On 1 February, Hearn admitted it was becoming highly unlikely that Joshua would still fight at Wembley Stadium on 13 April. Whyte claimed Joshua did not want to fight him, as he had known since September 2018, that he would be fighting in April 2019, yet did not make any offers. 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.
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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.
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