Eddie Hearn shares latest Anthony Joshua update
Matchroom Boxing promoter Eddie Hearn, in an interview with Betfred, has revealed that Anthony Joshua will return in November /December against a top 15 opponent.
Long-term promoter Eddie Hearn shared the following update today, “He will return in November/December and fight a top 15 guy, hopefully he’ll come back with an impressive win and then move into those Tyson Fury fights in 2026.”
BBN provided a shortlist of all the top 15 world ranked heavyweights, meaning that one from the list of names below will be stepping into the ring with AJ this year, but who will that be exactly?
Top 15 Opponents
Lawrence Okolie WBC #1
Michael Hunter WBA #1
Moses Itauma WBO #1
Derek Chisora IBF #2
Filip Hrgovic WBO #2
Efe Ajagba WBC #3
Jarrell Miller WBA #3
Zhilei Zhang WBO #3
Martin Bakole WBC #4
Lenier Pero WBA #4
Frank Sanchez IBF #4
Jared Anderson WBO #5
Bakhidir Jalalov WBC #7
Deontae Pettigrew WBA #7
Nelson Hysa WBA #8
David Adeleye WBO #8
Richard Torrez Jr. WBC #9
Dave Allen WBA #9
WBO #9 Murat Gassiev
Mourad Aliev WBC #10
Mahmoud Charr WBA #10
Deontay Wilder WBC #12
Justus Huni WBA #12
Andy Ruiz Jr. WBC #13
Dainier Pero WBA #13
Yoandy Toirac WBA #14
Guido Vianello IBF #14
Vladiyslav Sirenko WBO #14
Joseph Goodall WBA #15
Johnny Fisher WBO #15
What has AJ said?
Joshua recently explained why he has taken the longest holiday of his boxing career yet, “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 gotta 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 again, and take the division by storm again!”
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