There is plenty of action in the heavyweight division right now with fighters moving up and down the ranks on a regular basis.
For many years, the most glamorous weight class of them all was rather stale with no one able to challenge the long-reining might of the Klitschko brothers who tied up all the belts for several years.
Once Tyson Fury famously dethroned Wladimir in 2015 however, the belts were splintered and ever since then have changed hands many times. Andy Ruiz Jr, Fury, Anthony Joshua, Deontay Wilder, Joseph Parker and Charles Martin have all held a version of the word title, while Oleksandr Usyk briefly owned them all back in May having beaten Fury in the first undisputed fight for 25 years.
Rather than fight his mandatory, he is going into a contracted rematch with Fury in December so vacated his IBF belt, which is now owned by Daniel Dubois and will be defended against Joshua in September at Wembley Stadium.
Former Joshua coach Robert Garcia has been speaking to Boxing King Media about his old charge and thinks he is in a great place right now after four back-to-back wins, three by stoppage, against Jermaine Franklyn. Robert Helenius, Otto Wallin and Francis Ngannou.
“Joshua was always a great student, always wants to do good. He was going through a moment where he lost his last fight then didn’t win the rematch against the same guy so his mind wasn’t there.
There was a lot of things going on in camp that I don’t want to reveal, but now I think he’s unstoppable. I don’t know if him fighting Usyk will make a big difference but it could.
After all the wins, the activity, his confidence has become maybe better than it was way earlier in his career. He’s unstoppable right now.”
