Eddie Hearn says His Excellency Turki Alalshikh needs to see a rematch between Anthony Joshua and IBF heavyweight champion Daniel Dubois.
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Hearn states that Joshua and Dubois each need a rematch. Nevertheless, Hearn isn’t certain whether or not Joshua (28-4, 25 KOs) will occur subsequent for AJ as a result of he has different choices. There’s the Tyson Fury struggle that Hearn needs to occur, and he’ll be ready to see the end result of his rematch with Oleksandr Usyk on December twenty first.
Hearn is dancing across the topic, however it’s nonetheless apparent that he needs Joshua to place off the rematch with Dubois till after he fights Fury for the $100 million+ payday in early 2025. He stated he needs Joshua to struggle Fury twice subsequent 12 months, which implies that the rematch with Dubois may not occur till 2026 if AJ doesn’t retire.
Joshua, 34, suffered a nasty defeat to Dubois (22-2, 21 KOs) final Saturday night time, being dropped 4 occasions in a fifth-round knockout loss in entrance of a giant crowd at Wembley Stadium. Going straight again in with the 27-year-old Dubois, an enormous puncher, could be placing Joshua’s profession in danger.
Though Hearn blames the defeat on Joshua making errors within the first spherical that price him the struggle, the extra correct purpose he misplaced is as a result of Dubois is simply too younger, highly effective, and rugged. He’s the kind of fighter that AJ would misplaced to at any stage of his profession, even when he first turned skilled in 2013. Nevertheless, his punch resistance has deteriorated, with Joshua being 34 and having lots of mileage on his odometer from his fights in opposition to Wladimir Klitschko, Andy Ruiz, and Alexander Povetkin.
“His Excellency needs the rematch. AJ will at all times need the rematch as a result of he’s a fighter, and Daniel Dubois is up for the rematch, too. It’s the largest struggle for him,” stated Eddie Hearn to talkSport Boxing in regards to the Daniel Dubois vs. Anthony Joshua rematch.
“Will we go straight into the rematch and when would that rematch happen? I stated to AJ, ‘You don’t have a mark on you, however you bought chinned. We’re not going again to work in 10 to 12 weeks. You want your relaxation. You might want to recuperate.’”
