Daniel Dubois may return to Wembley stadium for a future “mega fight” with one other hard-punching Briton, Fabio Wardley.
Each Wardley and Dubois have starred in current weeks, with IBF heavyweight champion Dubois knocking out Anthony Joshua at Wembley, whereas Wardley blitzed Frazer Clarke in a spherical to retain the British title.
That has earned Wardley a rating within the IBF’s high 15, although a direct world title shot is not but within the offing.
“He won’t get the fight next, we never even discussed that. Fabio would like it, I’m sure,” their promoter Frank Warren informed Sky Sports activities. “But we’re in discussions at the moment with a couple of people [to fight Dubois].
“Fabio must combat any individual within the high 10 now and do what he is able to doing and displaying the world what he is all about,” Warren added.
“To really establish himself in that top 10, there are some good fights there, great matches to be made in the next year for him.”
Wardley is on a path that may lead him to a blockbuster showdown with Dubois.
“We can build that into being a mega, mega fight that will fill the likes of Wembley with two big punchers like that,” Warren defined.
“That’s what we’ve got to work towards. In the mean time for Daniel, we’re quite near to announcing something in the next week or so. That will be a big fight for him in February.”
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Oleksandr Usyk’s promoter Alexander Krassyuk says the unified world heavyweight champion may provide Daniel Dubois a rematch.
Contenders like Joseph Parker, who holds a WBO Interim belt, and Zhilei Zhang, who knocked out Joe Joyce and is coming off a current stoppage victory over Deontay Wilder, might be into account as potential opponents for Dubois’ February title defence.
Terry Lane, Zhang’s supervisor, informed Sky Sports activities: “Zhang would welcome the fight with Dubois for sure.”
Parker bounced again from defeat to Joe Joyce with a sequence of excellent wins, notably over each Wilder and Zhang.
“It’s got to be sensible and certainly for him fighting Daniel he fits the criteria. He’s re-established himself after Joe Joyce in a big way,” Warren stated.
“That would be a good fight by the way, I haven’t got a problem with that fight but we’ve got to see what happens and let’s see how the dust settles. It’s only going to take a week or so to get this over the line.”
AJ out of the reckoning?
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Anthony Joshua says he wish to proceed his boxing profession regardless of being dominated by Daniel Dubois that noticed him stopped inside 5 rounds and his promoter Eddie Hearn expressed curiosity in a rematch.
Anthony Joshua has slipped out of the reckoning to get a direct rematch with Dubois.
“We had waited to give AJ his opportunity because he said he wanted the rematch but that’s not transpired, that’s not working out so we are where we are,” Warren stated.
“I can’t see next time being any different to be quite honest, how I see the fight. I think he’s got his number. I felt very strongly when we made the fight it was the perfect fight for Daniel and that’s how it turned out to be. He’ll feel even better going into a second fight after such a one-sided fight as it was.
“I do not know what [Joshua’s] choices are. On the finish of the day they’re going to resolve that between them, him and his staff, however the goal for any heavyweight is to combat for the world title… He is acquired to determine some credibility AJ, that is for certain.”
