Anthony Joshua News
Earlier, Fury clinched the World Boxing Council (WBC) belt from Deontay Wilder after he producing a stunning performance of patience and power in their rematch in February.
Joshua's title defence against Kubrat Pulev is scheduled for June but that is set to be postponed due to the pandemic.
Joshua`s promoter Eddie Hearn, who said this week that both parties had signed up to the fight in Diriyah, near Riyadh, raised the threat of legal action if the Mexican-American refused the terms set out.
Joshua had been due to defend his WBA, IBF, WBO and IBO heavyweight belts at London's Wembley Stadium on April 13 against an unnamed opponent, but that seemed unlikely for some time.
The WBA requested an answer from Anthony Joshua`s team regarding his fight with the mandatory challenger Alexander Povetkin.
American Deontay Wilder has agreed to terms to fight Anthony Joshua in Britain later this year in about that would crown the first undisputed heavyweight champion since 2000, ESPN reported on Monday.
Even Anthony Joshua would struggle to beat the world's best faced with the hardships confronting Kiribati's Commonwealth Games boxers.
The victory extended London 2012 Olympic champion Joshua's perfect pro record to 21 wins from as many bouts but was the first he'd failed to do so by a knockout.
New Zealander Parker (24-0) had no doubt he would do so, however, in front of 80,000 people at Cardiff`s Principality Stadium on Saturday.
Joshua holds the WBA, IBF and IBO crowns and boasts a perfect 20-0 record.
Boxing heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua is the line of fire thanks to an old interview with GQ in which his comments appear to be bordering on sexism.
Carlos Takam complained it was a premature stoppage, which was jeered by Joshua’s fans, and the challenger was given warm applause afterwards.
Hamburg-based Klitschko, 41, hangs up his gloves as one of the all-time greats of the ring after a nine-and-a-half year reign as heavyweight champion, which was ended in 2015.
What was hailed as the biggest fight night ever staged in a British ring, watched by the largest crowd for a boxing show in Britain for 78 years, lived up to its billing.
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