Promoter Eddie Hearn has said he expects IBF and WBA world
heavyweight champion, Anthony Joshua, to fight one more time in 2017.
The 27-year-old Nigerian-born boxer, last Saturday knocked
out Wladimir Klitschko in the 11th round at Wembley on Saturday night .
Hearn says Joshua’s camp will now take their time to assess
their options, but expects the fighter to face his next opponent in October or
November.
“I think every fighter, after going through a fight like
that, the first thing they tell you the week after is that they just want to
get back into the gym, and they are going to do this, and improve on that, and
they don’t want too long to be laid off,” Hearn told Sky Sports.
“Then, after about five days, they turn around and say ‘I
want to go on holiday’.
“So, we are on that period. I saw Anthony was swimming this
morning and shadow boxing under water.
“I am guessing in the next 48 hours, he will say ‘I want to
go on holiday, I need a break’, so that will come.
“Speaking to [Joshua’s trainer] Rob McCracken yesterday –
October, November, is probably the kind of date you will see Anthony Joshua
back in the ring.”
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