Former heavyweight champion Wladimir
Klitschko has dismissed speculation that he could make a comeback to the
ring and rematch Anthony Joshua as “an early April fool’s day joke.”
Klitschko, 42, retired from boxing after
he was knocked out by WBA-WBO-IBF champion Joshua at Wembley Stadium in
2017. The Ukrainian was also defeated by Joshua’s countryman Tyson Fury
in his previous fight in 2015.
With uncertainty surrounding the
heavyweight division and the immediate futures of Joshua, Fury and
Deontay Wilder, Klitschko said he had been sent messages by fans urging
him to return.
Fury and Wilder are expected to fight a
rematch at a U.S. venue in the first half of 2019, leaving Joshua in
need of an opponent to fill his April 13 fight at Wembley.
But despite suggesting that he feels he
would still be able to compete at the highest level, Klitschko quickly
rejected talk that he could come out of retirement any time soon.
“I’m all about challenges in life and I do really feel that I [have] still got it,” Klitschko posted on Twitter.
“Recently many of you contacted me
willing to see me making a comeback to the ring this April and I’m
thankful to y’all for that.
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