Heavyweight boxing

ANTHONY JOSHUA will defend his heavyweight world titles against Oleksandr Usyk on September 25, his promoter Eddie Hearn has confirmed.It will be former unified cruiserweight king Usyk’s first world title fight in his new division.
Anthony Joshua will put all his titles on the line on September 25 against Oleksandr UsykCredit: PA
Usyk dominated the cruiserweight division before stepping up to the big boysCredit: Mark Robinson
Hearn went live on Instagram where he revealed the date had been set.
He said: “Joshua vs Usyk announcement, don’t want to say two week as you guys are bored of me saying that.
“September 25 is the date.”
Usyk gets his chance as he is the WBO mandatory challenger.
Joshua saw his ‘Battle of Britain against Tyson Fury fall through when Deontay Wilder won his case for a trilogy bout against the Gypsy King.
That will happen on July 24 at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.
Joshua has since gone to claim that Fury ‘never really wanted the fight’.
Joshua’s training camp for his first outing of the year, which was initially meant to be against Tyson Fury, is well underway.
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Joshua appears completely relaxed about the problems Usyk could poseCredit: Rex

And the Olympic gold medallist has likened himself to the fighters of old – who were willing to face any opponent on short notice.
Alongside a snap of himself limbering up before a training session, Joshua wrote: ‘Throw back fighter.”
Joshua was left bitterly disappointed by the cancellation of his long-awaited Battle of Britain with Fury, so much so he launched an uncharacteristic scathing attack on The Gypsy King.
He tweeted: “@Tyson_Fury the world now sees you for the fraud you are. You’ve let boxing down!
“You lied to the fans and led them on. Used my name for clout not a fight.
“Bring me any championship fighter who can handle their business correctly.”
The 31-year-old recently shared some savage gym work as he exercised his neck.
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ANTHONY JOSHUA has dubbed himself a ‘throwback fighter’ as he gears up for his showdown with Oleskandr Usyk.The Watford warrior is set to defend his unified heavyweight titles against the former cruiserweight king on September 25 at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.
Anthony Joshua has dubbed himself a ‘throwback fighter’Credit: Instagram @anthonyjoshua
AJ is gearing up for a showdown with former cruiserweight king Oleksandr UsykCredit: Instagram @usykaa
Joshua’s training camp for his first outing of the year, which was initially meant to be against Tyson Fury, is well underway.
And the Olympic gold medallist has likened himself to the fighters of old – who were willing to face any opponent on short notice.
Alongside a snap of himself limbering up before a training session, Joshua wrote: ‘Throw back fighter.”
Joshua was left bitterly disappointed by the cancelation of his long-awaited Battle of Britain with Fury, so much so he launched an uncharacteristic scathing attack on The Gypsy King.
He tweeted: “@Tyson_Fury the world now sees you for the fraud you are. You’ve let boxing down!
“You lied to the fans and led them on. Used my name for clout not a fight.
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“Bring me any championship fighter who can handle their business correctly.”
After being challenged to a bare-knuckle fight by Fury – who was ordered to have a trilogy fight with Deontay Wilder – Joshua replied: “If there was an arbitration going on, why announce to the world we are fighting!
“The fight was signed! UNDISPUTED. Bare knuckle? You’re a good kid, don’t play with me Luke!
“I’ll slap your bald head & you’ll do nothing! Waste man.”
Joshua’s focus is now solely on his September showdown with the undefeated Usyk, who many believe will provide him with one of the sternest tests of his career.
But the 2012 Olympian believes The Cat won’t show him anything he’s not accustomed to.
Anthony Joshua was left fuming by the collapse of his clash with Tyson FuryCredit: Reuters

