Promoter Eddie Hearn recommends that his fighter, Anthony Joshua, await the end result of the rematch between Tyson Fury and unified heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk on December twenty first.
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Joshua’s cash combat is towards Fury, not in a rematch towards IBF heavyweight champion Daniel Dubois. His Excellency Turki Alalshikh has already stated he desires Joshua-Fury to occur subsequent. So, the 2 common heavyweights want to offer Turki what he desires and battle it out in early 2025.
Followers would clearly prefer to see Joshua try to avenge his fifth-round knockout defeat from final weekend first earlier than shifting on to the Fury combat. Nonetheless, that may be a dangerous transfer for Joshua for 2 causes:
- AJ might get knocked out once more by Dubois
- Fury might get overwhelmed in his first protection
Joshua and Fury (34-1-1, 24 KOs) should combat whereas they will earlier than they undergo further losses as a result of each are getting on in years. Fury appeared like a frightful mess shedding to Usyk final Might, and Joshua appeared worse getting crushed by Dubois final Saturday evening at Wembley Stadium in London.
“My recommendation is don’t do something till Dec twenty first – the Oleksandr Usyk vs Tyson Fury rematch,” stated Eddie Hearn to Sky Sports activities Boxing about his plans for Anthony Joshua’s subsequent combat. “If Fury loses it might arrange a giant combat vs Joshua, if Fury wins he might take a voluntary defence vs. Joshua. It’s nonetheless the most important combat within the division by a mile.”
If Fury can defeat Usyk, he’ll go into the mega-fight towards Joshua as a three-belt champion. The winner of the competition might then battle IBF champ Dubois for the undisputed championship within the second half of 2025.
Many followers gave up on Fury after his loss to Usyk final Might. For him to return again to defeat Usyk after which Joshua can be an enormous turnaround for the Gyspy King.
Simply going by Fury’s final efficiency, he’ll in all probability lose to Usyk on December twenty first and can go into the Joshua combat coming off a loss. That’s okay. If Fury isn’t knocked out like Joshua, their combat will nonetheless be marketable on DAZN PPV. If Matchroom and Queensberry embrace a wonderful undercard to curiosity U.S followers in buying the occasion on pay-per-view, it’ll do good numbers.
🗣️ “My recommendation is don’t do something till December twenty first! – Usyk vs Fury”
Eddie Hearn discusses what choices can be found for Anthony Joshua following his defeat to Daniel Dubois and if He might find yourself going through Tyson Fury 🥊 pic.twitter.com/SjWby8r0Sc
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