Josh Warrington is not done with boxing yet.
The former two-time world champion has lost three of his past four fights, and after his defeat by Anthony Cacace he left his gloves in the center of the ring – a sign that he was prepared to retire.
Aged 34, Warrington – who hit the heights with wins over the likes of Lee Selby and Carl Frampton – wants to add to his resume before calling it a day.
“I’m greedy – I’m also stubborn,” he told Sky Sports News. “I’ve had a bit of a low profile return back in April [defeating Asad Asif Khan over 10 rounds], got a win under my belt there, which was nice to celebrate a win – first time in five years, even though I’d become a two-time world champion three years ago, I won [against Kiko Martinez] but I broke my jaw, so I didn’t celebrate that.”
Warrington is 32-4-1 (8 KOs) having fought – and lost to – once a year against Luis Alberto Lopez, Leigh Wood and Cacace in 2022, 2023, and 2024.
“What’s left for me?” Warrington asked rhetorically. “I still believe I can become a world champion. I’ve three losses consecutively at world level, but the fights were decided by fine margins; I didn’t get disgraced; I got stopped in one of them [by Wood], but that was controversial.
“I was winning the fight until then, but I’d like to go out on my own terms. I feel I am good enough to win a world title, and maybe have a few more entertaining fights.”