The former unified heavyweight champion, Anthony Joshua, remains tight-lipped regarding information regarding his next opponent, but assures fans that he and his teammates will have no trouble finding one. share arena.
Joshua suffered a back-to-back defeat in the boxing ring for the first time, whether amateur or professional, at the hands of Oleksandr Usyk. While ‘AJ’ remains one of the biggest names in the sport, it feels like he is currently at his most vulnerable point as he desperately searches for a win to continue his challenge. title consciousness.
There are whispers about the war with Filip Hrgovic, the holder of the position is a mandatory challenger for the IBF world title and has the same promoter as ‘AJ’However, even stronger rumors are about a rematch with old rival Dillian Whyte.
Joshua attended Dillian Whyte’s match last night and told iFL TV that he considers all of his potential opponents a ‘body’, including Whyte.
“Really bring anyone, there are a lot of people lined up to fight me, so it won’t be difficult to find an opponent.”
“Another body, it’s just another body. I don’t see them as Dillian [Whyte] or who is who, I just see them as corpses. So it’s really just another body for me.
“Finding an opponent to fight me wouldn’t be difficult, so all the talk was realistic, we had a double talk. [ongoing] but we’re still in 2022 and I’m sure in 2023 someone will step up. People also want to fight me, so it’s not difficult to find opponents.”
“For boxers, I don’t think it’s just money. They want to see how good they are, get them on the leaderboard, they want to test their skills, they want to test themselves, the same way I do.”
Whyte won the match against American Jermaine Franklin in hopes of setting up a rematch with ‘AJ’.
However, a strenuous performance that many believe Franklin’s effort didn’t show on the scoreboard may have killed some of the hype surrounding the bout and could have left Joshua weighing opponents. replace.
