{"id":21493,"date":"2013-07-29T12:28:54","date_gmt":"2013-07-29T10:28:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/clarke-reaches-for-world-and-olympic-crowns\/"},"modified":"2013-07-29T12:28:54","modified_gmt":"2013-07-29T10:28:54","slug":"clarke-reaches-for-world-and-olympic-crowns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/clarke-reaches-for-world-and-olympic-crowns\/","title":{"rendered":"Clarke reaches for world and Olympic crowns"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t    <a href=\"http:\/\/mysport24.co.za\/?attachment_id=11212\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-11212\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-11212 \" alt=\"Joseph Joyce (R) in action with Frazer Clarke during their 91kg+ bout during the 2012 ABA Elite Championship Finals at York Hall. Photo: Scott Heavey \/ Getty Images\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/plugins\/rss-poster\/cache\/259a8_Frazer%2BClarke%2B2012%2BABA%2BElite%2BBoxing%2BChampionships%2BSHs8-v9UkM6l.jpg\" width=\"358\" height=\"232\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Joseph Joyce (R) in action with Frazer Clarke during their 91kg+ bout during the 2012 ABA Elite Championship Finals at York Hall. Photo: Scott Heavey \/ Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>Frazer Clarke states that he will meet <a href=\"http:\/\/mysport24.co.za\/joshua-climbing-to-the-top-of-the-boxing-tree\/\" target=\"_blank\">Anthony Joshua<\/a> again when they battle it out for the world <a href=\"http:\/\/mysport24.co.za\/chisora-sets-his-sights-on-a-rematch-with-vitali\/\" target=\"_blank\">heavyweight championship<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Joshua quit the Great Britain amateur squad this week to turn professional, with the Olympic gold medallist making his paid debut in October at <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"The O2 Arena\" href=\"http:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps?ll=51.5029972222,0.00313333333333spn=0.01,0.01q=51.5029972222,0.00313333333333 (The%20O2%20Arena)t=h\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"geolocation\">London\u2019s O2 Arena<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy ambition is to win the Olympics, then the world heavyweight title,\u201d said Clarke.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI know Josh will be a <a href=\"http:\/\/mysport24.co.za\/joshua-climbing-to-the-top-of-the-boxing-tree\/\" target=\"_blank\">world champion<\/a>, so the rematch is definitely going to happen.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Clarke and Joshua traded power punches at Burton Town Hall in 2009, with the Londoner winning on points.<\/p>\n<p>He went on to win silver at the world amateur championships, then gold at last summer\u2019s London Olympics.<\/p>\n<p>Clarke is in the best form of his ring career after back-to-back silver medals at international tournaments and the 21 year-old, from <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Horninglow\" href=\"http:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps?ll=52.826,-1.64spn=0.1,0.1q=52.826,-1.64 (Horninglow)t=h\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"geolocation\">Horninglow<\/a>, reckons he is on a collision course with Joshua.<\/p>\n<p>He said: \u201cIt would be an honour to box one of my mates for the biggest prize in boxing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat is definitely the target.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you had two British world heavyweight champions fighting each other I\u2019m sure it would fill a stadium.\u201d \u2013 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.burtonmail.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\">Burton Mail<\/a><\/p>\n<h6 class=\"zemanta-related-title\">Related articles<\/h6>\n<ul class=\"zemanta-article-ul zemanta-article-ul-image\">\n<li class=\"zemanta-article-ul-li-image zemanta-article-ul-li\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mysport24.co.za\/joshua-climbing-to-the-top-of-the-boxing-tree\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/plugins\/rss-poster\/cache\/259a8_188353677_80_80.jpg\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/mysport24.co.za\/joshua-climbing-to-the-top-of-the-boxing-tree\/\" target=\"_blank\">Joshua climbing to the top of the boxing tree<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"zemanta-article-ul-li-image zemanta-article-ul-li\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/sport\/2013\/jul\/24\/anthony-joshua-turns-professional\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/plugins\/rss-poster\/cache\/259a8_187804339_80_80.jpg\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/sport\/2013\/jul\/24\/anthony-joshua-turns-professional\" target=\"_blank\">Anthony Joshua, Olympic heavyweight champion, to turn professional<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"zemanta-article-ul-li-image zemanta-article-ul-li\"><a href=\"http:\/\/metro.co.uk\/2013\/07\/24\/olympic-gold-medal-winner-anthony-joshua-set-to-turn-professional-and-sign-a-deal-with-matchroom-3896449\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/plugins\/rss-poster\/cache\/259a8_187683790_80_80.jpg\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/metro.co.uk\/2013\/07\/24\/olympic-gold-medal-winner-anthony-joshua-set-to-turn-professional-and-sign-a-deal-with-matchroom-3896449\/\" target=\"_blank\">Olympic gold medal winner Anthony Joshua set to turn professional and sign a deal with Matchroom<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a class=\"zemanta-pixie-a\" title=\"Enhanced by Zemanta\" href=\"http:\/\/www.zemanta.com\/?px\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"zemanta-pixie-img\" alt=\"Enhanced by Zemanta\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/plugins\/rss-poster\/cache\/65b3f_zemified_h.png\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Joseph Joyce (R) in action with Frazer Clarke during their 91kg+ bout during the 2012 ABA Elite Championship Finals at York Hall. Photo: Scott Heavey \/ Getty Images Frazer Clarke states that he will meet Anthony Joshua again when they battle it out for the world heavyweight championship. 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