Boxing

Lennox Lewis and Anthony Joshua have been embroiled in a war of words this week. Ex-world heavyweight champion Lewis was branded a ‘clown’ by Joshua after he criticised AJ for his shock defeat to Andy Ruiz Jr. Joshua insisted he has no respect for Lewis and that the two boxing …

Anthony Joshua has indirectly fired a shot at Tyson Fury regarding his next fight against Otto Wallin. Following his defeat to Andy Ruiz Jr in June, AJ criticised the ‘Gypsy King’s’ win over Tom Schwarz and said he wished he could go back to fighting ‘easy opponents’ like that. Getty …

Andy Ruiz Jr believes he already knows how Anthony Joshua will approach their rematch, and doesn’t think it will work out well for him. The Mexican-American knocked out and dethroned the British champion on June 1 in New York to claim the WBA, IBF and WBO heavyweight titles. getty 2 …

Anthony Joshua and Lennox Lewis is the feud no one wanted or expected, but here it is. This has seemingly stemmed from boxing legend Lewis’ past criticism of how Joshua’s team handled negotiations with Deontay Wilder about a possible undisputed heavyweight title fight. 1 Anthony Joshua celebrates winning Olympic gold …

Lennox Lewis could come out of retirement, ‘eat a few Snickers’ and knockout Anthony Joshua, warned the boxing legend’s manager Josh Dubin. The pair have engaged in an extraordinary war of words after Lewis claimed AJ was not ‘fully prepared’ before his shock loss to Andy Ruiz Jr. Getty 2 …

Andy Ruiz Jr has finally broken his silence after his rematch with Anthony Joshua was announced for December 7 in Diriyah, Saudi Arabia. Mexico’s heavyweight champion produced a deafening silence after Joshua and his promoter Eddie Hearn revealed the second fight’s location, but has now declared that he has no …

Floyd Mayweather has proudly taken to social media to boast after being crowned the ‘Greatest Boxer of All Time’ by a computer algorithm. Record-keeping website Boxrec also hold rankings on current fighters based on a controversial algorithm which often causes mass debate among fans. Getty 2 Floyd Mayweather retired with …

Tyson Fury has declared that he is ‘1,000,000 per cent’ confident Andy Ruiz Jr will knock Anthony Joshua out once again when they meet in their rematch. It was announced last week that the second fight is scheduled for December 7 in Saudi Arabia, though Ruiz is now disputing this. …

Billy Joe Saunders has joined the list of potential opponents for Canelo Alvarez’s next fight after US broadcaster DAZN approved him, according to reports. It is well known that Canelo is currently on the hunt for his second bout of the year, but needs the go-ahead from DAZN – who …

The Andy Ruiz Jr vs Anthony Joshua rematch will go ahead with all three heavyweight titles on the line. Ruiz stunned AJ to claim his WBA, IBF and WBO belts on June 1 at MSG, though there was debate over whether he’d be able to hang onto all of them …