ANTHONY JOSHUA has been offered a third crack at Oleksandr Usyk once the city of Kyiv and AJ’s confidence are rebuilt. The 32-year-old Watford hero has lost back-to-back 12-rounders to the 35-year-old Ukraine ace. Even though the August showdown in Jeddah ended awkwardly – with the Brit icon slinging a couple of Usyk’s belts on the floor and snatching the mic for …

TYSON FURY’S proposed undisputed heavyweight title fight with Oleksandr Usyk has received the green light from the WBC – but the Brit wants a whopping £500MILLION for the bout. The Gypsy King ended his latest retirement on Saturday night after the unified heavyweight champion retained his WBA, WBO and IBF titles in his rematch with Anthony Joshua. The World Boxing Council – whose heavyweight belt …

BOXING champ Tyson Fury spoke of his agony yesterday after his cousin was stabbed to death outside a bar. Former youth boxing star Rico Burton had been watching the Anthony Joshua and Oleksandr Usyk fight with pals in a pub before going to another several miles away in Altrincham. Revellers looked on in horror as a knife was plunged into the neck of …

Oleksandr Usyk secures a second consecutive victory over Anthony Joshua to defend the unified WBO, WBA and IBF titles at the King Abdullah Sports City Arena in Jeddah; Usyk confirmed his place at the top of the heavyweight division with momentous rematch win over Joshua Oleksandr Usyk took a second consecutive victory over Anthony Joshua to defend his unified WBO, …

LEWIS Sylvester has made a career as an Anthony Joshua lookalike and body double – raking in as much as £16,000 for a booking. The 38-year-old from Birmingham, who is also a banker, was told by a former boss that he looked like the ex-boxing champ and was urged to sign up to a lookalike agency five years ago. Lewis Sylvester earns …

OLEKSANDR USYK is expected to leave Ukraine and start training for a blockbuster rematch with Anthony Joshua. Usyk, who joined the territorial defence after Russia invaded, was given permission by the nation’s Sports Minister to leave the country despite the ongoing war – although under the current law he was free to leave at any time because of his young …

Anthony Joshua fans were convinced the former heavyweight world champion’s Twitter account had been hacked after he denied sleeping with Amir Khan’s wife.

Tyson Fury has taken a swipe at his heavyweight rival Anthony Joshua for surrendering his belts to Oleksandr Usyk after his sensational defeat in London.

Oleksandr Usyk observed “strange” behaviour while he was studying Anthony Joshua ‘s previous fights ahead of their title bout in September.

Anthony Joshua has been told that his problem is with himself – and not his coach Rob McCracken and team.