Promoter Eddie Hearn revealed that Anthony Joshua will attend the 5 vs 5 occasion this Saturday night time in Riyadh to observe the heavyweight contest between Filip Hrgovic and Daniel Dubois, dwell on DAZN PPV.
Joshua, the previous two-time heavyweight champion, may combat the winner of the Hrgovic-Dubois combat in September, presumably with the vacant IBF title on the road
It’s not sure that Joshua will combat the winner of that contest, as Hearn says Deontay Wilder is a risk if he’s victorious on Saturday in his conflict in opposition to Zhilei Zhang and appears good.
It may come down as to if the IBF belt is stripped from Oleksandr Usyk and out there for a combat between Joshua and the Hrgovic-Dubois winner.
Joshua’s Scouting Mission
Joshua will likely be doing a scouting run on Saturday to observe these two heavyweights and get a gauge on them in case he winds up going through the winner.
“AJ is coming this week, and that is actually off his personal again,” stated promoter Eddie Hearn to Queensberry about Anthony Joshua coming to the 5 vs. 5 occasion on Saturday to observe the Filip Hrgovic vs. Daniel Dubois combat.
“He was invited to Fury-Usyk, and clearly, it’s a large combat, however he loves this idea, and he is aware of loads of the fighters on the cardboard.
Potential Future Fights
The frontrunner to combat AJ subsequent is the winner of Hrgovic-Dubois and is prone to be for the [IBF heavyweight] world title,” stated Hearn.
Once more, if the IBF title isn’t out there for Joshua to win, he may not take the winner of the Hrgovic vs. Dubois as a result of it might be a unnecessary danger. Neither of them are widespread, they usually hit exhausting and may clip Joshua with considered one of their pictures.
“On the identical time, if Deontay Wilder appears sensational, perhaps it ignites Joshua in opposition to Wilder. So, nice information that the rematch is made between Usyk and Fury as a result of it’s an enormous combat,” stated Hearn.
It’s truthful to say that Wilder gained’t win on Saturday night time in opposition to Zhang, and Hearn gained’t hassle matching Joshua in opposition to Zhilei
“I’m type of glad it’s December as a result of generally you’ll be able to lock it in for October, and also you get to August, however the man is just not fairly prepared,” stated Hearn. “So it offers the fellows sufficient time. We [Joshua] will probably combat in September, and we can have our eyes peeled for each of these heavyweight fights [Hrgovic vs. Dubois and Wilder vs. Zhilei Zhang].
“They’re speaking a few press convention as quickly as June twenty fourth or twenty fifth in London. I heard him say right this moment in an interview. So the cardboard [in September for Joshua’s next fight] is admittedly shaping up. Myself, George and Spencer, and His Excellency brain-storming on all three super fights, and AJ is about to headline. We’ll discover out in opposition to who,” stated Hearn.
