Anthony Joshua looks to be firing on all cylinders as he continues his rehabilitation after a successful surgery earlier this month.
The two-time heavyweight world champion has been sidelined since his crushing knockout loss to Daniel Dubois last September.
While he has served his mandatory 28-day stoppage suspension from the British Boxing Board of Control (BBBofC), Joshua has been unable to resume full training due to an injury to his right elbow.
Luckily, the issue has since been resolved under the knife, and although AJ isn’t back punching with his right hand just yet, he did uncork multiple stinging lefts on the pads upon his return to the gym this week.
Reacting to his latest training footage, one fan tweeted: “Would hate to get punched by him.”
Another posted: “He’s got serious pop in those shots.”
A third wrote: “AJ showing how it is done. Punch through the target.”
Meanwhile, another fan added: “Looking sharp.”
AJ is currently visiting Oman as he counts down the days to when he returns to full training.
According to his promoter Eddie Hearn, Joshua will be back punching with his right hand again in six weeks.
That means that the Watford powerhouse could return to the ring as early as September.
“He’s had the operation, which went very well, and now he’s just sort of rehabbing it,” Hearn told BoxingScene over the weekend.
Joshua last fought in September when he was KOd by DuboisGetty“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.”
It seems highly unlikely Joshua will face the winner of Oleksandr Usyk and Daniel Dubois’ undisputed showdown on July 19.
WBO interim champion Joseph Parker is set to get the next shot after stepping aside to let the four-belt shootout take place.
Joshua wants to fight Fury this yearGettyThe long-awaited domestic dust-up with Tyson Fury is also an uncertainty at this stage, with ‘The Gypsy King’ recently insisting he will ‘stay retired’.
“I hear a lot of talk about ‘The Gypsy King’ returning to boxing and I ask this question first of all: for what?” Fury said while on holiday at Lake Como in Italy last week.
“What would I return for? More belts? I’ve won 22 of them. I’ve been rumped, that’s it, fair play to them, they got their use out of me.
“But I’m happy, I am happy, content with what I’ve done, what I have achieved and what I have accomplished.
“I’ve been around the world and back again, and here we are, this is what retirement looks like for the Gypsy King, not too shabby.
“I’m in no rush at all to come back to boxing and get my face punched in.
“For what? What would I return for? I ask that question. So here we are, I am retired and I am staying retired.
“I have nothing to prove to anybody and nothing to return for. God bless you all, and see you on the other side.”
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