Anthony Joshua targeting Tyson Fury in 2025 as he ...

Anthony Joshua is pursuing a battle with Tyson Fury in 2025 as he vows to hold on boxing after his crushing defeat to Daniel Dubois in September.

Former world heavyweight champion Joshua was knocked out within the fifth spherical by fellow Brit Dubois at Wembley Stadium as he suffered his fourth profession loss.

Nonetheless, the 35-year-old doesn’t look like considering retirement and is hoping for a long-awaited showdown with Fury, who was not too long ago outpointed by Oleksandr Usyk in Saudi Arabia for a second time.

“2025, I’m concentrating on Tyson Fury,” stated Joshua, on a visit to satisfy Nigerian President Bola Tinubu.

Reflecting on the Dubois battle, he added: “Makes me hungry, makes me need to work more durable. Time is of the essence, time is proscribed, so I simply need to put in additional work.

“After I look again, I consider I might have achieved extra in 2024. I’ve one other probability in 2025 to do extra and I’m going to ensure I take each alternative that comes my means.

“I ought to have received however I did not and I’m going to go once more.

“My life is up and down so I’ve to get used to the turbulent occasions and hold driving the wave.

“I can not cease now. I’ve to maintain going till I attain my vacation spot.”

Chatting with Sky Sports activities after Fury’s defeat to Usyk on December 21, Eddie Hearn, Joshua’s promoter, stated: “It is undoubtedly the one battle for Fury and apart from the Dubois rematch, it is clearly the one battle for AJ.

“Has there ever been a greater time? They’re each coming off defeats, each on the again finish of their careers.

“One in Wembley, one in Riyadh, two fights in 2025.”