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WBA sanctions Joshua-Klitschko for spring 2017 (The Associated Press)

Posted: November 3, 2016 at 5:29 am   /   by   /   comments (0)

FILE - This is a Sunday, June 26, 2016 file photo of British boxer Anthony Joshua as he holds up his belt after defeating U.S. boxer Dominic Breazeale in their IBF heavyweight title bout at the O2 Arena in London. Joshua will make the second defense of his IBF world heavyweight title in a fight against American boxer Eric Molina on Dec. 10. Joshuas promoters announced the fight on Tuesday Nov. 1, 2016. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham/ File)

The World Boxing Association has finally sanctioned a fight between Anthony Joshua and Wladimir Klitschko for its ”super” heavyweight title. The fight will take place in the spring of 2017, but only if Joshua beats Eric Molina on Dec. 10 in the British boxer’s second defense of his IBF title. The WBA super belt is vacant after Tyson Fury relinquished it last month, citing ”clinical depression.” Fury beat Klitschko in November last year to take the WBA, IBF and minor WBO titles off the Ukrainian boxer.



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