{"id":35651,"date":"2025-04-20T13:10:08","date_gmt":"2025-04-20T13:10:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/35651\/"},"modified":"2025-04-20T13:10:08","modified_gmt":"2025-04-20T13:10:08","slug":"eddie-hearn-announces-huge-signing-who-will-follow-in-the-footsteps-of-anthony-joshua-and-ignite-heavyweight-division","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/35651\/","title":{"rendered":"Eddie Hearn announces huge signing who will ‘follow in the footsteps of Anthony Joshua and ignite heavyweight division’"},"content":{"rendered":"

EDDIE HEARN believes he has found and signed Anthony Joshua’s heavyweight successor. <\/p>\n

AJ turned professional with Hearn in 2013 – one year after winning gold at the London Olympics. <\/a><\/p>\n

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Eddie Hearn has signed Leo Atang\"Anthony<\/a><\/p>\n

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Atang has been dubbed the successor to Anthony JoshuaCredit: Getty<\/p>\n

Joshua<\/a> went on to win the world titles twice and headlined some of the biggest bouts in recent memory. <\/p>\n

But now aged 35, the British legend is heading towards the end of his career with a huge void to be left. <\/a><\/p>\n

And Hearn reckons he has found the perfect man to succeed AJ in Leo Atang – a champion of the amateurs. <\/p>\n

Atang – a former rugby league winger from York –\u00a0is a five-time national champ. <\/p>\n

He won the World Boxing Under-19 world championships last year – stopping Korean Lee Geon Hui inside the first round. <\/p>\n

And 18-year-old Atang has snubbed a run at the Team GB set up and dreams of the Olympics to turn pro under Hearn. <\/p>\n

Hearn said: “He’s the guy in my opinion to follow in the footsteps of Anthony Joshua and ignite the heavyweight division to all kinds of fanbases across the country. <\/p>\n

“Young man, plenty of work to do, we’re going to box him all across the country, all over the world. <\/p>\n

CASINO SPECIAL – BEST CASINO BONUSES FROM \u00a310 DEPOSITS<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

“Seven, eight fights a year but remember what I say, everybody in this arena, everyone tuning in on DAZN, follow this young man, remember the name. <\/p>\n

“This is the future of British boxing and the future of the heavyweight division.” <\/p>\n

Boxer sent crashing out of ring… then loses by FOURTEEN points on two judges’ cards<\/p>\n

Atang will be managed by former world champion Sunny Edwards and Anthony Fitzpatrick. <\/p>\n

He said: \u201cIt\u2019s a dream come true to sign with Matchroom.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy team and I have had many good conversations leading to me turning pro. But I knew this one just felt right from the start. It\u2019s what I always hoped for.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“I cannot wait to get started with Eddie, Sunny, Anthony Fitzpatrick and all the team at Matchroom Boxing. <\/p>\n

“More importantly, I just want to get in the ring and show the whole world what I am all about. We put the work in and we put the hours in. I live the life. <\/p>\n

“My mentality is – push myself the absolute limit and leave no stone unturned. I’m fit, I’m strong and I’l be ready to go with anyone tomorrow.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“I’ve got what it takes to go to the top of this sport. The future is here.”<\/p>\n

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Atang is a five-time amateur championCredit: @leoatang1<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"EDDIE HEARN believes he has found and signed Anthony Joshua’s heavyweight successor. AJ turned professional with Hearn in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":35652,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4108],"tags":[5060,1935,5061,12434,393,257,20598,8310,79,8311,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-35651","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-boxing","8":"tag-anthony-joshua","9":"tag-boxing","10":"tag-daniel-dubois","11":"tag-eddie-hearn","12":"tag-england","13":"tag-london","14":"tag-paris-olympics-2024","15":"tag-section-sportboxing","16":"tag-sports","17":"tag-tyson-fury","18":"tag-uk","19":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114370459932822377","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35651","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35651"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35651\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/35652"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35651"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35651"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35651"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}