THE subsequent opponent for Anthony Joshua might be introduced at a press convention on Tuesday, June 26.
His promoter Eddie Hearn spoke to Boxing Information yesterday on the Johnny Fisher-Alen Babic launch press convention and revealed the following foe for ‘AJ’ is prone to come from certainly one of three names.
“I’ve seen [Zhilei] Zhang on the record, [Joseph] Parker on the record, [Daniel] Dubois’ clearly on the record,” Hearn stated.
“The purpose for AJ is to recapture the heavyweight title so if there’s a possibility to battle for the IBF title then Daniel Dubois would positively be a front-runner for that battle.”
Dubois put himself right into a wholesome place final weekend along with his stoppage win over the beforehand unbeaten Filip Hrgovic. The Croat went into the battle confidently however figuring out that ought to he lose then his place as IBF obligatory challenger could be gone. Dubois now should wait on what the governing physique select to do over Oleksandr Usyk. The undisputed heavyweight champion has requested their title be on the road in his rematch with Tyson Fury on December 21. Ought to that not be granted then ‘Dynamite’ Dubois would battle for a vacant title or be elevated from interim champion to full champion standing.
Regardless of not keen to slender it all the way down to a “record” of names Hearn confirmed that Dubois, Zhang and Parker are “positively the front-runners.”
“Daniel’s turning into a harmful fighter,” Hearn added after watching the Brit beat his man Hrgovic within the Queensberry vs. Matchroom 5 vs. 5 occasion.
“That was a large win, took some large pictures, stored coming and broke his will actually. I do know it was stopped on cuts however he seemed like he was on his strategy to stopping him legitimately.”
Zhang thrust himself again into the heavyweight image along with his stoppage win over Deontay Wilder whereas Joseph Parker holds wins over each males. The rejuvenated New Zealander has fought Joshua earlier than, nevertheless, and has made some noise in current months a couple of second try at making an attempt to beat the previous unified champion having misplaced to him in March 2018 on factors.