{"id":100859,"date":"2025-08-29T13:19:14","date_gmt":"2025-08-29T13:19:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/100859\/"},"modified":"2025-08-29T13:19:14","modified_gmt":"2025-08-29T13:19:14","slug":"anthony-joshua-returns-to-training-after-successful-elbow-surgery-ahead-of-potential-jake-paul-fight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/100859\/","title":{"rendered":"Anthony Joshua returns to training after successful elbow surgery ahead of potential Jake Paul fight"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"author-section byline-plain\">By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/profile-3081\/Yaseen-Zaman.html\" class=\"author\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">YASEEN ZAMAN, SPORTS REPORTER<\/a> <\/p>\n<p class=\"byline-section\"> Published:  12:24 EDT, 28 August 2025   |  Updated:  12:24 EDT, 28 August 2025   <\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\"><a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/anthony_joshua\/index.html\" id=\"mol-3baa0560-8425-11f0-9d30-b991a7be4855\" class=\"class\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Anthony Joshua<\/a> is back in training after his successful elbow surgery in May.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The former two-time heavyweight boxing champion has not been in the ring since he was knocked out by fellow Brit <a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/daniel-dubois\/index.html\" id=\"mol-3bab16d0-8425-11f0-9d30-b991a7be4855\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Daniel Dubois<\/a>\u00a0last September.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Joshua looked sharp in a recent video on social media, where he was seen working up a sweat while shadow boxing in the gym.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The 35-year-old is looking to make a return to the ring, with the option of taking on <a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/jake-paul\/index.html\" id=\"mol-3bacc480-8425-11f0-9d30-b991a7be4855\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Jake Paul<\/a> becoming an increasing possibility in 2026.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Paul has shaken up the world of boxing since entering the ring and he has gone on to call out the sport&#8217;s biggest names, including heavyweight champion of the world <a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/oleksandr-usyk\/index.html\" id=\"mol-3baf0e70-8425-11f0-9d30-b991a7be4855\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Oleksandr Usyk<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">He has one single defeat on his record, losing to <a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/tvshowbiz\/tommy-fury\/index.html\" id=\"mol-3b8e4000-8425-11f0-9d30-b991a7be4855\" class=\"class\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Tommy Fury<\/a>, and has competed at cruiserweight, not the heavyweight level that Joshua has been accustomed to in his career.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\" xml:lang=\"en\" xml:lang=\"en\">Anthony Joshua back training after recovering from elbow surgery. Can AJ become world heavyweight champion for a third time? \ud83e\udd14 <a rel=\"nofollow noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ygslNekEfX\">pic.twitter.com\/ygslNekEfX<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Boxing Kingdom (@BoxingKingdom14) <a rel=\"nofollow noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BoxingKingdom14\/status\/1961007310786216312?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 28, 2025<\/a>     <img decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-c397979e91512573\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/101636337-15043815-image-a-13_1756396181074.jpg\" height=\"1015\" width=\"634\" alt=\"Anthony Joshua has returned to training after undergoing a successful elbow surgery in May\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" style=\"max-width:100%\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>   <\/p>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Anthony Joshua has returned to training after undergoing a successful elbow surgery in May<\/p>\n<p>   <img decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-fb2f4f3d254e5617\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/101636279-15043815-image-m-16_1756396201833.jpg\" height=\"425\" width=\"634\" alt=\"Joshua has been tipped to fight Youtuber-turned-boxer Jake Paul when he returns in 2026\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" style=\"max-width:100%\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>   <\/p>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Joshua has been tipped to fight Youtuber-turned-boxer Jake Paul when he returns in 2026<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The prospect of fighting Joshua &#8211; likely to be in a major sports stadium in the United States &#8211; is becoming an increasingly appealing option.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Paul previously fought an ageing Mike Tyson, in his prime one of boxing&#8217;s all-time greats but far from that in a fight with modified rules against Paul at the AT&amp;T Stadium in Texas.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Before any potential bout against Joshua, Paul will take on Gervonta \u2018Tank\u2019 Davis on November 15 in an exhibition live on Netflix.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Most Valuable Promotions (MVP) and Netflix announced the fight, which will take place at State Farm Arena in Atlanta.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Davis, a 5ft 5in lightweight, may be small of stature but packs a punch having knocked out 28 of his 31 opponents to date.<\/p>\n<p>                    Share or comment on this article:<br \/>\n                        Anthony Joshua returns to training after successful elbow surgery ahead of potential Jake Paul fight<\/p>\n<p>        <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"By YASEEN ZAMAN, SPORTS REPORTER Published: 12:24 EDT, 28 August 2025 | Updated: 12:24 EDT, 28 August 2025&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":100860,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[6565,2560,97,6566,217,101,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-100859","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-boxing","8":"tag-anthony-joshua","9":"tag-boxing","10":"tag-dailymail","11":"tag-jake-paul","12":"tag-sport","13":"tag-sports","14":"tag-uk","15":"tag-united-kingdom","16":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100859","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=100859"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100859\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/100860"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=100859"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=100859"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=100859"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}