{"id":502786,"date":"2026-02-25T08:56:09","date_gmt":"2026-02-25T08:56:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/502786\/"},"modified":"2026-02-25T08:56:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T08:56:09","slug":"anthony-joshuas-uncle-backs-his-comeback-decision-boxing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/502786\/","title":{"rendered":"Anthony Joshua\u2019s uncle backs his comeback decision &#8211; Boxing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/53791_5882574_updates.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"400\" class=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>An undated picture of\u00a0Anthony Joshua.\u00a0\u2014 Reuters<\/p>\n<p>Joshua\u2019s uncle, Ademola Joshua, has said the family will fully back Anthony Joshua if he chooses to continue his boxing career. <\/p>\n<p>The 36-year-old\u2019s future remains uncertain following a tragic car accident in Nigeria that claimed the lives of his strength coach, Sina Ghami, and personal trainer, Latif \u201cLatz\u201d Ayodele.<\/p>\n<p>Joshua survived with only minor injuries, but speculation over early retirement has intensified.<\/p>\n<p>Recently spotted back in the gym in Dubai, Joshua\u2019s sessions have been described by promoter Eddie Hearn as \u2018mental strength therapy\u2019 rather than a traditional fight camp. Hearn clarified that no decisions have been made regarding Joshua\u2019s next bout.<\/p>\n<p>Ademola said the family is deeply proud of Anthony and will support him, acknowledging the emotional toll his fights take on them.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are proud of him, very proud of him. Whatever he decides, we will support him fully. Each time he\u2019s knocked down, it\u2019s like the heart is coming out of our chest. All these emotional feelings whenever he\u2019s fighting, it\u2019s too much trauma for us also,\u201d Ademola said.<\/p>\n<p>Joshua has not fought since his stoppage win over Jake Paul last December. Prior to that, he suffered a knockout loss to Daniel Dubois in 2024. <\/p>\n<p>Rumours of a potential clash with Tyson Fury have circulated following Fury\u2019s return from retirement, but nothing has been confirmed.<\/p>\n<p>Hearn added that Joshua is considering returning to training camp to evaluate whether he is ready to fight again. <\/p>\n<p>Joshua\u2019s journey back to the ring remains unclear, but his family and team stand firmly by his side.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"An undated picture of\u00a0Anthony Joshua.\u00a0\u2014 Reuters Joshua\u2019s uncle, Ademola Joshua, has said the family will fully back Anthony&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":502787,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[571],"tags":[252806,252805,8075,64,63,802,1916,1911,85],"class_list":["post-502786","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-ademola","tag-ademola-joshua","tag-anthony-joshua","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-boxing","tag-joshua","tag-paul","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/502786","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=502786"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/502786\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/502787"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=502786"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=502786"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=502786"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}