At the start of July, we see the much anticipated rematch between Tyson Fury and Wladimir Klitchsko, as the pair meet in Manchester.
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“Dillian Whyte hurt him, he had him out on his feet, but he couldn’t close the door on him”, Breazeale said.
Anthony Joshua admitted he is “feeling the pressure” ahead of his IBF world heavyweight fight with Dominic Breazeale on Saturday. Even if Breazeale loses his first defense of his IBF title, he’ll still wind up rich from that fight. Two gladiators, two respectful warriors coming together.
“They jumped into my auto and off we all went”.
Bookmakers have little expectation of Breazeale halting Joshua’s rise, and he is priced as little as 1/50 to retain his belt.
“There will always be pressure”.
In the final news conference before the fight, the Briton said that he was intent on “meeting expectations” by securing “an explosive KO and entertaining everybody”. Dominic is the danger man and I’m taking him very seriously.
On Saturday Big Joshua will be far more cautious than in his previous fights before opening gaps, landing heavily and finally stepping back as the front row shouts “timber” to the whoosh of Breazeale tumbling over. “I think he really wants it”.
Most do not think this fight with Breazeale will last almost as long the one against Whyte. “I have definitely had tougher fights than Joshua”.
That fight-ending punch signalled to the heavyweight division that he’s a world class fighter – but now he has to back it up against the unbeaten Breazeale. People talk and talk, that’s irrelevant. I am serious about boxing. They know he’s going to come flying out of the blocks in round one looking to score a fast knockout. The second I stepped in to the pros it was ‘Boom!
Promoter Eddie Hearn has confirmed approaches for star Matchroom client Anthony Joshua to fight across the globe. It’s media channels and people wanting to get to know the guy behind the gloves. The fight is for Groves’ WBA International belt, which he is defending for the first time. “I have absolutely no doubt in my mind that Breazeale is going down, and it won’t last long. He [Joshua] will be taken the distance, because you can’t knock out everybody”.
“You can’t jump from hero to zero”.
“If they get in a dog fight, I know what kind of heart Dominic has”, Bray said.
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Breazeale said he’ll work to make the confident Joshua uncomfortable from the outset. I’m going to destroy him. I have to put an end to his dreams – I’m the dream crusher. Breazeale survived a third-round knockdown to win his last bout by TKO when Amir Mansour (22-2-1, 16 KOs) couldn’t answer the bell for the sixth due to a broken jaw January 23 at Staples Center. That’s one of the things that I had to realise. “They didn’t look deep enough. That’s why he’s chosen me as his opponent, but I think he plans on getting out of that situation if he can make it through the 12 rounds”. This is the opportunity I’ve been working on for eight years.
