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Britain’s Heavyweight Champion, Anthony Joshua has made financial donations to boxing gyms over fears that many may go out of business due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Joshua’s donations came after his promoter, Eddie Hearn voiced his concerns over as well as some amateur gyms already shutting down temporarily through the Lockdown in the United Kingdom (UK). “Boxing helped shape me, both physically and mentally,” said Joshua. “It is no secret that without boxing and the family created around my amateur gym, my life could have been very different.

World boxing heavyweight champion, Anthony Joshua in his effort to retain the title of the champion had descended hard on his Bulgarian rival, Kubrat Pulev near the end of the ninth round on Saturday to retain his IBF, WBO, and WBA belts.

Dillian Whyte's world heavyweight title dream was left in tatters after a second career defeat by Alexander Povetkin in a sensational fifth-round knock-out.

The heavyweight title defence fight between Britain's Anthony Joshua and Bulgaria's Kubrat 'The Cobra' Pulev will be postponed yet again till at least October due to the Covid-19 pandemic, Joshua's promoter Eddie Hearn said.

Israel Adesanya 'The Last Stylebender' has defeated Cuba's Yoel Romero with a unanimous score of 48-47,48-47, AND 49-46 to retain his UFC middleweight title, at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. Saturday's fight ran Adesanya's undefeated fight record to 19-0, making him the best middleweight in the world.

World Heavyweight Champion, Anthony Joshua will face Bulgarian boxer Kubrat Pulev also known as 'Cobra' as his International Boxing Federation (IBF) mandatory challenger at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on June 20, 2020.