When asked about Usyk’s skill set, Joshua said: “I fear none of them.
“He don’t bring nothing I ain’t seen before. Two hands, two legs, a brain and a bit of heart.
“He’s a good fighter, I’m challenging myself in training. So yeah, let’s get it on.”
He added: “I wanted to go like August but change of opponent, completely different style, the team said push it back a little bit, prepare properly.
“This is a fight I need to win because I was at the final destination on that road to undisputed but now we have a pit stop we have to make with Usyk.
“At the end of September is when I’ll be taking on the former undisputed cruiserweight champion of the world.”
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DEONTAY WILDER’s new head coach Malik Scott has praised Anthony Joshua for taking a ‘dangerous fight’ with Oleksandr Usyk.AJ is set to defend his unified titles against the former undisputed cruiserweight champion on September 25, although the fight has not been officially announced.
Anthony Joshua is gearing up for a showdown with Oleksandr UsykCredit: PA
The undefeated Ukrainian will provide AJ with one of the tougher tests of his careerCredit: Getty
Deontay Wilder’s new coach, Malik Scott, has praised Joshua for fighting UsykCredit: Instagram @malikkingscott
Slick southpaw Usyk will provide Joshua with one of the toughest stylistic match-ups of his career, which Scott believes the Brit deserves credit for taking.
He told Sky Sports: “Usyk is a dangerous fight for anybody, not just Joshua.
“You have to commend Joshua for taking him on.
“Usyk is not a guy everybody is trying to fight – he is a guy that people would prefer not to fight.
“Usyk is learning on the job against the most dangerous guys.
“He didn’t go on a seven-fight plan.
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“This is his third fight at heavyweight. That’s a big climb.
“It will be interesting how Usyk responds to Joshua’s size and technicalities and how Joshua responds to Usyk’s speed as a southpaw.”
Joshua, 31, is brimming with confidence ahead of his clash with the Ukrainian and is adamant his WBO mandatory brings nothing new to the table.
A fired-up Joshua said of Usyk’s skills: “I fear none of them.
“He don’t bring nothing I ain’t seen before. Two hands, two legs, a brain and a bit of heart.
“He’s a good fighter, I’m challenging myself in training. So yeah, let’s get it on.”
Anthony Joshua was due to fight Tyson Fury in AugustCredit: Getty

Joshua’s clash with Usyk came following the collapse of his long-awaited undisputed heavyweight title fight with Tyson Fury.
The Watford Warrior was left bitterly disappointed by the scrapping of the fight, so much so he launched a blistering attack on The Gypsy King.
But the Olympian has shifted his focus to getting the better of Usyk.
He told Sky Sports: “I wanted to go like August but change of opponent, completely different style, the team said push it back a little bit, prepare properly.
“This is a fight I need to win because I was at the final destination on that road to undisputed but now we have a pit stop we have to make with Usyk.
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TYSON FURY has jokingly claimed his dad’s outlandish ‘conspiracy theory’ about his trilogy fight with Deontay Wilder potentially being fixed could be true.Dotting dad John expressed concerns for Tyson’s undefeated record after an American judge ordered his son to face Wilder for a third time.
John Fury has serious concerns over son Tyson’s upcoming trilogy with Deontay WilderCredit: Getty
But The Gypsy Kong has brushed off his father’s concernsCredit: Getty
He told BT Sport: “The danger point is getting fair play out there.
“Because at the minute, the American boxing fraternity has been embarrassed by the last escapade.
“Why wouldn’t you take a $20million step aside without fighting and a guaranteed shot at the winner when you’re fighting for a lot less money than $20m and you’re risking getting your skull caved in again?
“It don’t make sense on his part. So obviously, the powers that be in America are involved, aren’t they?
“And they’re calling the shots and they’ve sort of trapped both men, haven’t they?
“They’ve trapped them both, in my opinion.”
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How Tyson Fury stacks up against Deontay Wilder ahead of their trilogy fightCredit: SUNSPORT

