ANTHONY JOSHUA is being lined up for a shock showdown with long-time rival Deontay Wilder following Tyson Fury’s retirement.

Tyson Fury shocked the boxing world when he recently announced his retirement from the sport. Fury suffered back-to-back decision losses to Oleksandr Usyk in 20 ...

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DEONTAY WILDER is ready to salvage a fight with Anthony Joshua. AJ appeared to be heading towards a two-bout deal with Tyson Fury - across the UK and Saudi Arabia - worth huge sums. But Fury looks ...

Agit Kabayel is a well-travelled heavyweight who has taken punches from both Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua so he has an ...

Turki Alalshikh has expressed his desire to see a fight between Anthony Joshua and Deontay Wilder, assuming Tyson Fury remains retired. Joshua's hopes of becoming a world champion for the third ...

Former UFC middleweight champion Israel Adesanya has predicted how a potential boxing fight between Deontay Wilder and Francis Ngannou could play out. Both Ngan ...

Despite Wilder being one of the division’s biggest ever punchers, Fury drew once and twice managed to knock out ‘The Bronze ...

Instead, Joshua went on to knock out former UFC champion Francis Ngannou, while Wilder was stopped by Zhilei Zhang in his next bout. Joshua was also on the wrong end of a KO in 2024, however, as ...

If this is truly it for Fury, he will retire with a 34-2-1 record with 24 knockouts. The Usyk losses were the only two blemishes on his record. The draw came against Deontay Wilder in 2018.

Paris and Tyson Fury looked happier than ever as they posed ... a possible purse and has already considered American Deontay Wilder as an alternative for Joshua. 'A lot of rumours don't help ...

Retirement began at the most magical place on earth as Tyson Fury visited Disneyland with ... and has already considered American Deontay Wilder as an alternative for Joshua.