Boxing promoter Eddie Hearn has admitted that there are no assurances that Anthony Joshua will fight again. This comes following the shocking death of two close friends, and fans have been reacting.
According to him, a competitive return is not imminent for AJ at this point in time, and there are no guarantees that the boxer will ever fight again.
Eddie added that Joshua has been training regularly since the tragic incident, but he is nowhere close to a return.
His words, “I don’t think there are any guarantees he fights again, but at the same time I expect him to, because it is something that he loves.
And it is something he can carry those guys with him through as well, and it is something he wants to do.
From a boxing sense, physically it wasn’t easy what he went through either. People probably don’t realise the extent of that.
He has been training, but he is not ready yet and won’t be for a while to return to boxing training.”
WOW.
Anthony Joshua, OBE (born 15 October 1989) is a British professional boxer who is a two-time unified heavyweight champion, having held the WBA (Super), IBF, WBO, and IBO titles since December 2019 and previously between 2016 and June 2019. At regional level, he held the British and Commonwealth heavyweight titles from 2014 to 2016.
Anthony Oluwafemi Olaseni Joshua was born on 15 October 1989 in Watford, Hertfordshire, the son of Yeta and Robert Joshua. His mother is Nigerian, while his father is of Nigerian and Irish ancestry. Joshua’s Nigerian background can be specifically traced back to the Yoruba people, amongst whom he is of aristocratic rank.
His cousin, Ben Ileyemi, is also a professional boxer. The pair made their professional debuts together in 2013. Joshua spent some of his early years in Nigeria as a boarding school student at Mayflower School in Ikenne.
Following his parents’ divorce when he was 12, he returned to the UK halfway through Year Seven to join Kings Langley Secondary School. Growing up on the Meriden Estate in Garston, Hertfordshire, he was called “Femi” by his friends and former teachers, due to his middle name, Oluwafemi. He excelled at football and athletics and broke his school’s Year Nine 100 m record with a time of 11.6 seconds.
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