Anthony Joshua has promised to “take the division by storm again” ahead of his highly-anticipated return to the ring.
The former two-time heavyweight champion has not been seen since he suffered an agonising knockout defeat to Daniel Dubois last September. Many assumed that the pair would go head-to-head in an immediate rematch, but ‘AJ’ needed some extra time to recover following their initial encounter.
Joshua, 35, recently had surgery on his elbow and is now looking to fight before the end of the year. The Brit has been enjoying some quality time away from the ring and has been spotted in the Middle East and was recently pictured with Amir Khan in Ghana.
After taking a break from the sport, which he so dearly loves, the Brit is ready to return to action. Speaking at the unveiling of Matchroom Boxing’s rebranding, the heavyweight star is plotting a destructive comeback. He said: “I took a year out, first time in about 12 to 13 years as a professional. not even including the amateur stuff.
“But I took a year out, get my body right. I’m at a different stage in my career where I can look at time a bit differently. I’m all these years in front of me like the main man here, so I’ve got to make like really executive decisions about what I do next. So the minute I come back, you know I’ll come back with a bang rather than just keep rolling through and just going with the motions of the sport. I just thought, let me take some time out so when I do come back I come back fully active and ready to go and take the division by storm again.”