John’s comments didn’t come as a huge surprise to Tyson, who has grown used to hearing his dad’s theories down the years.
When asked about his dad’s comments, The Gypsy King told Michael Bisping: “That’s dads, isn’t it?
“If your dad doesn’t care about you fighting he obviously doesn’t care about you getting knocked out.
“For my dad, he’s not making any money out of this, it’s not his job it is his son, he wants to see me get fair play. My dad is a conspiracy person.
“So whatever happens, there is a conspiracy behind it. My dad thinks this is all a big fix to get me back over here to fight Deontay Wilder.
“I have never proved my dad wrong actually so maybe he is right? I don’t know. So maybe my dad is right.
John Fur y was perplexed by Deontay Wilder’s decision not to take step-aside moneyCredit: PA
“He has experience, he is is 50-odd years old and he’s lived a lot more of a life than I have so you can ever say.
“But one thing I can say is all of these people here apart from my brothers, are here doing their job but for my dad it is his life, I’m his blood and his son and he wants what is best for me.”
Fury and Wilder, 32 and 35 respectively, will renew their rivalry on July 24 at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.
The WBC king is brimming with confidence following his seventh-round TKO of the American last February and has vowed to turn in an even better display in their third clash.
He said: “I gave my game plan away the first time because he wasn’t good enough to do anything about it.
Tyson Fury will renew his rivalry with Deontay Wilder on July 24Credit: Alamy

“And I’ll do the same thing this time because he’s not good enough to do anything about it.
“Deontay Wilder is a one-trick pony. He’s got one-punch power, we all know that – great.
“Because before, I only had five or six weeks practicing what I’m going to do to him.
“This time, I’ve had 18 months of practicing what I’m going to do to him.
“So I anticipate it’s going to be like an 18-wheeler running over somebody, and that’s what you’re gonna see.
“I’m building my weight up, trying to get up to 300lbs for this fight.
“Because I’m looking for a big knockout straight away.”
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TYSON FURY has enlisted the help of former WBO heavyweight champion Joseph Parker ahead of his trilogy fight with Deontay Wilder.Fan favourite Fury is set to renew his rivalry with the Bronze Bomber on July 24 at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.

And the WBC heavyweight champ has brought in the big guns in order to prepare him for his third meeting with the American.
Parker, 29, shared a snap of himself and Fury to Instagram late on Tuesday night.
The post’s accompanying caption read: “Vegas camp with @gypsyking101 and the team just under 5 weeks to go. See you soon.”
Parker’s training with Fury is the second time he’s linked up with The Gypsy King this year.
The Kiwi got some work in with the former unified heavyweight champion of the world ahead of his clash with Derek Chisora in May.
Fury, 32, is brimming with confidence ahead of his third clash with Wilder, whom he dethroned last February.
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Tyson Fury is gearing up for a trilogy fight with Deontay WilderCredit: AFP
And The Gypsy King has vowed to run through The Bronze Bomber like an ’18-wheeler’Credit: Alamy
And the Morecambe-based mauler has vowed to run through the Olympian like an ’18-wheeler’.
He said: “I gave my game plan away the first time because he wasn’t good enough to do anything about it.
“And I’ll do the same thing this time because he’s not good enough to do anything about it.
“Deontay Wilder is a one-trick pony. He’s got one-punch power, we all know that – great.
“Because before, I only had five or six weeks practicing what I’m going to do to him. This time, I’ve had 18 months of practicing what I’m going to do to him.
“So I anticipate it’s going to be like an 18-wheeler running over somebody, and that’s what you’re gonna see.

“I’m building my weight up, trying to get up to 300lbs for this fight. Because I’m looking for a big knockout straight away.”
A second consecutive victory over Wilder will put Fury on course for an undisputed heavyweight title fight with Anthony Joshua.
But Fury insists he’s not fussed about unifying the division, telling talkSPORT: “Undisputed and unifying jobs, it’s all bulls**t to me. I’m not interested.
“Whoever the fights are who is there and is available to fight, we fight. As for like undisputed and unified, I’ve done all that.
“I’ve done unification with [Wladimir] Klitschko, I’ve won all the belts before.
Tyson Fury isn’t thinking about an undisputed heavyweight title fight with Anthony JoshuaCredit: Reuters

“Two-time world champion without being beat. I could just rattle on about what I’ve done for the next two hours.
“But we already know what I’ve done, we already know who I am. Boxing is boxing. Whether they fight, whether I fight, fine, that’s it.
“No matter if I fight a guy that’s absolutely rubbish or I fight the best guy in the world, I still train hard, I still dedicate [myself], I still sacrifice to it.
“You’ll never catch Tyson Fury on the off, ever.
“Because I know you never underestimate the underdog because I’ve been the underdog every single time in every single fight I’ve ever had. But I always come out on top.”
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