The last man to beat Anthony Joshua wants a rematch

Joseph Parker

THE last man to beat Anthony Joshua is open for a rematch. Azerbaijanโ€™s Mahammadrasul Majidov engaged Joshua in a three-round war in the final of the 2011 World championships in Baku, a shoot out that Majidov won narrowly. Joshua of course went on to win the 2012 Olympic Games and is now a professional world champion.

But the two never boxed again, although Majidov would happily change that.

โ€œI remember it was a good fight, not too many points [between them, one in fact], good, good,โ€ he told Boxing News. โ€œNow if we have a fight? Heโ€™s a very a good Olympic champion, very good boxer. Iโ€™m two-time World champion. Whoever trains well would win. I think Iโ€™d beat him now.โ€

Majidov is currently competing at Rio 2016, boxing Kazakhstanโ€™s Ivan Dychko on Saturday night in the preliminary stage. โ€œTheyโ€™re very good opponents, good boxers [at Rio 2016]. But Iโ€™m the best!โ€ he laughed.

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