Anthony Joshuas return now planned for next year...

Everyone says that fighters like Hrgovic or Zhang are fighters who have no chance against Joshua, if Joshua is so strong then let him fight someone from both of them, recently Joshua said that he would knock out Joyce like he did in the amateurs, it's all just babbling and there is no fight...

 

If he fights again in February then okay, but I bet you it's more like April and thus another long layoff for nothing.

 

It'll be March at the latest imo.

 

I highly doubt Joshua was ever intending to fight for a second time this year regardless.

 

The best thing he can do is take 6 months off, destroy Arreola in a comeback bout and then talk about how he's changed his training methods and the power and passion is back. Never fails to generate a huge final cashout.

 

I think he needs some tomato cans. A few easy, early KO's against nobodies would probably do his mental status a world of good, tbh.

 

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Disagree. He should fight Arreola ASAP so as to situate himself to challenge Wilder or Fury by late-Spring or early Summer.

AJ is no longer the A-side - he doesn't have the latitude to play the games he once did.

 

If he needs that sort of coddling to rebuild his confidence - then he no longer a champion's mentality.

 

Hrgovic and zhang are tailor made for Joshua. Big slow fighters with limited movement.

 

If he intends on taking the Wilder fight then I agree. I can't see any way that's the end game though, there's a really high chance he's sparked by Wilder and essentially his career at the elite level is over. There's significantly more money in the Fury fight and also less chance of being embarrassed physically.

If he and Eddie see DW as a light touch then that fight makes a bit more sense. Personally, I'd have DW as a relatively clear favourite in that one.

 

Joshua's getting knocked out. It doesn't matter who he fights. Arreola. Wallin. Zhang. Charr. They all knock him out

Joshua is Christian Hammer level

 

Realistically Joshua has no place in a ring with either Fury or Wilder at the moment, he would get stopped by both of them.

I doubt he ever gets back to that level.

 

Usyk> Joyce> Fury> Ruiz > Wilder > Joshua.

Bodybuilder is at the bottom of the barrel.

 

Both Wilder and Joshua have ducked each other since 2018,despite it still being a massive fight now I have my reservations that it ever happens .