Anthony Joshua will return to the ring before the year is out.
The Watford powerhouse has been out of action since suffering a devastating knockout defeat to Daniel Dubois last September.
Joshua will box again in November or December, according to HearnMark Robinson/MatchroomDuring his hiatus, AJ underwent elbow surgery, which will keep him out of high-intensity training for a few more weeks.
But with the end of his rehabilitation in sight, Joshua’s promoter Eddie Hearn has begun talking to his client about his next steps.
“AJ is going to get back into the ring around November, December,” Hearn told talkSPORT.com.
“He’s chilled. We don’t decide his opponent, he will, with his training team.
“But collectively, we will say, ‘Here are four or five guys, what do we think? What do we like?’
“Obviously, you do have to be conscious of a potential fight with Tyson Fury, but we are not going to hang around forever, so you need to come back with a good win, and that will be the plan at the end of the year…
“There have been some texts back and forth between me and him [about his next fight].
“He is a student of the game, he watches every heavyweight fight.
“So we just go, ‘What do you think about this guy?’
“But his general reaction is ‘Yeah, no problem’. I have never known him to say no to anyone.
Joshua lost his last fight via KO to Dubois in September 2024Getty“Maybe that is where we have maybe slipped up a couple of times.
“But that is the nature of man. He has fought everybody in his career, and he will continue to do so.”
A fight with Fury is not expected to come next as ‘The Gypsy King’ isn’t planning on competing again until 2026.
However, AJ could end up in the ring with another one of his long-time rivals, Deontay Wilder.
‘The Bronze Bomber’ returned to winning ways last weekend with a stoppage victory over underhanded American Tyrrell Herndon.
Hearn is currently in talks with Wilder’s manager, Shelly Finkel, over a possible clash with another one of his fighters, Dave Allen.
A fight with Wilder is a possibility next time outMark Robinson/MatchroomBut Hearn claims Team Wilder has also expressed interest in a bout with Joshua over the coming months.
Wilder is due to box twice more before the turn of the year and could close 2025 in style against Joshua after another tune-up.
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