{"id":465365,"date":"2022-12-13T11:28:39","date_gmt":"2022-12-13T19:28:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=465365"},"modified":"2022-12-13T11:28:39","modified_gmt":"2022-12-13T19:28:39","slug":"anthony-joshua-weighs-up-his-chances-against","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/anthony-joshua-weighs-up-his-chances-against\/","title":{"rendered":"Anthony Joshua weighs in on his chances in MMA against the UFC heavyweight division"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s safe to say Anthony Joshua will not be making a move into mixed martial arts anytime soon.<\/p>\n<p>In recent years, combat sports fans have witnessed some blockbuster crossover fights. Most notably, Conor McGregor when swapping the cage for the ropes to face Floyd Mayweather in 2017. The most recent high-profile boxer to try their hand at MMA as of late was <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/professional-fighters-league\/pfl-ceo-peter-murray-reveals-claressa-shields-to-return-in-november\/\">Claressa Shields under the PFL <\/a>in 2021.<\/p>\n<p>Although a dip in form, Joshua has been the golden boy of boxing in the United Kingdom for many years. As a baby-faced amateur, Joshua attained an Olympic Gold medal in 2012, then carried the momentum into the pro ranks, becoming a two-time heavyweight world championships.<\/p>\n<p>With an impressive resume behind him in boxing, the 33-year-old feels his boxing success would be of little help if he were to transition into MMA. That being said, the former two-time heavyweight champion knows nobody from the UFC has the ability to beat him in his own sport.<\/p>\n<h3>Boxer Anthony Joshua weighs up his chances in MMA<\/h3>\n<p>When asked how he would fair against the elites of the UFC in an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=4izZBKP7Dgo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"interview with GQ (opens in a new tab)\">interview with GQ<\/a>, Joshua responded, \u201cI would get my a** kicked.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll credit to them guys, but it\u2019s not my profession and I\u2019m going to respect them guys who have spent years putting in time, training, grappling, wrestling, stand-up, takedown, submissions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s like them coming over to boxing, I know I would smoke them as well.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Joshua then explained his very slender experience in one discipline of mixed martial arts.<\/p>\n<div class=\"advert-wrapper advert-wrapper--outstream\">\n<div id=\"outstream\" class=\"dfp-ad nuk-ad-placeholder\" data-ad-label=\"\" data-google-query-id=\"CM205O2e9_sCFeNEFQgd9hIOiQ\">\n<p>\u201cI did try judo when I was younger,\u201d Joshua said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was very challenging and when you\u2019re 10-12 the last thing you want to be doing is getting flipped in the air and landing on your head, so I stopped.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Quotes via <a href=\"https:\/\/talksport.com\/sport\/boxing\/1275970\/\">talkSPORT<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Joshua&#8217;s full focus is on snapping his <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/boxing-news\/pros-react-after-oleksandr-usyk-defeats-anthony-joshua-in-rematch\/\">two-fight skid to Oleksandr Usyk<\/a>. The heavyweight boxer is riding two back-to-back losses for the first time in his career.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>There is no opponent pencilled in for Joshua as it stands. However, it&#8217;s been revealed he will return in March or April of 2023.<\/p>\n<p>According to Eddie Hearn, Joshua&#8217;s promoter, Dillian Whyte looks to be the next man to take on &#8216;AJ&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"article__media\">\n<div class=\"article__media-img-container open-gallery\" data-index=\"0\"><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s safe to say Anthony Joshua will not be making a move into mixed martial arts anytime soon. In recent years, combat sports fans have witnessed some blockbuster crossover fights. Most notably, Conor McGregor when swapping the cage for the ropes to face Floyd Mayweather in 2017. The most recent high-profile boxer to try their [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54500,"featured_media":465372,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[25444,39610],"tags":[83103],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v19.7 (Yoast SEO v19.14) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Anthony Joshua weighs in on his chances in MMA against the UFC heavyweight division | BJPenn.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Former two-time heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua weighs up his chances in MMA against the UFC heavyweight division.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/anthony-joshua-weighs-up-his-chances-against\/\" \/>\n<meta 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