Anthony Joshua is not going to be combating Tyson Fury or Oleksandr Usyk subsequent, in response to his good good friend Derek Chisora.
Former two-time world champion Joshua was promised a shot on the undisputed world titles following his brutal KO win in opposition to Francis Ngannou final month. Fury and Usyk combat for all 4 heavyweight belts subsequent month and their combat has a two-way rematch clause, which means they are going to seemingly meet once more later this 12 months whatever the end result.
Queensbury Promotions are internet hosting a Wembley Stadium occasion later this 12 months and Chisora claims Joshua might be headlining the cardboard. “He will fight the winner of Daniel Dubois and [Filip] Hrgovic in Wembley. F*** it, I’ve got a big mouth. That’s the plan. It’s gonna be a sick, a little adventure for Turki Alalshikh to bring it back to London,” Chisora informed iFL TV.
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A combat between Dubois and Hrgovic will seemingly happen on the undercard of Artur Beterbiev and Dmitry Bivol’s undisputed conflict in Saudi Arabia on June 1. It may very well be for the IBF world title if the organisation forces Fury or Usyk to combat their obligatory challenger Hrgovic. Another large heavyweight combat between Deontay Wilder and Zhilei Zhang, who each misplaced to Joseph Parker of their final fights, can also be rumoured to happen on the cardboard.
Joshua’s promoter Eddie Hearn thinks if Fury beats Usyk subsequent month then a combat in opposition to Joshua might be made as an alternative of a rematch with the Ukrainian. Fury’s promoter Frank Warren is adamant the two-fight undisputed deal might be honoured, delaying a possible Fury vs Joshua combat till March.
Hearn thinks Joshua is now the most effective heavyweight on the earth after his gorgeous efficiency in opposition to Ngannou, which prolonged his unbeaten streak to 4 fights. Fury scoffed on the promoter’s declare by citing Joshua’s earlier two losses to Usyk. “I’m sure that Oleksandr Usyk will have something to say about that given he beat him twice,” Fury stated.
“For the actual real boxing, it’s me and Oleksandr Usyk who fight for the undisputed heavyweight world championship of the world. I had a s*** performance against Francis Ngannou, that’s what a boxer should have done with him, but if he fights next year it’ll be a different game.”