Anthony Joshua hasn’t fought yet this year, but it’s not been revealed that he is targeting a comeback in the last quarter of 2025.
Joshua was last in the ring in September 2024 when he was dominated by fellow Brit Daniel Dubois over five rounds at Wembley Stadium.
That third defeat of his career had followed on from a four-fight win streak against lower-level competition in Jermaine Franklin, Robert Helenius, Otto Wallin and Francis Ngannou.
Prior to that run, AJ had lost back-to-back bouts with Oleksandr Usyk, who is preparing to fight Dubois on July 19.
After recovering from an injury earlier this year, Joshua is now targeting his ring return, which Matchroom Boxing promoter Eddie Hearn shed some light on when talking to BoxingScene.
Hearn revealed that Joshua “wants to box sometime this year – October, November, December.”
He spoke with Turki Alalshikh on the night of Canelo vs William Scull on May 3, “Yeah, we are actually discussing a two-fight deal with Riyadh Season.”
He also gave an indication as to who they are targeting, “We’ll see what happens with Dubois-Usyk, we’ll see what happens with Fury. And if we don’t fight those guys, we’ll fight, and then maybe we’ll follow one of those guys next year.”
In terms of who AJ could fight instead of Dubois, Usyk or Fury, Hearn loosely said, “Two guys have been discussed, but nothing concrete.”
According to TalkSport, those “two guys” are Dillian Whyte and Jaren Anderson.
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