REVEALS HIS DEPRESSION FIGHT Marcel Braithwaite says he was “done” with boxing earlier this year when he was battling depression. The Liverpool boxer believes that daily phone calls from trainer Wayne Smith helped him fight the mental illness and return to the gym. He has overcome his demons and Braithwaite (9-1) challenges hot prospect … Continue reading BRAITHWAITE REVEALS HIS DEPRESSION FIGHT
Ruiz Jr vs Joshua: A Night of Change Those that demand blood and thunder for their pugilist entertainment will not have enjoyed what Anthony Joshua served us in Saudi Arabia. But that viewpoint lacks a certain understanding or appreciation of what boxing is, hit and not be hit, Joshua did what he needed to do, … Continue reading Ruiz Jr vs Joshua: A Night of Change
ANTHONY JOSHUA EXACTS REVENGE AGAINST ANDY RUIZ, JR. IN HISTORIC REMATCH In the biggest heavyweight fight of the decade, Anthony Joshua OBE (23-1, 21 KOs) recaptured his position as the unified world heavyweight champion with a masterful unanimous decision victory over Andy Ruiz, Jr. (33-2, 22 KOs) in a rematch that captured the world’s attention. In front of thousands of rabid … Continue reading ANTHONY JOSHUA EXACTS REVENGE AGAINST ANDY RUIZ, JR. IN HISTORIC REMATCH
Joshua Gets His Redemption In my final pre-fight words I wrote: 'I wonder if the rematch like the first fight will be decided by how each fighter has prepared.' That is pretty how much it turned out. Anthony Joshua turned up fully prepared, Andy Ruiz anything but. Joshua went the 'boring' route, and is once … Continue reading Joshua Gets His Redemption
Manny Robles: A Conversation Ahead of Ruiz vs Joshua By Will Collett It was a night that will go down as one of the biggest heavyweight upsets in boxing history. A seventh round stoppage of Anthony Joshua crowned Mexican challenger Andy Ruiz Jr. as the new IBF, WBA and WBO heavyweight world champion. Looking for … Continue reading Manny Robles: A Conversation Ahead of Ruiz vs Joshua
Ruiz Jr vs Joshua: No Time For Excuses It was supposed to be the big launch across the pond, but welcome to America turned instead to welcome to hell. Fail to prepare, prepare to fail, Anthony Joshua didn't pay enough attention to one of the oldest sayings in the unpublished book of motivational quotes. Andy … Continue reading Ruiz Jr vs Joshua: No Time For Excuses
FightPost Team Predictions: Ruiz vs Joshua 2 Andy Ruiz will look to repeat later tonight while Anthony Joshua will look to show that the shock defeat he suffered at the hands of Ruiz in June was a minor blip on the road to possible full unification fights in 2020. Reflecting the narrow odds for Joshua … Continue reading FightPost Team Predictions: Ruiz vs Joshua 2
