Eddie Hearn says Anthony Joshua desires the rematch with Daniel Dubois subsequent, however he might not be bodily prepared for it in February.
Hearn isn’t positive if Joshua (28-3, 25 KOs) ought to postpone the rematch determination till the summer season or wait on the end result of the December twenty first Tyson Fury vs. Oleksandr Usyk II battle and make Joshua-Fury subsequent. Hearn says Joshua will make his determination within the subsequent three weeks.
Nonetheless, he’s been saying that since AJ suffered a fifth-round knockout loss to IBF heavyweight champion Dubois on September twenty first. It’s fairly apparent that Hearn will hold delaying Joshua’s determination for his subsequent battle till the Fury vs. Usyk rematch on December twenty first.
Hearn says these are AJ’s two choices:
- Battle rematch with Dubois: In accordance with Hearn, that is Joshua’s most popular selection for his subsequent battle, however he’s undecided if that’s the most effective route for him to take.
- Tyson Fury: If Fury defeats Usyk to turn into the unified WBA, WBC, and WBO heavyweight champion, Joshua can battle him for the three belts in an enormous mega-fight.
The way in which Hearn is speaking, he appears to be leaning towards Joshua taking the Fury battle subsequent, which is smart. Dubois is simply too highly effective, younger, and rugged for the 35-year-old Joshua to have any actual likelihood of avenging the loss.
It will be insane for Joshua to battle Dubois once more when he could make a bundle of dough preventing Fury. Even when Fury loses the rematch with Usyk, it nonetheless is a wiser selection for Joshua to face Tyson subsequent.
“Anthony has instructed me that the battle that he desires is with Dubois. The problem is, will he be prepared for February?” requested Eddie Hearn to iFL TV about whether or not Anthony Joshua will take the rematch with Daniel Dubois subsequent.
“It will imply us going again to camp in three weeks’ time, and after a number of overviews of the physique, now we have to be 100% proper. So, that’s the delay. Will we battle in February, or will we wait till the summer season? And if we do, AJ’s selection is to rematch Daniel Dubois,” stated Hearn.
Who’s Hearn making an attempt to child right here? It’s apparent that Joshua is delaying his determination till he finds out what occurs within the Fury-Ushyk II rematch as a result of there’s a lot money to make preventing Fury. It’s so apparent that’s the battle that Hearn and AJ each need. They don’t wish to tangle with that younger lion Dubois and get a second hiding.
“He would say, ‘I’ll simply do it in February,’ however we’ve acquired to get it proper. So, that’s the choice we’ll make over the subsequent few weeks. Will we wait till the summer season, or will we soar in? I don’t wish to soar in if he’s not prepared to return to camp. No,” stated Hearn when requested if Joshua might take a battle in between a rematch with Dubois if he has to attend till the summer season to be prepared for that conflict.
How a lot time does Joshua should be prepared? He’s already been out of the ring, licking his wounds for a month since being obliterated by Dubois. Does he really want a further 4 months on high of the one month he’s already needed to prepare for the rematch? That simply appears like Hearn is making excuses for why Joshua shouldn’t must face Dubois once more and confront his future.
“Pay attention, there are two issues which can be going to occur. One, he rematches Daniel Dubois, which is his selection, or second, we see what occurs on December twenty first, and we battle Tyson Fury. That’s all that’s going to occur. There’s no real interest in any interim fights. There’s no real interest in any warmup fights. He simply desires the most important fights on the market,” stated Hearn.
In fact, Joshua isn’t going to take an interim battle as a result of he would possibly lose. There’s the chance that the punishment AJ took in his fifth-round blowout loss to Dubois might have weakened his already shaky punch resistance to the purpose the place he might lose to even Ham & eggers.
“In fact, he’s a fighter. He desires to avenge his defeat, but when Tyson Fury wins [his rematch against Oleksandr Usyk], then you definately’ve acquired Fury in opposition to AJ for the unified heavyweight championship. If Tyson Fury loses, then you definately’ve acquired a few fights that might be the tip for each males. I do know in AJ’s thoughts for those who give him the choice, in fact, he desires to attempt to avenge his defeat,” stated Hearn.
Hearn Ought to Come Clear
It will be extra refreshing if Hearn had simply come out and admitted that he wished Joshua to battle Fury moderately than Dubois. Nobody actually believes that Hearn desires Joshua to ever battle Dubois once more underneath any circumstance as a result of the end result of that battle is so apparent.
Dubois is all incorrect for Joshua and would beat him 100 out of 100 instances. This has nothing to do with AJ’s age. This model of the 27-year-old Dubois would have overwhelmed Joshua at any level in his strategically engineered profession.
