Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2023-04-01, boxing match not so exciting: Anthony Joshua vs Jermaine Franklin gets two stars (take a look at our ranking of the Best Boxing Fights of 2023).
Franklin vs Joshua is scheduled to take place Saturday, April 1st, at the O2 Arena in London (United Kingdom), in a 12-round heavyweight (over 200 lbs, 90.7 kg) bout; it is the main event of the evening. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2022-08-20, good boxing match: Oleksandr Usyk vs Anthony Joshua 2 gets three stars (take a look at our ranking of the Best Boxing Fights of 2022).
Joshua vs Usyk 2 is scheduled to take place Saturday, August 20th, at the Jeddah Superdome in Jeddah (Saudi Arabia), in a 12-round heavyweight (over 200 lbs, 90.7 kg) bout; it is the main event of the evening and it is valid for the IBF, WBA, WBO and IBO World heavyweight titles (Usyk’s first defense). Watch the video and rate this fight!
Before the bout take place, you can watch the official preview videos ‘The Making Of’, press conference, weigh-in (on Friday) etc, or discover how to watch Usyk vs Joshua 2 on tv, the fight time and the card.
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2021-09-25, good boxing fight: Anthony Joshua vs Oleksandr Usyk gets three stars (take a look at our ranking of the Best Boxing Fights of 2021).
Usyk vs Joshua is the main event of the evening and it is valid for the WBA, IBF, WBO and IBO World heavyweight titles (all held by AJ); they also faced each other a second time on August 20, 2022 (Oleksandr Usyk vs Anthony Joshua 2). Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2020-12-12, good fight with some very exciting rounds: Anthony Joshua vs Kubrat Pulev is very close to get four stars (take a look at our ranking of the best boxing fights of 2020).
The 2012 Olympic super heavyweight gold medalist and current IBF, IBO, WBO, WBA world champion Anthony Joshua entered this fight with a professional boxing record of 23-1-0 (21 KOs=91%) and he is ranked as the No.3 heavyweight in the world (currently the #1 in this division is Tyson Fury). He beat Alexander Povetkin in September 2018 (Anthony Joshua vs Alexander Povetkin) but then he suffered his first loss in June 2019 against Andy Ruiz Jr (this fight took second place in ours Users’ Boxing Fight of the year 2019, Anthony Joshua vs Andy Ruiz Jr I); after six months AJ took revenge on the Mexican in their second fight (Andy Ruiz Jr vs Anthony Joshua II). If you want to watch Joshua’s best fights, here are a 4-stars fight of 2015, Anthony Joshua vs Dillian Whyte, and “The Ring magazine” Fight of the Year 2017, Anthony Joshua vs Wladimir Klitschko.
His opponent, the former Olympian Kubrat Pulev, has an official record of 28-1-0 (14 knockouts) and he entered as the No.11 in the same weight class. He suffered his only loss when he faced Wladimir Klitschko in 2014 (Klitschko vs Pulev) but since then he has won eight consecutive bouts beating Bogdan Dinu (Kubrat Pulev vs Bogdan Dinu) and Rydell Booker in 2019 (Kubrat Pulev vs Rydell Booker). Pulev vs Joshua is valid for the WBA, IBF, WBO and IBO World heavyweight titles. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2019-12-07, some good exchanges between Andy Ruiz Jr and Anthony Joshua 2 but it is not enough to get three stars: it gets two.The current IBF, IBO, WBO and WBA world champion Andy Ruiz Jr entered this fight with a professional boxing record of 33-1-0 (22 knockouts) and he is ranked as the No.2 heavyweight in the world (currently the #1 in this division is Deontay Wilder). He suffered his only loss when he faced Joseph Parker in 2016 (via majority decision in New Zealand, Joseph Parker vs Andy Ruiz Jr), after this bout he has beat Devin Vargas, Kevin Johnson, Alexander Dimitrenko (Andy Ruiz Jr vs Alexander Dimitrenko) and Anthony Joshua in their first fight (when he replaced Jarrell Miller who failed the doping test, Anthony Joshua vs Andy Ruiz Jr I).
His opponent, the 2012 Olympic super heavyweight gold medalist and former world Hw champ Anthony Joshua, has an official record of 22-1-0 (21 KOs=95%) and he entered as the No.3 in the same weight class. Before losing to Ruiz, in his previous three fights, AJ had won over Carlos Takam (Anthony Joshua vs Carlos Takam), Joseph Parker (Anthony Joshua vs Joseph Parker) and Alexander Povetkin (Anthony Joshua vs Alexander Povetkin). Ruiz vs Joshua 2 is valid for the WBA, IBF, WBO and IBO World heavyweight titles. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2019-06-01, great fight between Anthony Joshua and Andy Ruiz Jr: it gets three stars.The undefeated 2012 Olympic super heavyweight gold medalist, current IBF, IBO, WBO and WBA world champion Anthony Joshua entered this fight with a perfect record of 22-0-0 (21 KOs=95%) and he is ranked as the No.1 heavyweight in the world. In his last three bouts AJ has won over Carlos Takam (Anthony Joshua vs Carlos Takam), Joseph Parker (Anthony Joshua vs Joseph Parker) and Alexander Povetkin (Anthony Joshua vs Alexander Povetkin).
