The Unified Heavyweight Champion, Anthony Joshua, Revealed Six Opponents He Desires to Fight Before the End of His Career

Anthony Joshua has set his hit list. He has revealed the six fighters he would love to share the ring with in the coming years. The 30-year-old boxer reeled off the opponents in a lock-down interview with SKY News.

Joshua, popularly known as “AJ,” is a professional British fighter and a two-time unified heavyweight champion. He held the championship between 2016 and June 2019 (after he lost a fight to Andy Ruiz), and from December 2019 (when he rematched with Andy Ruiz and won) till date.

Anthony Joshua is the first undisputed heavyweight champion since Lennox Lewis in 1999, and he holds the WBA, WBO, and IBF belts.

A match between Joshua and his IBF mandatory, Kubrat Pulev, was set to hold at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in June but postponed due to the pandemic. Surprisingly, the Bulgarian, Pulev, wasn’t in the dream list of Joshua’s opponents despite being the second time a match between the two has been cancelled.

In an interview with SKY News, Anthony Joshua revealed the six opponents he would love to fight in the coming years.

Here, Fameaside would put you through AJ’s picks.

LUIS ORTIZ
Luis Ortiz held the WBA interim heavyweight title from 2015 to 2016. The Cuban professional boxer is popularly known as “King Kong,” and has fought 35 matches. He won a total of 31 fights, with 26 knockouts and lost two fights.

JARRELL MILLER
The American professional boxer was a kickboxer in the Heavyweight division. Jarrell Miller was due to challenge Anthony Joshua for the WBA, IBF, WBO, and IBO world heavyweight titles in June 2019, but was denied a license to box after testing positive for GW501516.

In his professional boxing record, he fought 24 matches and won 20 fights with knockouts, out of 23 victories. He has never been defeated, but he had a draw once.

TYSON FURY
The two-time heavyweight world champion from England has held the WBC, The Ring magazine, and lineal titles since defeating Deontay Wilder in February 2020. He held the unified WBA (Super), IBF, WBO, IBO, The Ring, and lineal titles after defeating Wladimir Klitschko in 2015. Fury has never lost a fight but had a draw and won all his 31 matches with 21 knockouts.

ADAM KOWNACKI
The Polish professional fighter has 20 victories in 21 matches with 15 knockouts and one loss.

DEONTAY WILDER
Deontay Wilder is the first American world heavyweight champion in nine years. He held the WBC heavyweight title from 2015 to 2020. In 44 matches, the Bronze Bomber won 42 fights with 41 knockouts, he lost a fight, and had a draw.

OLEKSANDR USYK
Oleksandr Usyk won all his 17 matches with 13 knockouts. The Ukrainian professional boxer reigned as the undisputed cruiserweight champion from July 2018 until he vacated his titles in March 2019.