BOXING

Anthony Joshua: I’ve lost my invincibility but I want to end my career on a high

The heavyweight boxer has put himself through ‘torture’ for his return to the ring in London this weekend
Joshua has been working hard on his conditioning with new trainer James, left, before his clash with Franklin, right
Joshua has been working hard on his conditioning with new trainer James, left, before his clash with Franklin, right
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Anthony Joshua’s career followed a meticulous blueprint, from an Olympic gold medal to the heavyweight world title, until it was violently knocked off course by Andy Ruiz Jr nearly four years ago. There has been a certain degree of tumult ever since, with frequent changes to his coaching team offering no solution to the superior skill of Oleksandr Usyk on two separate occasions, but a new, and perhaps final, plan has now been laid.

“Yeah, I think [this is my final chapter],” Joshua, 33, said. “What can it go on for? Three or four more years? You know how quick the time goes. If I was going to do another run after this, you’re talking about fighting into my forties and stuff like that and