Anthony Joshua could be about to join Team Usyk after visiting the Ukrainian champion’s Valencia facility recently.

Joshua (28-4, 25 KOs) is attempting to secure the optimal training set-up for the closing stages of his career and Spain was high on his list. The British superstar has not boxed since he was knocked out by Daniel Dubois at Wembley Stadium in London 13 months ago in his unsuccessful attempt to become a three-time heavyweight champion.

As a result of his inactivity, the 36-year-old Joshua has dropped out of The Ring’s heavyweight rankings, but a return to the ring is apparently imminent.

And now The Ring has learned that he could be about to up sticks for the east coast of Spain to do his training at Oleksandr Usyk’s camp, which is managed by Sergey Lapin. Joshua is in the process of making a decision on whether to head there full time.

It is not unusual for Joshua to tour a variety of gyms before making a decision on where to go. Before linking up with Robert Garcia in 2022, incidentally as he prepared for his ill-fated rematch with Usyk, Joshua met with a number of different U.S.-based trainers, including Ronnie Shields and Eddy Reynoso.

He eventually chose Garcia and then lost on points to Usyk for a second successive time. Joshua then employed The Ring’s 2017 Trainer of the Year, Derrick James, for his comeback victories against Jermaine Franklin and Robert Helenius before another switch of coach.

Next it was Ben Davison, who works out of Harlow, Essex, England, and the pair enjoyed an initially fruitful relationship with Joshua crushing both Otto Wallin and Francis Ngannou on his watch. However, Davison and his team were unable to prevent Joshua from suffering the fifth-round knockout defeat to Dubois.

Joshua’s promoter, Eddie Hearn, recently described Joshua as “back in full camp.” During an interview with The Ring earlier this month, Hearn said the 2012 Olympic gold medalist is preparing for the “final roll of the dice” in his career during 2026.

There had been talk of a low-key return on an undercard somewhere before the end of the year, but it now looks more likely he will make his long-awaited comeback during the first eight weeks of the new year.

Then, the hope in the camp is that Tyson Fury, still very much retired, will be tempted to return for a huge “Battle of Britain” with Joshua at Wembley in the summer of 2026. Whether that materialises is still unclear, but Joshua is still putting plans in place behind the scenes.

Davison could still be employed as his coach, and it is understood they remain in regular contact. Joshua may decide, though, that the training team in place for Usyk, the three-time undisputed champion, could hold the key for the most successful 2026 possible.

The Ukrainian dispossessed Dubois on July 19 of the IBF title he had successfully defended by knocking out Joshua in September 2024. Usyk has been recovering from a back injury and doesn’t have a scheduled.

The undisputed champion is expected back in the spring, with a mandatory defence against The Ring’s No. 2 contender, England’s Fabio Wardley, most likely. In another twist, Wardley is currently trained by Davison.

So, too, is Moses Itauma, who has been tipped as the next dominant force at heavyweight. Should Joshua officially leave Davison, it would also open the door for a potential clash with Itauma next year, although that still looks unlikely.

For now, Joshua will look to shake off any ring rust in his next outing before perhaps the final big fight of his illustrious career later in the year. And it could be that he launches that last assault on the world title picture from Spain.