Anthony Joshua eyes Might or June return, targets first Fury shock

Eddie Hearn says Anthony Joshua will combat in Might or June and begin coaching camp in January. By then, the previous two-time heavyweight champion (28-4, 25 KOs) may have had 4 months of relaxation to recuperate from his fifth-round knockout loss to IBF champion Daniel Dubois on September 21.

Joshua eyes Might/June combat

Hearn says Joshua, 35, will combat twice in 2025, which he hopes can be towards Tyson Fury for 2 fights. In any other case him, rematch with Dubois (22-2, 21 KO). AJ nonetheless desires to avenge his loss, however the first precedence on the agenda is Fury if he does not retire.

Naturally, Hearn is doing his greatest to rush up and take the Joshua vs. Fury combat, as each fighters have aged and might not be counted on to beat stage competitors. If Hearn had been to attend, each guys would proceed to get crushed by youthful and even older heavyweights.

Whereas they might each nonetheless defeat most of the prime 15 guys, there are greater than a handful of heavyweights within the division who would have a good chance of defeating them.

Hearn says Joshua-Fury and Chris Eubank Jr. vs. Conor Benn are the 2 largest fights in British boxing. He could be proper. Followers wish to see these two competitions, even when the remainder of the world does not see them.

“In Might or June. He’s not but in full coaching. He is in all probability prepared to begin coaching once more in January,” Eddie Hearn informed iFL TV on Anthony Joshua’s subsequent combat. “Proper now you may have the combat towards Dubois [against Joseph Parker] on February 22, and it’s a must to see what Fury desires to do.

“We’re not in an enormous hurry. AJ will combat twice in 2025. As soon as in summer season and as soon as in winter. If we will not get Dubois to combat and Fury does not wish to combat, then it’s a must to make the choice to combat somebody, or do you look forward to these fights?

“I can not converse for AJ, who he’s keen to combat for, however what I do know is that the main focus is on Daniel Dubois or Tyson Fury. After all he’s [Joshua] I did every thing. If he places Fury on his resume, he is boxed virtually everybody of his period.

AJ vs. Fury in 2025?

Fury nonetheless hasn’t mentioned if he’ll combat Joshua. He was fairly upset after his 12-round unanimous resolution loss to unified heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk of their rematch on December 21 in Riyadh. He thought he gained the combat by three rounds and appeared bitter within the post-fight press convention, complaining about his second loss to Usyk.

As upset as Fury is, the cash he can get for a Joshua combat will lure him again into the ring. He will not sulk for too lengthy when Turki Al-Shiekh waves $100 million underneath his nostril for the AJ conflict.

“It’s [Fury] It is a robust combat, it is a 50-50 combat, however throw it twice and see the place we’re on the finish. The 2 largest fights in British boxing, Eubank-Benn and Fury-AJ, by far. Nothing comes shut,” Hearn mentioned.