For Anthony Joshua, the easy nights are over. His third‑round blowout of the reluctant Eric Molina in Manchester on Saturday night to retain his IBF world heavyweight title, while again disappointing fans who want to see him in a proper fight, has nevertheless thrust him into boxing’s stratosphere.
Doc Holliday, a seasoned boxing face from America who accompanied Molina in the absence of the Texan’s promoter, Don King, predicted Joshua would “earn a billion” from boxing. Well, extrapolating from the £15m he and Wladimir Klitschko might have earned had the Ukrainian been his opponent on Saturday night (as originally scheduled), their showdown at Wembley Stadium in front of 90,000 fans on 29 April could bring them between £30m and £40m apiece.
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