Anthony Joshua is the British heavyweight who should be making headlines this week and he is likely to make short work of Eric Molina on SaturdayEven when he’s not the story, David Haye makes himself the story. The British heavyweight who should be in the spotlight this week is Anthony Joshua, who lines up the veteran Eric Molina for a hat-trick of American bodies to dispatch in defence of his IBF title in Manchester on Saturday night.But Haye grabbed the microphone and the headlines at a press conference to announce his non-title fight against Tony Bellew next March when he gave the promoter, Eddie Hearn, the benefit of his wisdom in an extended rant that even drowned out Bellew. Hearn,...
Eric Molina in Manchester on 10 December is not the match long-suffering Lennox Lewis fans were hoping to see for the champion’s second defenceIt is in one respect unfair that Anthony Joshua should be pilloried for defending his IBF world title against a third moderate American in the shape of Eric Molina in Manchester on 10 December.The Watford fighter came late to boxing as a rebellious teenager who might have been lost to a life of street crime, but that has not hindered his rise to the top with an undisturbed run of 17 professional knockouts after winning Olympic gold in London four years ago. The 27-year-old is an ornament to the game, dedicated, amiable and dangerous. Related: Heavyweight boxing enters...
The sport’s powerhouse is a mess with Tyson Fury’s problems and Wladimir Klitschko’s reluctance increasing the problems caused by a multitude of titlesOn the verge of the pantomime season boxing is again a laughing stock, like a tottering, rouge‑cheeked dame with a glass of sherry in one hand and a string of broken promises in the other.Disillusion drowns out the laughter. Nowhere is it more obvious than in the fact the division that in not-so-distant memory gave us Muhammad Ali, Joe Frazier, George Foreman, Ken Norton and Larry Holmes now cannot settle on anyone more convincing than the young Anthony Joshua, the injured Deontay Wilder, the old Wladimir Klitschko or the absent Tyson Fury. Related: Anthony Joshua will defend title...