According to Joe Gallagher, the trainer of WBA super middleweight champion Callum Smith, the Liverpool based boxer’s dream of defending his title at his beloved Anfield soccer ground has hit a problem.
WBA/IBF and WBO heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua is backing Dereck Chisora to extract revenge on Dillian Whyte when the pair rematch at the O2 Arena in London on Saturday night.
Kell Brook and Michael Zerafa took part in the final press Conference Thursday, just two days before they do battle in Sheffield, England on Saturday night.
Anthony Joshua’s promoter Eddie Hearn has said that any negotiations for the WBA/IBF and WBO heavyweight champion to defend his titles against WBC champ Deontay Wilder will no be made public for fear of jeopardising a unification battle between the pair.
Deontay Wilder’s co manager Shelly Finkel has confirmed that the WBC heavyweight champion is willing to face WBA/IBF and WBO titleholder Anthony Joshua in a unification battle or fellow Briton Tyson Fury in 2019.
The Heavyweight unification fight between IBF, WBA and IBO champion Anthony Joshua MBE and WBO titleholder Joseph Parker will take place at the Principality Stadium in Cardiff,Wales on March 31