ANTHONY JOSHUA underwent treatment on his ribs as he continues physical therapy months after his horror car crash.
Joshua was involved in a fatal smash in Nigeria on December 29 – ten days after
Anthony Joshua underwent treatment on his ribs as he continues physical therapyCredit: snapchat
Joshua survived the horror Nigeria crash in DecemberCredit: X
AJ survived the crash but it did claim the lives of his two close friends, Kevin Latif Ayodele and Sina Ghami.
has been in recovery since the ordeal and showed off work being done on his ribs via his Snapchat.
He captioned the post: “Rehabilitation protocol. When you go thru certain things, you realise that you are stronger than you think you are.”
Personal trainer “Latz” was a childhood friend of AJ’s while Ghami was his long-time recovery therapist.
Joshua, 36, was transported back home days after the crash to attend the funerals of his fallen friends.
After beating Paul, 29, in six rounds, AJ was set to fight again by March
His promoter Eddie Hearn has since claimed he does believe the two-time heavyweight champion will fight on again –
A summer return date is growing increasingly more likely, with Tyson Fury, 37, also out of retirement for his April comeback fight against Arslanbek Makhmudov, 36.
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will make his return in April against Arslanbek Makhmudov while Oleksandr Usyk takes on the king of kickboxing Rico Verhoeven.
features for the first time since making the switch to Zuffa Boxing and Fabio Wardley will defend his newly won heavyweight crown.
Canelo Alvarez will be hoping to return after his defeat to Terence Crawford and heavyweight king Oleksandr Usyk will also need to defend his straps.
Derek Chisora will fight for the 50th and (perhaps) final time against Deontay Wilder while Daniel Dubois is also on the comeback trail.
A whole bunch of British stars could also take a leap into superstardom, with the likes of , Hamzah Sheeraz and Adam Azim ready to join the very top of the sport.
March
- Sat 14 – Jazza Dickens vs Anthony Cacace – WBA super-featherweight title – DAZN
- Sat 21 – George Liddard vs Tyler Denny – British & Commonwealth Middleweight title – DAZN
- Sat 28 – Moses Itauma vs Jermaine Franklin – DAZN
- Sat 28 – Sebastian Fundora vs Keith Thurman – Amazon Prime PPV
April
- Sat 4 – Deontay Wilder vs Derek Chisora – DAZN PPV
- Sun 5 – Caroline Dubois vs Terri Harper – Sky Sports
- Sat 11 – Tyson Fury vs Arslanbek Makhmudov – Netflix
- Sat 11 – Conor Benn vs Regis Prograis – Netflix
- Sat 18 – Callum Smith vs David Morrell – DAZN
- Sat 18 – Manny Pacquiao vs Ruslan Provodnikov
- Sat 25 – Mike Tyson vs Floyd Mayweather
- Sat 25 – Lawrence Okolie vs Tony Yoka – DAZN
May
- Sat 9 – Fabio Wardley vs Daniel Dubois – WBO title – DAZN
- Sat 9 – Zurdo Ramirez vs David Benavidez – WBA & WBO Cruiserweight titles – Prime Video
- Sat 23 – Oleksandr Usyk vs Rico Verhoeven – WBC title – DAZN
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Hearn told Boxing Scene in February: “Originally, the plan with AJ was for him to fight in March and then fight Tyson Fury in August. That’s not happening.
“He’s not fighting Tyson Fury next. He’s going to come back I believe late summer, but physically he’s not yet in a position to return to camp.
“I’m planning, but he’s just resting and preparing. So for me I’m looking at options to get him back in the ring in July time.
“But we’ll only know if that’s a real possibility when he returns to camp, which will hopefully be in the next couple of weeks or a month.”
Kevin Latif Ayodele, Joshua and Sina GhamiCredit: INSTAGRAM@EDDIEHEARN
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