Anthony Joshua is set for a London homecoming to start his second reign as world heavyweight champion, with his next fight likely to take place at the recently-built Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.
Joshua reclaimed his WBA, WBO and IBF titles early Sunday with a unanimous points decision over Andy Ruiz Jr in Saudi Arabia, having lost to the Mexican-American in New York in June for the first defeat of his career.
“The phone has gone crazy. It’s like, ‘bring him here, bring him here'”, Hearn said, sitting alongside Joshua in a restaurant on one of the top floors of a five-star hotel in Riyadh.
“They’ve seen what we’ve done here and there’s a lot of options internationally, but he does want to box back in the UK.
“We spoke to Spurs about hosting this fight, which they were keen to do, but unfortunately the dates didn’t work out. They would be keen to do it and it would be a nice stadium to do it in London.”
(Sky Sports)
