After Anthony Joshua’s explosive win over Dominic Breazeale, you can look back on brief highlights of his first world title defence.
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British golfer Rory McIlroy sits ringside several fights before Anthony Joshua fights US boxer Dominic Breazeale in an IBF heavyweight title bout at the O2 Arena in London, Saturday, June 25, 2016.
Breazeale will fight Anthony Joshua for the IBF World Heavyweight title in London Saturday.
The Olympic hero kept his professional 100% knockout ratio intact tonight at the O2 Arena in London, with another stellar victory, this time against spirited title challenger Dominic Breazeale.
“Our conversations with Peter Fury were to look at that fight for November, December, or spring, summer next year”, he said.
Breazeale’s record is littered with anonymous opponents, including Fred Kassi, a 36-year-old from Cameroon who went seven ugly rounds with Hughie Fury in April before losing on a technicality because the callow British heavyweight was cut accidentally, and was leading on points.
Division leader Tyson Fury is a long 33/1 to fight “AJ” next, due to the nasty ankle injury he recently picked up, which has pushed his rematch with Wladimir Klitschko back to October. “I’m just waiting for them to set a date, let me know where it is, and let’s get it on”, he added.
Former NFL quarterback Breazeale, from Los Angeles, lost his opening bout at the 2012 Olympics in London in the same weight category that Joshua won gold in. This fight also aired live on Showtime, in what kicked off the network’s multi-fight deal with Joshua. It is clear that Joshua still has plenty of learning to do, but he says he feels ready to take on any of the world’s other elite heavyweights and learn on the job at the highest level. “I don’t really get where he’s going with that”. I need to break him right down, defeat him mentally and the rest will fall.
Only two fights ago he was at risk of defeat when hurt by Dillian Whyte, who he said he found more hard. For his part, Joshua said in a media call earlier this week that the fight “can’t go past four rounds”.
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“I’m making waves in the USA now and one day I’m sure (WBC holder) Deontay Wilder and I will get to experience what each other are all about”, Joshua, who wore white in memory of heavyweight great Muhammad Ali, said. However, Deontay sees the contest as a 50-50 fight, because he thinks Breazeale is going to come into the match looking to make a name for himself.
