Anthony Joshua vs Wladimir Klitschko
The Joshua vs. Klitschko fight will be for the former’s IBF heavyweight belt as well as the vacant WBA (Super) and IBO heavyweight titles. It pits one of the best young boxers in the sport in Joshua stepping up to fight an absolute legend in Klitschko.
Heavyweight: Anthony Joshua vs. Wladimir Klitschko
Featherweight: Scott Quigg vs. Viorel Simion
Lightweight: Luke Campbell vs. Darleys Perez
Women’s lightweight: Katie Taylor vs. Nina Meinke
Welterweight: Josh Kelly vs. Faheem Khan
Cruiserweight: Lawrence Okolie vs. Russ Henshaw
Super featherweight: Joe Cordina vs. Sergej Vib
Watching the undercard in the United States will be difficult, as it is exclusive to Sky Box Office in the U.K. Showtime has the Joshua vs. Klitschko fight in the United States, beginning at 4:15 p.m. ET, which means only the main event will be televised.
If Wladimir Klitschko was in his prime, could he beat Anthony Joshua?
"Tyson Fury, where you at baby? I enjoy fighting, Tyson Fury, I know you’ve been talking a lot, I want to give 90,000 people again a chance. I want to fight everyone.
Rafael's remarks: Fighting in his hometown, Pulev, 35, won his fifth fight in a row since suffering a gargantuan fifth-round knockout loss to then-heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko in the 2014 knockout of the year. Pulev, who looms as one of the mandatory challengers for unified titleholder Anthony Joshua, rolled past Johnson, a 37-year-old journeyman from Asbury Park, New Jersey, in a fight in which Johnson had a bit of success early but was not winning any rounds. Later in the fight, Johnson planted himself on the ropes and barely moved or threw punches while Pulev landed shots and won easily. Johnson, who lost a one-sided decision to then-world titleholder Vitali Klitschko in 2009, dropped to 2-7 in his last nine.
"He said I will gas out, I will try to knock him out and as I come rushing in he will catch me with a right hand and knock me clean out," he said on the recent BBC documentary Joshua v Klitschko: Return to Wembley.
Lack of reflexes due to age combined with a long layoff will retire Dr. Steelhammer but his ability to land and clinch will keep him upright or at least on his feet after 12 rounds. The thought of Wlad down on the all scorecards in the Tyson Fury fight and not showing any real desperation is troubling. Then again Joshua hasn’t gone past the 7th round and with all those muscles he’s bound to get gassed. This podcaster is banking on Anthony Joshua finding his second win after early problems.
Anthony Joshua Vs. Wladimir Klitschko: No Country For Old Men
Just how much does Wladimir Klitschko have left in the tank facing a primed athletic fighter? Hopefully for his sake more than what was on display back in late November 2015 in a lopsided defeat to Tyson Fury. To pile on a foothill of reasons why the Ukrainian native is the betting underdog, is the old saying of father-time remaining unbeaten. If that’s the case, Saturday the dreaded father-time could feast on an aged man returning from his longest stretch of inactivity.
Joshua vs. Klitschko fight card: Full list of undercard bouts
If Joshua wins, especially convincingly a new era will be ushered in not just in the division but a new star will be born the world over. A Klitschko victory heightens his long-term legacy and at the same time cheapens the rest of the division to an extent moving forward besides Tyson Fury.
Joshua beat Klitschko in front of a mega 90,000 at Wembley Stadium
90,000 crazed fans will fill Wembley Stadium to root on their countryman Anthony Joshua in his quest to take the boxing world by the balls. Standing in his way is the former kingpin of the heavyweight division Wladimir Klitschko. It’s a classic tale of youth versus experience in a vintage match that could tilt the balance to the next generation.
Anthony Joshua vs Wladimir Klitschko Special Preview Boxing Show
Will Anthony Joshua take his seat at the table or end up on the menu? The boy who grew up some ten minutes away from Wembley Stadium gets to prove if he’s a full grown man on the highest level. Joshua looks every bit the part of an athletic power-puncher mixed with solid technique. The only time AJ has faced the slightest bit of adversity as a pro was in the second round of entertaining bout with Dillian Whyte. Joshua let their personal rivalry dating back to the amateurs affect him getting rocked with a punch that had the big man buzzed. Since that moment the 2012 gold medalist from Great Britain has taken a more patient approach. Surely he will be focused and conservative in route to closing the distance on Klitschko.
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The first four rounds were good but it went to another level in the fifth round when Joshua put his punches together for a knockdown but then was reeling by the end of the round as Klitschko took command. Then he dropped Joshua in the sixth round with a perfect right hand. He had Joshua in terrible trouble and had taken over the fight before Joshua came back late in the fight and dropped Klitschko twice more in the 11th and then teed off on him along the ropes until referee David Fields stopped it at 2 minutes, 25 seconds. There might be a rematch -- Klitschko has the contractual right -- but for now enjoy this one. Big fights get no better.