Will British heavyweights Daniel Dubois and Anthony Joshua combat once more early subsequent yr? There was loads of discuss the opportunity of the 2 massive punchers colliding in a right away rematch, this after Dubois brought on the feeling by knocking AJ out at Wembley final month. Now, as per a information story from Sky Sports activities, the parents on the IBF have set an April deadline for the rematch to happen.
Dubois now has a nine-month interval by which he could make a voluntary protection of the IBF belt. Dubois, when he starched Joshua, was really making a compulsory title protection, Dubois having gained the vacant IBF title with a stoppage win over Filip Hrgovic again in June of this yr. Now, ought to he want to take a voluntary protection earlier than his subsequent obligatory protection – this to be towards the winner of the upcoming Martin Bakole-Agit Kabayel combat – Dubois has till April 22 to do it.
It’s going to show fascinating seeing which route Dubois chooses to go down. Dubois has mentioned he’s very a lot open to combating Joshua a second time, with “Dynamite” clearly very assured he would defeat him once more. And Joshua, in accordance with his promoter Eddie Hearn, is nearly determined to combat Dubois once more and try to redeem himself.
Dubois-Joshua II is an enormous combat and an fascinating, virtually actually explosive rematch of a combat, however Dubois towards both Bakole or Kabayel can also be one thing to sit up for, and Dubois towards both of those two contenders can be a combat that sees some younger (ish) blood get a shot at turning into a champion.
As per the Sky Sports activities article, Dubois can be notified on April 22 of his subsequent obligatory protection, which should happen by June 21. So, will Dubois look to combat Joshua once more, feeling he would repeat his win after which, just some months later, have the ability to fulfill his obligatory towards the Kabyel-Bakole winner? There may be discuss of Dubois-Joshua II going down in February, which might give Dubois 4 months to prepare for the Bakole-Kabayel winner.
It could possibly be a busy yr for Daniel Dubois in 2025. As for AJ, if he does combat Dubois once more and is crushed once more, the place does the previous two-time heavyweight champ go then?
