Anthony Joshua to have Elbow Surgery

[Ruthless-RKO]

ANTHONY JOSHUA TO HAVE ELBOW SURGERY, WON'T RETURN TO GYM FOR 6-8 WEEKS

Anthony Joshua's return to the ring has been delayed by another couple of months after the British superstar revealed he will have surgery on his elbow later this month.

"AJ" hasn't been in action since a devastating fifth-round knockout defeat to IBF heavyweight champion Daniel Dubois in September.

Originally, there were plans for Joshua (28-4, 25 KOs), 35, to return this spring, but after his promoter Eddie Hearn revealed an "upper body" injury, his next fight was pushed back to late summer.

Joshua, however, who is in Saudi Arabia to watch Canelo Alvarez's undisputed super-middleweight clash with William Scull, has revealed that he will have to have a minor operation on his elbow in the coming weeks, adding that the recovery time could be close to two months.

"When do you want me back, people? I'm trying to get my body right," he said to Claudia Trejos on the DAZN broadcast.

"I've got to actually have a little surgery on my elbow, a small surgery, some time in May. We're just finalising the details.

"I'll be out of the gym for maybe six to eight weeks and then when I'm healed I'll be back."

Providing Joshua doesn't return to the gym until the beginning of July, and working on the assumption he doesn't start training camp straight away, it's likely the former two-time heavyweight champion won't be back in action until October at the earliest.

Tyson Fury, who hinted he would be making a comeback earlier this week following his January retirement, has been mooted as a potential opponent for Joshua once both men are in fighting shape.

The pair, who are two of Britain's biggest sport stars, have been on a collision course to do battle for at least eight years now, but there have been various stumbling blocks at the negotiating table each time an attempt has been made to make the fight.

And it now looks like the wait to see what would be the biggest British clash of its generation will go on, likely until the end of 2025 or the first quarter of 2026.

A rematch with Dubois also was an option for Joshua at one point, but "Dynamite" is scheduled to rematch Oleksandr Usyk for all the belts on July 19 at Wembley Stadium, where he stopped Joshua more than seven months ago.

[SeanBrennan]

Anyone know what type of elbow surgery it is?

[londonwar]

The 'it's not an excuse..but' kind

[SeanBrennan]

The 'it's not an excuse..but' kind

Hahhahahaha

[Ruthless-RKO]

Couldn’t he have had it by now?
I mean he fought in September..

When did he realised he needed surgery?

[Controversial]

Couldn’t he have had it by now?
I mean he fought in September..

When did he realised he needed surgery?

I guess it depends, maybe he was coping ok and started training and it got worse. You can never tell with injuries, most fighters carry injuries into the ring

[Jimmy2025]

Sorting an ongoing niggle will give him another six months to decide whether or not he can cope psychologically with another hammering, perhaps.

[Twinkle Toes]

12 months out, 35 years old and on the slide. Waiting for another fighter who's even older and also on the slide.

Welcome to heavweight boxing 2025

[Jimmy2025]

Femi looked really slim last night, like he's lost some mass. Good that he doesn't get fat. Very much like Wlad was. Wlad used to gain weight in camp.

[gregregegg]

Shave off a nano meter bone spur, get a 3 month medical exception for somthing spicey…

Wait noooo never, I am not that jaded…

[KiwiRider]

Shave off a nano meter bone spur, get a 3 month medical exception for somthing spicey…

Wait noooo never, I am not that jaded…

I am.
Athletes already have surgeries booked straight after their last engagement.

[jameswilson]

Shave off a nano meter bone spur, get a 3 month medical exception for somthing spicey…

Wait noooo never, I am not that jaded…

He’ll be back looking jacked as f uck and none of us will be any the wiser….

[Ruthless-RKO]

Eddie Hearn outlines plan for Anthony Joshua following successful surgery

Eddie Hearn has confirmed that Anthony Joshua has undergone successful elbow surgery and is already plotting a return for the heavyweight.

Joshua has not fought since his fifth round stoppage defeat to Daniel Dubois in September 2024. There was a deal for Joshua to rematch Dubois, but the former world champion had been suffering with an elbow injury and would require surgery.

Hearn has now revealed that Joshua has now completed a successful operation on the injured elbow. The promoter is now looking at making a big fight for Joshua, but believes they need to let things play out in the heavyweight division first. Oleksandr Usyk and Daniel Dubois will collide on July 19 to decide the undisputed heavyweight champion, while Tyson Fury continues to flirt with the possibility of a return.

“He's had the operation, which went very well, and now he's just sort of rehabbing it,” Hearn told Boxing Scene. “I believe about six weeks till he can punch again properly, and that kind of lends itself to a September, October, November fight. That gives us a chance to see what happens with Dubois against Usyk. That gives us a chance to see if Mr. Fury will ever return, and maybe something else. But he's definitely fighting this year and looking forward to it.”