Advertiser eases fears over Joshua's physical issue

Plans for Anthony Joshua's battle with Kubrat Pulev toward the year's end won't be undermined by his knee injury, as indicated by Eddie Hearn.

Joshua wore a defensive support to his left side knee at a Black Lives Matter walk on Saturday in the wake of feeling a 'twinge' while preparing.

Yet, his advertiser Hearn affirmed that the injury won't scupper Joshua's arrival, regardless of requiring a month's rest.

Hearn said the battle is 'still made arrangements for most likely October or November', with November almost certain attributable to the improved odds of making sure about a major group.

A representative for Joshua included: "Anthony felt a slight twinge in his knee while preparing. The support is a prudent step on the counsel of physios.

"It will be additionally checked by his primary care physicians yet there is no quick concern."

Joshua, the IBF, WBA and WBO heavyweight best on the planet, was at first booked to meet his IBF required challenger Pulev on June 20 at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.

Inferable from the circumstance around the pandemic, resulting plans were penciled in for July 25 yet the gliding plan is presently focusing on the last quarter of the year.

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