Anthony Joshua news LIVE: AJ and Robert Helenius to face off at press conference

The Joshua vs Helenius press conference will take place this afternoon, and we’ll have you covered with live updates.

Here’s a reminder of yesterday’s big story:

Technically, Paul vs Danis – an ex-teammate of Conor McGregor who has fought in MMA promotion Bellator – is a second ‘main event’ that night.

There’s a comparison of hitting something with a sledgehammer, or hitting something with a normal hammer a lot of times – you know, like when you hit a nail,” Frazer Clarke says.

So, which comparison applies to getting punched by Anthony Joshua? Well, both, it turns out.

“[The latter] is what it is with Joshua, then he’ll finish you off with a sledgehammer on the last shot,” Clarke tells The Independent. “Boom!”

Clarke knows what he is talking about, not just as an experienced boxer – unbeaten so far in his professional career – but as one who has first-hand experience of Joshua’s punching power. Clarke, 31, spent years training with “AJ” and followed his fellow Briton’s Olympic triumph at London 2012 with a medal of his own at Tokyo 2020.

The main card is due to begin at 7pm BST on Saturday (11am PT, 1pm CT, 2pm ET).

Ring walks for the main event are then expected at around 10pm BST (2pm PT, 4pm CT, 5pm ET).

Here is Saturday’s card in full (subject to any more late changes!):

• Anthony Joshua vs Robert Helenius (heavyweight)
• Filip Hrgovic vs Demsey McKean (heavyweight)
• Johnny Fisher vs Harry Armstrong (heavyweight)
• Derek Chisora vs Gerald Washington (heavyweight)
• Campbell Hatton vs Tom Ansell (super-lightweight)
• George Liddard vs Bas Oosterweghel (middleweight)
• Brandon Scott vs Louis Norman (featherweight)
• Maisey Rose Courtney vs Gemma Ruegg (super-flyweight)

More from Hearn on Talksport:

“Not just saying it, but this has been one of the best camps [Joshua] has had in his career. He’s been working so well with Derrick James, and his sparring has been fantastic, and he just said: ‘Who can I fight?’

“We wanted someone who could prepare him for Deontay Wilder, we wanted someone who was credible, we wanted someone who would come to fight.

“And we wanted someone we could do a deal with at pace, and that’s important when you have six days to go to the fight, and we got to Robert Helenius.”

Hearn, talking to Talksport, on how Joshua will be affected by the decision to take his fight off Dazn’s pay-per-view platform:

“The financial difference to Joshua in this fight is astounding, but he wants to fight. And in terms of non-pay-per-view cards, I think this is one of the strongest we’ve ever done.

“I wasn’t sure whether he would want to fight, but what I got was someone who was desperate to fight.”

Frank Warren, who accused Eddie Hearn of blocking him from joining the Talksport chat earlier, later did go live on the radio station.

And while the Queensberry promoter was on air, Jordan revealed that it was not Hearn who had denied Warren the chance to weigh in; it was Jordan himself who did that.

Warren said, “I said to your producer, ‘Get me on the phone, and I’ll have that now with Eddie Hearn and ask him if that’s true,’” seemingly referencing Fury vs Usyk talks. “You did not do it, because I got a message back saying he didn’t wanna know.”

Jordan replied: “Hold on, Frank, I’m the one that said to Eddie, ‘Nah, nah, nah.’ If it was your hour Frank, and you were having your say, I wouldn’t let Eddie Hearn ambush you either […] I also don’t think you would have appreciated it if the roles were reversed.”

Warren responded: “Wouldn’t have bothered me, wouldn’t have bothered me.”