{"id":524615,"date":"2026-03-07T12:08:15","date_gmt":"2026-03-07T12:08:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/524615\/"},"modified":"2026-03-07T12:08:15","modified_gmt":"2026-03-07T12:08:15","slug":"anthony-joshua-has-emotional-reunion-with-old-coach-sean-murphy-as-british-fighter-returns-to-first-ever-gym-boxing-gym","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/524615\/","title":{"rendered":"Anthony Joshua has emotional reunion with old coach Sean Murphy as British fighter returns to first ever gym boxing gym"},"content":{"rendered":"

Anthony Joshua has made an emotional return to Finchley Amateur Boxing Club, reuniting with Sean Murphy, the coach who first taught him to box.<\/p>\n

The 36-year-old heavyweight shared footage and images on his Instagram story showing him training alongside Murphy once again.<\/p>\n

Joshua captioned the post: “Quality time with (Sean Murphy).”<\/p>\n

The visit marks a poignant return to his roots following the devastating car crash in Nigeria on December 29 that claimed the lives of two people extremely close to him.<\/p>\n

The British boxing star appears to be seeking familiar ground as he continues his recovery from the tragic accident.<\/p>\n

The fatal collision occurred just ten days after Joshua had secured victory over YouTuber-turned-boxer Jake Paul in Miami.<\/p>\n

Personal trainer Kevin “Latz” Ayodele and long-standing therapist Sina Ghami, both described as very close friends of the boxer, lost their lives in the crash.<\/p>\n

Joshua himself survived the accident but has required extensive medical attention in the months since.<\/p>\n

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The Watford-born fighter has been receiving physical therapy as part of his rehabilitation, with intensive treatment focusing particularly on injuries to his ribs.<\/p>\n

His return to the Finchley gym suggests he is now well enough to resume some form of training activity.<\/p>\n

Joshua first stepped through the doors of Finchley Amateur Boxing Club at the age of 18, seeking a path away from trouble on London’s streets.<\/p>\n

Under Murphy’s guidance, the orthodox fighter went on to win elite national championships.<\/p>\n

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Anthony Joshua shared footage and images on his Instagram story showing him training alongside his former coach once again<\/p>\n

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Their partnership culminated in Olympic glory, with Murphy laying the foundations before Joshua claimed gold under Team GB head coach Rob McCracken at London 2012.<\/p>\n

The pair subsequently worked together during Joshua’s professional career as he captured the unified heavyweight world titles.<\/p>\n

However, their collaboration ended following Joshua’s defeat to Oleksandr Usyk in September 2021, prompting the British star to seek new guidance.<\/p>\n

For the rematch against Usyk, Joshua turned to American trainer Robert Garcia, though this change failed to reverse his fortunes as he again lost on points to the Ukrainian.<\/p>\n

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A subsequent move saw him relocate to Dallas to work with Texan coach Derrick James, a partnership that yielded victories over Jermaine Franklin and Robert Helenius.<\/p>\n

Most recently, British trainer Ben Davison has been in Joshua’s corner for his past three contests.<\/p>\n

Davison guided him to wins against former UFC champion Francis Ngannou and Paul, although he was also present for the knockout defeat to Daniel Dubois last September.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Anthony Joshua has made an emotional return to Finchley Amateur Boxing Club, reuniting with Sean Murphy, the coach…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":524616,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[571],"tags":[8075,64,63,802,44,13296,588,85],"class_list":["post-524615","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-anthony-joshua","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-boxing","tag-news","tag-sgg","tag-sport","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/524615","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=524615"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/524615\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/524616"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=524615"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=524615"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=524615"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}