Eddie Hearn has given insight into where Anthony Joshua is at right now following the devastating car crash in Nigeria.
After Joshua beat Jake Paul with a one-punch knockout that broke the American’s jaw, he headed to Nigeria to visit family. Tragedy struck when the car he was in collided a parked vehicle and his two close friends and camp members Sina Ghami and Latif ‘Latz’ Ayodele lost their lives.
That put paid to Joshua’s immediate boxing plans but, speaking to First Round TV, his lifelong promoter Eddie Hearn has suggested he is starting to get back into the gym.
“I don’t think there is any guarantees he fights again, but at the same time I expect him to because it’s something that he loves. It’s something he can carry those guys with him, though as well and it’s something he wants to do.
“From a boxing sense, physically it wasn’t easy what he went through either. People probably don’t realise the extent of what he’s been through. He’s been training, but he’s not ready yet and he won’t be for a while to return to boxing training.
“We were gearing up for him to fight in March and then fight Tyson Fury. Obviously, that’s not going to happen now. I don’t know if it will ever happen. In the next few months, he will turn up the dial on training and see where he is at on that.”
Fury, too, is making a return after more than a year out when he takes on Arslanbek Makmuhdov in April, but only time will tell whether he and Joshua finally get it on in the ring, and ‘AJ’s decision will be respected by fans, analysts and fellow fighters either way.
