Madonna, 65, splits with her boxer boyfriend Josh Popper, 30, after a year of dating following 'hectic' Celebration Tour schedule By Deirdre Durkan-simonds and Terry Zeller For Dailymail.com Published: 16:13 EDT, 24 May 2024 | Updated: 16:57 EDT, 24 May 2024 e-mail 6 shares 27 View comments Madonna and her boxer boyfriend Josh Popper have ended their year-long romance . The former couple met through the 65-year-old superstar's son, David Banda, who was taking boxing lessons from Popper, 30, at Bredwinners gym in New York City.
'Madonna has barely seen Josh for months because her schedule was so hectic. Things just fizzled out,' a source told The Sun . The insider added: 'There is genuinely no bad blood — they’re still fond of each other.
At the moment their relationship doesn’t feel feasible and they’ve cooled things off, but they are staying friends.' Their split comes seven months after the Queen of Pop kicked off her long-awaited Celebration Tour at London's O2 Arena in October 2023. Madonna and her boxer boyfriend Josh Popper have ended their year-long romance as she travels the world on the Celebration Tour She wrapped the tour earlier this month with a massive free concert in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
The pair were first romantically linked in early 2023 following her breakup with back-up dancer, Ahlamalik Williams, in 2022. Over their short-lived relationship, Popper remained by the mom-of-six's side battle with a serious bacterial infection, which required her.