Anthony Joshua vs. Andy Ruiz Jr. Live Results Tonight (June 1)

The time has arrived for Anthony Joshua vs. Andy Ruiz Jr. Tonight (June 1), Joshua will put his WBA Super, IBF, and IBO heavyweight titles on the line against late replacement Ruiz Jr. The action takes place inside Madison Square Garden in New York Cit…

The time has arrived for Anthony Joshua vs. Andy Ruiz Jr. Tonight (June 1), Joshua will put his WBA Super, IBF, and IBO heavyweight titles on the line against late replacement Ruiz Jr. The action takes place inside Madison Square Garden in New York City. Also featured on the card will be a female lightweight […]

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Anthony Joshua Says Ruiz is Just as Dangerous as Wilder or Fury

Anthony Joshua and Andy Ruiz Jr are facing each other this Saturday at Madison Square Garden. Joshua’s original opponent was supposed to be Jarrell Miller but Miller was removed due to testing positive for a banned substance and in came Ruiz Jr. …

Anthony Joshua and Andy Ruiz Jr are facing each other this Saturday at Madison Square Garden. Joshua’s original opponent was supposed to be Jarrell Miller but Miller was removed due to testing positive for a banned substance and in came Ruiz Jr. Given the circumstances that have Ruiz facing Joshua on Saturday, he is being […]

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Anthony Joshua Plans On Reaching Out To Deontay Wilder For Sit-Down

Unified heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua plans on sitting down with Deontay Wilder in the near future to sort out a potential title unification fight. Joshua defends his heavyweight titles against Andy Ruiz Jr. this weekend at New York’s Madison Square Garden. Should he have won, he was then expected to face WBO title-holder Wilder next. […]

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Unified heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua plans on sitting down with Deontay Wilder in the near future to sort out a potential title unification fight.

Joshua defends his heavyweight titles against Andy Ruiz Jr. this weekend at New York’s Madison Square Garden. Should he have won, he was then expected to face WBO title-holder Wilder next.

However, Wilder confirmed Tuesday he would be facing Luis Ortiz next in a rematch that is set to take place in September. And so, boxing fans will have to wait even longer to see the two unbeaten heavyweight champions collide.

It is all the more puzzling given how Wilder spoke of how he wanted the Joshua fight right after his knockout of Dominic Breazeale earlier this month.

And for those reasons, “AJ” plans on reaching out to the American to find out what he really wants.

“I am going to reach out to Wilder to see if I can have a sit-down in person,” Joshua told BBC Sport. “What people say on camera is different to what people say eye to eye. So I have to sit down with him man-to-man and see where he’s at.”

Ruiz More Riskier Than Wilder For Joshua

Wilder is a devastating knockout artist, even more so than Joshua. However, the Briton believes Ruiz is more dangerous given how a loss would be one of the biggest upsets ever.

Instead, he would rather just challenge for Wilder’s WBO crown for a chance to become the first heavyweight champion to hold all four major belts.

“Fighting the Ruizes of the world is more dangerous than fighting the likes of Wilder,” Joshua added. “Why would I fight talent who has potential to beat me when I can just fight Wilder, who is talented but who has what I want?

“I’d rather take the Wilder opportunity. I don’t want to keep fighting these guys, I want to get straight to the big fights.”

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Anthony Joshua: Deontay Wilder, Tyson Fury Should Face Me Now

Unified heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua believes Deontay Wilder and Tyson Fury are wasting their time by not fighting him. Joshua will take on short-notice opponent Andy Ruiz Jr. at New York’s Madison Square Garden on June 1. Meanwhile, Wilder most recently disposed of Dominic Breazeale, while Fury is scheduled to face Tom Schwartz next on […]

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Unified heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua believes Deontay Wilder and Tyson Fury are wasting their time by not fighting him.

Joshua will take on short-notice opponent Andy Ruiz Jr. at New York’s Madison Square Garden on June 1. Meanwhile, Wilder most recently disposed of Dominic Breazeale, while Fury is scheduled to face Tom Schwartz next on June 15.

It doesn’t seem like either one will face Joshua next and if anything, are more likely to have their own rematch. But “AJ” believes it would be to their benefit to face him now rather than later.

