Eddie Hearn is hoping former WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder will change his mind about wanting to face Tyson Fury in a trilogy match in 2020 because he’s hoping to match Anthony Joshua against ‘The Gypsy King’ in December.
So far this year – a most unusual one in so many regards – we have seen two major heavyweight fights go down, and both times we fans have been left shocked, jaws agape.
Fans are still in shock over what happened to Dillian Whyte last night. After all the hard work, after all the waiting and waiting for his world title shot, Whyte was brutally taken out by Alexander Povetkin.
Kubrat Pulev has been waiting for his title shot at heavyweight champ Anthony Joshua almost as long as Dillian Whyte has been waiting for any title fight opportunity.
It’s been one hell of a weird year, and while the oddness is not over yet we fight fans could see a most eventful end of the year as far as the heavyweight division goes.
Anthony Joshua is champing at the bit to tear through the heavyweight division and DESTROY Tyson Fury, according to promoter Eddie Hearn.
Eddie Hearn said on Wednesday that IBF/WBA/WBO heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua’s title defense against his IBF mandatory Kubrat Pulev has now been moved to December.
‘He does not deliver on his promises’ – Ivaylo Gotzev also says the British champ is a ‘deer in headlights’ outside the UK and his man will ‘shred’ him
In an explosive interview, Gotzev claimed Eddie Hearn never wanted AJ-Pulev to take place anywhere but London despite a set in stone Croatia offer – it was ‘smoke and mirror’ tactics over the venue and people will ‘think twice’ about doing business with him in future.
Anthony Joshua is back in training for his next title defense of his IBF belt against mandatory Kubrat Pulev for November.
Heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua has a left knee injury that will prevent him from training for four weeks. Joshua, 29, felt a twinge in his knee while running, and he’s going to need to rest for a month before he continues to train for his November title defense against IBF mandatory Kubrat Pulev.