Anthony Joshua confirms interest in football | Boxing News

Heavyweight boxing star Anthony Joshua has hinted at investing into his hometown membership Watford. The British icon, who hails from Watford, has thought of injecting money into the Championship outfit as proprietor Gino Pozzo seems for new financial backers.

Last yr, Pozzo put 10 per cent of Watford up for sale via a digital equity scheme, eyeing £17.5million to worth the Championship facet at £175m. However, by March, this initiative had to be scrapped when it only managed to appeal to £3,919,334 raised from traders.

The Pozzo household acquired control of Watford in 2012 and have since been open about their search for additional investment, or even a full-scale sale of the membership.

Watford have been caught in Championship mediocrity, ending 14th this season—marking the third yr in a row they’ve ended mid-table after relegation from the top-flight in 2022.

With the staff seemingly in a rut, contemporary investment might present the financial impetus needed to get Watford back into rivalry to compete for Premier League promotion. Joshua, boasting a web value estimated at a hefty £62.5m by Forbes, confirmed his interest in sinking some of his fortune into the membership.

Speaking to the Seconds Out YouTube Channel, Joshua mentioned: “We wanted to move into private equity, venture capital funds and so on. As you earn, naturally you want to save, so rather than me spending recklessly I’m trying to invest money into certain asset classes and that was an opportunity that presented itself.

“Nothing’s come of it yet. It’s a severe investment. If it comes off it is one that ought to do effectively. If we do not do it then good luck to them anyway because they’re a great staff.”

He then added: “If they went back to the Premier League then I’d need to get a store on Market Street because the site visitors that can be coming through Watford can be phenomenal.

“I remember being on Market Street and watching the football fans. I’m not a massive football fan myself but watching the fans steamroll Market Street and steamroll Vicarage Road were real good scenes.”

Joshua has been out of motion since his loss to IBF heavyweight champion Daniel Dubois in September, and has now confirmed that he’ll require surgical procedure on an elbow damage before he can return to the ring.

He defined: “I’m trying to get my body right. I’ve got to have a little surgery on my elbow, a small surgery, sometime in May,” including that it’ll keep him out of the health club for six to eight weeks.

Once he has recovered, Joshua is anticipated to take into account his next combat, and hinted that a bout against Tyson Fury may very well be on the playing cards, despite Fury’s newest retirement announcement.