Even though it’s illegal, Anthony Joshua has been seen riding an electric scooter through London’s streets.
The 34-year-old British heavyweight boxer is currently taking some well-earned time off after stopping Robert Helenius in the seventh round of a fight earlier this month at the 02 Arena.
Before the year ends, the two-time world champion is anticipated to take on Deontay Wilder in a hugely lucrative fight in Saudi Arabia, with Eddie Hearn, the fighter’s promoter, saying the deal is almost finalized.
He was even photographed conversing and playing the latest video game F1 23 with Max Verstappen during last week’s Dutch Grand Prix.
Additionally, the 34-year-old posted a video on his Instagram story on Monday that seemed to show him riding an electric scooter across London.
Anthony Joshua has been observed cruising London’s streets on an electric scooter.
Even though it’s against the law to ride an e-scooter in London, he uploaded the video to his Instagram story.
In the video, which was shot from a moving vehicle, Joshua can be seen speeding past a number of people who didn’t realize he was there and seemed to be heading toward Bethnal Green.
Before Joshua was spotted riding an electric bike with a larger group, he was riding with just one pal.
However, unless you are a participant in TFL’s e-scooter rental trial, it is against the law to ride an e-scooter on public roads or in public areas, according to Transport for London regulations.
Further regulations stipulate: ‘Rental electric scooters (e-scooters) are the only way to legally ride an e-scooter on public roads or in other public places within London – and even this is limited to specific boroughs. It is still illegal to use privately owned e-scooters or other powered transporters on public roads.’
E-scooters are also banned from public transport in London, although Joshua appeared to be sticking to the streets as he travelled around.
He was seen on an Inokim e-scooter, a leading new brand who have recently entered the UK market, with prices on their scooter products ranging from between £856 to £2,400.
Later on Monday, Joshua was also pictured with Franklin Boateng – who is an influencer with more than 100,000 followers known as the King of Trainers – before he later shared a post from a Clean Herts Community community day, which is a social cause that the boxer backs.
Meanwhile, speaking last week, the 33-year-old provided an update on the status of negotiations with Wilder ahead of the aformentioned potential mega-fight.
When asked if he’s looking to fit in another bout before facing Wilder, Joshua told Sky Sports: ‘No. The time frame doesn’t really give an opportunity for that. The mind says fight in October but in reality we’re trying to schedule a fight for December. I’m going to focus on the Wilder fight for now.
The heavyweight boxer, 33, appeared to be heading towards the direction of Bethnal Green
The video was filmed from a car, with Joshua slightly ahead of one other individual on the road
Joshua is currently enjoying some time off ahead of a potential fight against Deontay Wilder
‘From what I’ve heard, things are positive. We’ve got the stumbling block, Fury has to get past Ngannou and Usyk has to get past Dubois.
‘Good luck to both of them, good luck to all parties involved and then we can sit down and rejig things around.
‘The goal is to have Usyk and Fury potentially compete for the undisputed heavyweight championship. Myself and Deontay Wilder, two big punchers, great fighters, been to the top of the mountain, slug it out and may the best man win.
‘It will be a great event, potentially. We’re just waiting to see what happens and then finalise the devil in the detail.’
