Anthony Joshua will need to pursue his dream of undisputed heavyweight championship glory, even when it means combating Oleksandr Usyk a 3rd time.
First Joshua is concentrated on making an attempt to defeat Daniel Dubois to assert the IBF belt and develop into a three-time heavyweight world champion himself.
Joshua clashes with Dubois on September 21 at Wembley Stadium in London, reside on Sky Sports activities Field Workplace.
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Daniel Dubois’ coach Don Charles tells Sky Sports activities he’s in the absolute best form and is prepared for his bout towards Anthony Joshua to defend his IBF heavyweight title, reside on Sky Sports activities Field Workplace on 21 September.
Then consideration will flip to Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk, who rematch in Riyadh on December 21 after the Ukrainian beat Britain’s Fury to go undisputed in Might.
Joshua’s promoter Eddie Hearn stated: “All he is received on his thoughts is Dubois, clearly, profitable the world heavyweight title however I do know that if he wins September 21, the one battle he’ll need is the winner of Usyk-Fury.
Anthony Joshua fights Daniel Dubois on September 21 reside on Sky Sports activities Field Workplace
“He’s always wanted to fight Fury, he’ll definitely do it, but when the decision is read out on December 21 he will want the winner of that fight because he’s only one fight away from being undisputed himself.”
Joshua misplaced his unified world titles to Usyk in 2021 and couldn’t higher that end in a rematch the next yr.
However his coaching group has been evolving within the years since his first loss to Usyk and he has hit good a vein of type with new coach Ben Davison.
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Talking on Toe2Toe, Johnny Fisher says Daniel Dubois is the toughest puncher he is ever sparred and admits it will likely be a detailed battle between him and Anthony Joshua.
“When he fully gets the gameplan and when it’s fully drilled I think he’s unbeatable. And that’s how we feel at the moment,” Hearn stated.
It provides the promoter some confidence that Joshua might beat Dubois after which doubtlessly overcome Usyk within the closing instalment of a trilogy.
“With all due respect to Dubois, who is a dangerous guy, he makes mistakes and he is not a difficult fighter to work out. What he does have – he’s very strong and he can punch and he’s physically a problem. But he makes a lot of mistakes,” Hearn stated.
“I think the momentum from an AJ win in style would take him into a massive 2025 which funnily enough could be the defining moment of his career.”
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A assured Daniel Dubois says he’ll put Anthony Joshua to sleep on September twenty first.
However Joshua can also be prone to battle his nice rival Tyson Fury, no matter what occurs in his personal rematch with Usyk.
“I believe he will fight Tyson Fury, win or lose against Usyk [in December]. But he’ll also want to fight Usyk for undisputed, that’s always been his dream,” Hearn stated.
“But to fight Fury for undisputed, going in as a belt-holder against the unified champion that would be immense.
“If Usyk was to win, I believe he [AJ] will need to battle Usyk however I believe he’d even be underneath quite a lot of strain to battle Fury pending what occurs in that battle.”
Watch Anthony Joshua vs Daniel Dubois at Wembley Stadium reside on Sky Sports activities Field Workplace on September 21.
