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, reside 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 towards Zhilei Zhang and appears good.
It may come down as to whether the IBF belt is stripped from Oleksandr Usyk and obtainable 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 an enormous combat, however he loves this idea, and he is aware of quite a lot of the fighters on the cardboard.
Potential Future Fights
The frontrunner to combat AJ subsequent is the winner of Hrgovic-Dubois and is more likely to be for the [IBF heavyweight] world title,” stated Hearn.
Once more, if the IBF title isn’t obtainable for Joshua to win, he may not take the winner of the Hrgovic vs. Dubois as a result of it will be a pointless threat. Neither of them are fashionable, and so they hit laborious and may clip Joshua with one among their photographs.
“On the similar time, if Deontay Wilder seems to be sensational, perhaps it ignites Joshua towards 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 honest to say that Wilder gained’t win on Saturday night time towards Zhang, and Hearn gained’t trouble matching Joshua towards Zhilei
“I’m sort of glad it’s December as a result of generally you possibly can lock it in for October, and also you get to August, however the man shouldn’t be fairly prepared,” stated Hearn. “So it provides 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 couple of press convention as quickly as June twenty fourth or twenty fifth in London. I heard him say at this time 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 large fights, and AJ is about to headline. We’ll discover out towards who,” stated Hearn.
