{"id":181227,"date":"2025-10-06T05:23:07","date_gmt":"2025-10-06T05:23:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/181227\/"},"modified":"2025-10-06T05:23:07","modified_gmt":"2025-10-06T05:23:07","slug":"anthony-joshua-ready-to-pull-the-trigger-on-boxing-comeback-as-promoter-reveals-new-frustration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/181227\/","title":{"rendered":"Anthony Joshua ‘ready to pull the trigger’ on boxing comeback as promoter reveals new frustration"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

With a return to boxing seemingly gathering pace each day, Anthony Joshua is as \u201cready\u201d as ever to make his anticipated comeback to the ring.<\/p>\n

Still yet to land a specific opponent for his return to combat, former two-time world heavyweight boxing champion Anthony Joshua<\/a> has been linked with a whole host of potential matchups next.<\/p>\n

And seemingly gearing up for a historic return at the beginning of next year on new soil<\/a>, Watford star Joshua is primed to go, according to his long-time promoter.<\/p>\n

However, whilst \u201cready\u201d to compete again, the Olympian has been dealing with a rather lengthy period of frustration.<\/p>\n

\"AnthonyPhoto by Richard Pelham\/Getty ImagesAnthony Joshua frustrated by Daniel Dubois performance<\/p>\n

Sidelined for just over a year at this stage, former world champion Joshua has been out of action since his hellacious knockout defeat to compatriot Daniel Dubois<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Finding himself on the receiving end of a brutal knockout at the hands of the former IBF heavyweight champion, Joshua had been finished for the second time in his career following a previous shock knockout loss to Andy Ruiz.<\/p>\n

And according to long-time promoter, Eddie Hearn<\/a>, Joshua, while gearing up for a return to the ring, is more than \u201cfrustrated\u201d with the recent defeat to Dubois.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s (Anthony Joshua) kinda ready now \u2014 ready to pull the trigger, which is exciting,\u201d Hearn told Boxing News. \u201cYou know, it\u2019s been a really frustrating period \u2014 a year \u2014 kinda like a mix of definite disappointment.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe definitely suffered with that defeat from (Daniel) Dubois, personally,\u201d Hearn explained. \u201cI know he loves to put on a brave face and talk to everyone and be that guy. I know how much that defeat hurt him. And I know how much defeats hurt him in general.\u201d<\/p>\n

Anthony Joshua\u2019s potential return opponent<\/p>\n

Set to take a \u201croll of the dice\u201d fight in his return to action<\/a>, Joshua has been ruled out of some notable fights already by his promoter in his immediate return to the ring.<\/p>\n

And expected to take a sizable trip to Africa in his comeback to the squared circle, Joshua has seen a frontrunner in terms of opponent sounded out<\/a> by the above-mentioned Hearn, too.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"With a return to boxing seemingly gathering pace each day, Anthony Joshua is as \u201cready\u201d as ever to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":181228,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[6565,2560,101,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-181227","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-sports","11":"tag-uk","12":"tag-united-kingdom","13":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/181227","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=181227"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/181227\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/181228"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=181227"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=181227"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=181227"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}