According to Hearn, it was Joshua who was making the offer for the Whyte fight. By 21 January, Hearn stated there was a possibility Joshua would fight in the United States instead. Whyte did not reveal the figure, however he claimed it was lower than what he received against Chisora in December 2018. On 12 January 2019, Whyte revealed that he had turned down a "severe lowball" offer from Joshua to fight him in a rematch. Whilst still waiting for Hearn to contact him, Whyte claimed to hear rumours that Joshua would cancel the Wembley date and instead fight American contender Jarrel Miller at Madison Square Garden. On 29 December 2018, with Joshua's Wembley date still on hold, Hearn stated that Whyte was the frontrunner to challenge Joshua. The 30-year-old Whyte called Joshua out once Derek Chisora had recovered from his 11th-round knockout, but Joshua, 29, and unusually booed by many of those present at The O2, said: “If Deontay Wilder is serious and he is going to fight Tyson Fury and doesn’t want to become undisputed champion, Dillian you will get a title shot." Joshua had repeatedly spoken of his desire to fight the undefeated WBC champion Deontay Wilder for all four world titles, but with the American expected to fight Tyson Fury in a rematch in Las Vegas in April before the fight was cancelled, he needed an alternative opponent and insisted Dillian Whyte would then be the leading candidate. Joshua since then made his next defense against Alexander Povetkin, which he stopped in the seventh round. Meanwhile, Parker made two defenses of his WBO title until he lost to unified heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua in March 2018. Ruiz stated how he felt like he won and wanted a rematch but the fight never took place. Ruiz failed to become heavyweight champion back in December 2016, when he lost to Joseph Parker by close but somewhat debatable Majority decision. Buster Douglas in 1990 and Lennox Lewis vs. The fight is considered one of the biggest upsets in boxing history, drawing comparisons to Mike Tyson vs. won the match via technical knockout in the seventh round, ending Joshua's undefeated record and becoming the new unified heavyweight champion. Īfter coming in as a 25–1 underdog, in a shocking upset, Ruiz Jr. 3 ranked heavyweight Jarrell Miller, who was replaced by Ruiz Jr. Joshua was originally scheduled to face undefeated WBA No. The bout took place on June 1, 2019, at Madison Square Garden in New York City, New York. was a heavyweight professional boxing match contested between undefeated and unified WBA (Super), IBF, WBO, and IBO champion Anthony Joshua, and former world title challenger Andy Ruiz Jr. WBA (Super), IBF, WBO, and IBO heavyweight championĪnthony Joshua vs. WBA (Super), IBF, WBO, and IBO heavyweight titles Madison Square Garden, New York City, New York, U.S. Just two weeks ago, party animal Ruiz was STILL on holiday recovering from the Joshua loss but he is now back in training ahead of a potential bout with Dillian Whyte.Boxing competitions Anthony Joshua vs. "I did everything I could as a coach, as a teacher, as a friend, but again, as I said, if the fighter's not there, what can I do?" "But obviously you can't do that if the fighter isn't there, if the fighter doesn't want it. "I really believed coming into the second fight that we were going to be able to do it again. The first Mexican heavyweight champion of the world. "I have to be thankful to Andy and his dad for giving me the opportunity to be part of something special, to have made history - for him to become "I mean, we made history, and I have to be thankful for that. He added: "Look I've got to tell you I'm absolutely grateful and blessed to have been able to experience everything that I was able to experience in 2019. "He was with a Rolls-Royce, he was with his friends, he was throwing parties, and not listening to the camp."īut despite the split and his man's inability to knuckle down for the rematch, Robles remains grateful for the experience. [pod_component pod_component_config_id="3FwHuMi7o" pod_component_config_url="" pod_component_config_loader_url="" src="https%3A%2F%.uk%2Fnu-sun-pod-widgets-prod%2Fiframe-pod.html%3Fid%3D3FwHuMi7o%26script%3Dhttps%3A%2F%2FHe said: "He was not listening because of the fame.
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