Anthony Joshua could have had anywhere “between one and three fights on the left” in his career but will return this year, according to his promoter Eddie Hearn.
Joshua, 35, has not fought Since his defeat against Daniel Dubois In September 2024, when he dropped on the web during a devastating fifth round.
He recently had a decline in injury, but should make a long -awaited return to boxing This year and Hearn said that the former world heavyweight champion was aiming for the “greatest possible fight”.
Hearn said to Independent: “The following decision is really important, it remains between one and three fights. We have to do things well, but he fights 100% this year.
“He is fighting definitively in 2025, when I don't really know because he probably has about two weeks before we can go back to training and start hitting properly. This was the problem for him, but once he does, we can start thinking about a realistic meeting.
“We are not really in a hurry because the decision is so important. Obviously, in a dream scenario, Mr. (Tyson) Fury wakes up one morning and goes “yeah, we will give everyone the biggest boxing of boxing”.
“Probably call AJ, then they get an agreement on the phone, in five minutes. But, we cannot work on this basis, so for the moment, we are trying to meet in a few weeks and to go through the options.”
Hearn also discussed the pressure of choosing the right date for AJ's return to the ring, expressing that: “Until he returned to full -time training, it is difficult to nail a date.
“If he starts to train in May or just after that may have been a little early, so for us, it's August or September – something like that.
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“People continue to say” Who? ” (Will he fight), I am always asked in an interview “Who, however, give us names?”
“Honestly, I don't know, he can fight anyway he wants, and for the moment he's just a little relaxed. He went to Nigeria and had a good time there. He is looking forward to fighting again, but we also admitted that the next decision should be right, we look forward to this.
Hearn guaranteed: “It will be a big fight, the biggest fight possible and I think it still has a lot to give.”
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