World heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua plans to return to training in August in preparation for a title defence later this year, even though he doesn’t yet have an opponent.

ANTHONY Joshua’s lucrative rematch with Wladimir Klitschko could be hosted in very unexpected location – if promoter Eddie Hearn is to be believed.

Anthony Joshua is set to face Wladimir Klitschko in a rematch of their Wembley blockbuster, his promoter Eddie Hearn has revealed.

There is the possibility of a rematch between unified heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua and Wladimir Klitschko at Cardiff’s Principality Stadium in October.

According to promoter Eddie Hearn of Matchroom Sport, there was a near brawl last month between IBF, IBO, WBA heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua and retired former beltholder Vitali Klitschko – in the aftermath of younger brother Wladimir Klitschko’s stoppage loss to Joshua before a record crowd of 90,000 at Wembley.

ANTHONY JOSHUA last week revealed how he plans to become an even greater heavyweight champion of the world. Joshua outlined the tasks he is setting himself during what his promoter Eddie Hearn would prefer to be a two or three-month holiday.

Before now, few Nigerians knew the rapidly rising British heavyweight boxing star, Anthony Joshua. But after he “slayed” Wladimir, the younger of the dreaded Klitschko brothers from Ukraine, he became an instant worldwide sensation.

Senior Special Assistant to the President on Foreign Affairs and Diaspora, Mrs Abike Dabiri-Erewa, has congratulated Nigerian-born boxer, Anthony Oluwafemi-Joshua, for defeating Wladimir Klitschko in Saturday’s World Heavyweight Boxing fight.

Anthony Joshua can make the same game-changing impact on boxing as Tiger Woods achieved in golf, according to Barry Hearn.

Anthony Joshua pocketed up to £15million following his epic heavyweight victory over Wladimir Klitschko on Saturday evening.