His opponent, Andy Ruiz Jr (who replaces Jarrell Miller because he failed the doping test), has a boxing record of 32-1-0 (21 knockouts) and he entered as the No.14 in the same weight class. He suffered his only loss when he faced Joseph Parker in 2016 (via majority decision, Joseph Parker vs Andy Ruiz Jr), after this bout he has beat Devin Vargas, Kevin Johnson and Alexander Dimitrenko (Andy Ruiz Jr vs Alexander Dimitrenko). Joshua vs Ruiz is valid for the IBF, IBO, WBA and WBO World heavyweight titles. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2018-09-22, good fight between Anthony Joshua and Alexander Povetkin: it gets three stars.The 2012 Olympic super heavyweight gold medalist and current IBF, IBO, WBO and WBA world champion Anthony Joshua entered this fight with a perfect boxing record of 21-0-0 (20 KOs=95%) and he is ranked as the No.1 heavyweight in the world. In his last three bouts AJ has defeated Wladimir Klitschko (Joshua vs Klitschko), Carlos Takam (Anthony Joshua vs Carlos Takam) and Joseph Parker (Anthony Joshua vs Joseph Parker).
His opponent, the 2004 Olympic super-heavyweight gold medalist and former Wba Hw champion Alexander Povetkin, has an official record of 34-1-0 (24 knockouts) and he entered as the No.3 in the same weight class. He suffered his only loss when he faced Wladimir Klitschko in 2013 (Klitschko vs Povetkin), since then he has won eight bouts beating Andriy Rudenko (Povetkin vs Rudenko), Christian Hammer (Alexander Povetkin vs Christian Hammer) and David Price in his last three (Alexander Povetkin vs David Price). Joshua vs Povetkin is valid for the IBF, IBO, WBA, WBO World heavyweight titles. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2018-03-31, disappointing fight between Anthony Joshua and Joseph Parker: it gets two stars.Both undefeated, the 2012 Olympic super heavyweight gold medalist and current IBF, IBO and WBA world champion Anthony Joshua entered this fight with a perfect boxing record of 20-0-0 (20 KOs=100%) and he is ranked as the No.1 heavyweight in the world while his opponent, the Wbo Hw champ Joseph Parker, has an official record of 24-0-0 (18 KOs=75%) and he entered as the No.7 in the same weight class. Both boxers fought twice last year: AJ defeated Wladimir Klitschko (Joshua vs Klitschko) and Carlos Takam (Anthony Joshua vs Carlos Takam) while Parker beat Razvan Cojanu (Joseph Parker vs Razvan Cojanu) and Hughie Fury (Joseph Parker vs Hughie Fury). Parker had also faced Takam, in 2016, winning by unanimous decision (Joseph Parker vs Carlos Takam) while Joshua won via tko in the tenth round. Joshua vs Parker is valid for the IBF, IBO, WBA and WBO World heavyweight titles. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2017-10-28, pretty good fight between Anthony Joshua and Carlos Takam: it gets three stars.The undefeated 2012 Olympic super heavyweight gold medalist and current IBF, IBO and WBA world champion Anthony Joshua entered this fight with a perfect record of 19-0-0 (19 KOs=100%) and he is ranked as the No.1 heavyweight in the world. In his last three fights ‘AJ’ has won over Dominic Breazeale (=Joshua vs Breazeale), Eric Molina (=Joshua vs Molina) and Wladimir Klitschko (=Joshua vs Klitschko).
His opponent, Carlos Takam (who replaces Kubrat Pulev), has an official record of 35-3-1 (27 KOs=77%) and he entered as the No.19 in the same weight class. He lost to Joseph Parker last year (=Parker vs Takam) but then he has beat Marcin Rekowski and Ivica Bacurin. Joshua vs Takam is valid for the IBF, IBO and WBA Super World heavyweight titles. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2017-04-29, nice fight with a spectacular finish: Anthony Joshua vs Wladimir Klitschko gets three stars.The undefeated 2012 Olympic super heavyweight gold medalist and current IBF world champion Anthony Joshua entered this fight with a perfect boxing record of 18-0-0 (18 KOs=100%) and he is ranked as the No.1 heavyweight in the world. ‘AJ’ fought three times last year winning over Charles Martin (=Martin vs Joshua), Dominic Breazeale (=Joshua vs Breazeale) and Eric Molina (=Joshua vs Molina).
His opponent, the 1996 Olympic super-Hw gold medalist and former Wbo, Ibf, Wba, Ibo champion Wladimir Klitschko (he is 41 years old, 14 years older than Joshua), has an official record of 64-4-0 (53 KOs=83%) but he is not ranked as he hasn’t fought since November 28, 2015 when he was defeated by Tyson Fury (=Klitschko vs Fury); before this fight he had beat Bryant Jennings (=Klitschko vs Jennings). Anthony Joshua vs Wladimir Klitschko is valid for the WBA, IBF and vacant IBO World heavyweight titles. Watch the video and rate this fight!
