We have to get our hands on another championship belt [next year],” Joshua told the BBC at the Sports Personality of the Year award ceremony, where he was a massive odds-on favourite but missed out as Mo Farah scooped the top gong.
Surrounded by so many unbelievable sports men and women, inspiring place to be tonight! ?? #SPOTY pic.twitter.com/G57GPJ2BSz
— Anthony Joshua (@anthonyjoshua) December 17, 2017
“It’s crazy because so soon we have the possibility of capturing the other two.”
“First and foremost, that’s the long-term plan. Joseph Parker is being very realistic in terms of when he’s going to fight and negotiations.”
“That’s a fight that potentially could happen sometime in March or April.”
“Life is about how you interpret things and when I first started boxing, my interpretation [of boxing] was all about Mike Tyson and the gutter side of it,” Joshua added.
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“Then I started realising the discipline and regimen of the likes of Klitschko and how they conduct themselves. So I tried to change the angle.
“But you need that gutterness as well, which I show in the fight, but outside of that, it’s calmness and respect.
“It’s tough sometimes though if someone keeps on poking you, how do you keep a lid on that pot of fire?”
It was a pleasure! Merry Christmas all ??? https://t.co/jJurdAZX24
— Anthony Joshua (@anthonyjoshua) December 14, 2017
Joshua was speaking yesterday night at the BBC SPOTY awards. ‘AJ’ was last seen in the ring on October 28th when he made the fourth defence of his world heavyweight crown against Carlos Takam.
Joshua and his promoter, Eddie Hearn is currently locked in negotiations with New Zealand’s WBO world heavyweight champion, Joseph Parker and they are believed to be close to sealing a deal that will see the two face off in a unification encounter inside the first quarter of 2018.
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