Former world champion Anthony Joshua is now back in action and looking for big fights in 2026.
He is coming off a sixth-round KO of Jake Paul, which was his first contest in more than a year since being stopped by Daniel Dubois in September 2024.
The question for Joshua, who is now 26 years old, is whether he needs another tune-up fight or if he is ready to go back into the most entertaining fights out there.
Speaking to The Stomping Ground, Frank Warren suggested two of his men that Joshua could fight next.
“If he really wants to fight, fight Moses now, fight Fabio Wardley now. Do it tomorrow, sign it tomorrow. If he says yes, on Christmas Day I’ll go round there and we’ll get the deal done. Of course I’ll do it, why wouldn’t I do it? You want fight of the world title, fight Fabio Wardley.
“In the meantime, you want to wait for Tyson, wait for Tyson. All these people saying he needs to get back in there to get back to a world title, he’s not a spring chicken, is he? He’s been around, he’s a former two time world champion, get back in there, fight Fabio Wardley. Let me tell you what it is, what he doesn’t need to do, ‘AJ,’ is fight anyone who can punch, cause there won’t be a fight with Tyson.”
Moses Itauma is still a young and rising star with a perfect record of 13 wins, 11 by KO and nine inside the first two rounds, though he is busy at the end of January fighting American Jermaine Franklin who has previously taken Joshua and Dillian Whyte the full 12 rounds.
Wardely meanwhile, is looking to make a first defence of the WBO title he holds, having been elevated to full champion once Usyk vacated his belt rather than face his mandatory.
