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Anthony Joshua announces when he plans to retire from boxing

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Updated 11:08 5 Apr 2024 GMT+1Published 11:06 5 Apr 2024 GMT+1

Anthony Joshua announces when he plans to retire from boxing

Time takes everyone out, it's undefeated

Joe Harker

Joe Harker

Anthony Joshua has been discussing when he might retire from boxing, and it's sooner than you might think.

The 34-year-old boxer has been around longer than you might reckon and during that time he's had a pretty damn good career, but there might be some unfinished business before the end.

Still, the curtain must come down on every show and Joshua can't keep stepping into the boxing ring forever so he will have to retire at some point.

In an upcoming appearance on The Jonathan Ross Show which is set to be shown on ITV1 this Saturday (6 April) the boxer was asked whether he was considering hanging up the gloves for good.

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Joshua's answer might be bad news for boxing fans who were hoping to see him stick around in the ring for a good while yet.

Anthony Joshua can't retire yet, he's still got Tyson Fury to fight.
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"I’ve always said 35. I’m 35 in October," he said of potential plans to call time, but don't count him out just yet.

"I’m thinking another two years or so if my body holds out.

"I’ve set up certain businesses that I can transition into naturally which don’t rely on me being at the forefront."

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Joshua may have irons in other fires but before he bows out of the ring plenty of boxing fans would love to see him fight Tyson Fury.

Of course that will have to wait as Fury has a fight against Oleksandr Usyk, the boxer who twice defeated Joshua in the ring, pencilled in for 18 May.

Fury will have to get through that before the idea of getting in a ring with Joshua could finally become a reality.

Joshua handily defeated Francis Ngannou last month.
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Joshua's 35th birthday falls on 15 October this year so he's only a few months away from hitting that mark where he said he'd retire, but if his body is still going strong then he's got another couple of years to fight Fury in.

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"This is one of my rivals," Joshua said of a potential future fight against Fury.

"This is someone I want to compete with one day so everything he says, I’ve got it all stored in the back of my memory and when the fight happens, I’m going to use it as a lot of fuel.

"I think what they’re saying is be patient because you’ve got Tyson Fury vs Oleksandr Usyk for all the belts and then once that’s done hopefully I can kick down the door and get my opportunity."

So there you go folks, if you want AJ vs Fury you'd better hope Fury beats Usyk and heads for a collision course with Joshua.

Featured Image Credit: Richard Pelham/Getty Images/Richard Pelham/Getty Images

Topics: Anthony Joshua, Boxing, Sport, Celebrity

Joe Harker
Joe Harker

Joe graduated from the University of Salford with a degree in Journalism and worked for Reach before joining the LADbible Group. When not writing he enjoys the nerdier things in life like painting wargaming miniatures and chatting with other nerds on the internet. He's also spent a few years coaching fencing. Contact him via [email protected]

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