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\u201cWe\u2019ve shut down all the businesses,\u201d Joshua said during a DAZN interview with promoter Eddie Hearn. \u201cThe number one performing business is boxing and that\u2019s where I want to put all my energy and focus. I want to regain the championship and be the world heavyweight champion once again.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m a normal lad giving 100 percent while I can. I\u2019m a fighter through and through and I believe in myself.\u201d<\/p>\n Joshua became one of boxing\u2019s biggest commercial stars after winning the heavyweight title, expanding into several business ventures outside the ring.<\/p>\n Reflecting on that period, Joshua acknowledged that his attention had drifted.<\/p>\n \u201cMy attention, I now admit, was being dragged away from the sport,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n Joshua never explicitly linked those outside commitments to his two defeats against Usyk, but his admission comes after the losses that ended his reign as unified heavyweight champion.<\/p>\n Joshua, 29-4 (26 KOs), is widely expected to defeat Prenga before pursuing a long-discussed showdown with fellow British heavyweight Tyson Fury later this year. At 36 years old, he insists his only objective now is reclaiming the heavyweight championship, believing complete dedication to boxing gives him the best chance of returning to the top of the division.<\/p>\n Olly Campbell is a boxing journalist who has covered the sport since 2014, providing ringside reporting and technical analysis of major bouts. His work focuses on fighter tendencies, tactical adjustments, and the details that shape high-level competition.<\/p>\n Click here to subscribe to our FREE newsletter<\/a>Related Boxing News:<\/p>\n \t\t\tCategories Anthony Joshua<\/a> \t\t<\/p>\n Boxing News 24<\/a> \u00bb Anthony Joshua<\/a> \u00bb Anthony Joshua says outside businesses distracted him after Usyk losses as he begins heavyweight rebuild<\/p>\n Last Updated on 2026\/07\/04 at 1:43 AM \t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Anthony Joshua has revealed that he shut down his outside business ventures after admitting they were taking his…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":781430,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[447],"tags":[703,49,48,82],"class_list":["post-781429","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-boxing","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/781429","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=781429"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/781429\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/781430"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=781429"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=781429"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=781429"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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