I want to fight.
This is what Anthony Joshua, unified heavyweight champion, boxing’s most recognizable global star, told me during a trans-Atlantic phone call recently. Not, I want to fight … but only if I can pack 80,000 into a U.K. stadium, as Joshua regularly does. Not, I want to fight … but only if my purse stays static, which is unlikely while boxing adjusts to the new reality of the current pandemic.
I want to fight.
“It's all about growth,” Joshua says. “I would definitely fight for the love of my sport.