“Wilder and Fury are wasting their own time,” Joshua said (via Independent). “They should fight me now. If I was them, I’d rather have it now than later. I don’t know what they are waiting for. They’re coming to the end of their careers, 10, 11 years as professionals. I’ve been doing it five years.

“I don’t think they’re going to get much better. It’s worse for them because I have another five years honing my skills. I’m not the finished article yet. I’m still working towards certain things so imagine another five years or another 18 months in my bag of tricks. I’ll have a few more skills I can do. The longer they leave it, the worse it’ll be for them so they should crack on.”

Starving The Fans

With all three heavyweights contracted to different broadcasters, Joshua may have to wait even longer to face either Wilder or Fury.

Having already accused the American of starving the fans of what they want to see, he believes it’s the same case with Fury.

“It’s the fans who are being starved of it,” Joshua explained. “It was all about me when Wilder started calling me out two years ago. ‘What’s Joshua doing? What’s Wilder doing?’ It was all about us, great profile building.

“Wilder looked like a crazy man calling me out, Fury came back. And then nothing has happened. So now the fans are the ones getting the hard end of the stick. I don’t know why it’s not happening with all that talk and profile building. Figures being thrown around, dates and venues. It’s not about me anymore. I feel sorry for the people who want to see it.”

Hopefully fans get to see Joshua face at least one of the unbeaten heavyweights sooner rather than later.

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Eddie Hearn Explains Why Deontay Wilder Won’t Attend Anthony Joshua’s Next Fight

Anthony Joshua will be making his return to the ring next week (Sat. June 1, 2019). Famed boxing promoter Eddie Hearn doesn’t expect WBC heavyweight champ Deontay Wilder to be in attendance for the affair. He believes such an appearance would put far too much pressure on the American heavyweight champ to make a fight […]

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Anthony Joshua will be making his return to the ring next week (Sat. June 1, 2019).

Famed boxing promoter Eddie Hearn doesn’t expect WBC heavyweight champ Deontay Wilder to be in attendance for the affair. He believes such an appearance would put far too much pressure on the American heavyweight champ to make a fight happen with Joshua next, as he tells Metro UK:

“I think because Deontay knows he’s not going to fight Joshua, or he doesn’t want to fight Joshua, there’s going to be a lot of pressure on him,’ Hearn said.

“If he’s there, we’re going to put it on him, the media are going to put it on him and the fans are going to put it on him. And if he knows he’s fighting Ortiz, there probably isn’t a huge amount of point in him going to be honest. But I hope he goes. What can we do? We want the undisputed fight, we can’t make it any clearer.

“I don’t care about Deontay Wilder, we’ve got to care about Andy Ruiz. Next week, Britain takes over Madison Square Garden and America get to see Anthony Joshua live and up close. All I care about is Joshua-Ruiz. Once that’s dealt with, and touch wood AJ gets the win, we’ll move on and push as hard as we can for that fight [against Wilder].”

Joshua will be facing Andy Ruiz from Madison Square Garden on June 1. He will be putting his WBA (Super), IBF, WBO, and IBO heavyweight titles up for grabs. The Englishman is undefeated in the ring, with a record of 22-0, 21 of them coming by way of knockout. He’ll be facing Ruiz, a former heavyweight title challenger who has only lost one fight in his career – to Joseph Parker.

As for Wilder, he just obliterated Dominic Breazeale defending his WBC heavyweight title. It only took him just over two minutes to render Breazeale unconscious. The victory extended his undefeated record to 41-0-1, the tie on his record being against Tyson Fury.

Fans have been clamoring for a fight between Joshua and Wilder for years. Unfortunately, negotiations have proven to be unsuccessful thus far.

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Tyson Fury Suggests Anthony Joshua ‘Get His Nuts Out Of Eddie Hearn’s Handbag’

Tyson Fury is one of the top three heavyweights in boxing and he’s taking aim at the other two juggernauts. Back in Dec. 2018, Fury fought Deontay Wilder to a controversial split draw. For many, it was the most memorable heavyweight boxing match …

Tyson Fury is one of the top three heavyweights in boxing and he’s taking aim at the other two juggernauts. Back in Dec. 2018, Fury fought Deontay Wilder to a controversial split draw. For many, it was the most memorable heavyweight boxing match in quite some time. Fury stunned fans when he got up from […]

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