Boxing superstar Anthony Joshua has backtracked on his claim that he won’t fight again until December and instead hinted at a potential return to the ring this summer.
Joshua got back to winning ways at the start of the month by dominating Jermaine Franklin in a shut-out points victory at the O2 Arena.
While the performance was by no means vintage, and even drew criticism from the likes of Carl Froch, the two-time heavyweight champion successfully recovered from consecutive defeats by Ukraine’s Oleksandr Usyk, leaving the door open for potential mega-fights with Deontay Wilder, Tyson Fury or Joe Joyce
Yet one week after getting past Franklin, fans were left puzzled when AJ revealed on social media that his next outing would not come for another eight months
‘Not ideal but everything is part of a bigger picture,’ he wrote on Instagram
That announcement was soon followed by stunning reports which claimed Saudi Arabian officials are now plotting a historic night of boxing which would see Joshua vs Wilder and Fury vs Usyk take place on the same card at the end of the year, with the winners of each bout then going on to lock horns in 2024.
However, Joshua has now suggested he could return in ‘July or August’ if both he and new coach Derrick James believe doing so is the right move.
