Eddie Hearn explodes at the 'miserable f******' targeting Anthony Joshua by trying to spark his downfall

Eddie Hearn has blasted Anthony Joshua's critics as "losers" and doesn't believe the heavyweight star gets the credit he deserves for keeping the sport relevant.

After winning an Olympic gold medal at the London 2012 Games, Joshua turned professional and within four years became heavyweight champion of the world when he knocked out Charles Martin to claim the IBF title. Joshua then defended his belt twice before unifying the division with wins against Wladimir Klitschko and Joseph Parker to collect the WBA and WBO titles respectively.

However, in June 2019, Joshua suffered a shot stoppage defeat to Andy Ruiz Jr, and although he outpointed the Mexican in a rematch, saw his stock with some boxing punters fall dramatically. AJ lost his titles for a second time with back-to-back losses to Oleksandr Usyk in 2021 and 2022 but will now fight fellow Brit Daniel Dubois for the IBF title at Wembley in September with the winner in line to face the victor in the rematch between Usyk and Tyson Fury in December.

Joshua's promoter Hearn has lept to the defence of his 34-year-old and can't believe the negativity in some quarters towards him. Speaking to iFL TV, he said: "It's a thing called life. Unfortunately when you do well in life you get heavily criticised. There is a huge amount of envy and a lot of miserable f****** that want to bring you down.

"There is too much negativity in this world. Rather than looking at Anthony Joshua and saying ' you got beat by Ruiz you're a hype job' why not look at the guy's resumé? Look at how he won Olympic gold for Great Britain, look how he has changed the face of boxing and been a great role model.

"If you can't champion the story of Anthony Joshua you really are an envious f*****. In life you