Promoter Eddie Hearn insists {that a} rematch with Daniel Dubois is the “#1 precedence” for Anthony Joshua. He can simply make it occur by telling His Excellency Turki Alalshikh that’s the battle they need. It’s fairly apparent that there’s not going to be a rematch.
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Hearn is so clear in his discuss that he doesn’t wish to come proper out and say it as a result of the backlash will probably be extreme. It’ll present utter weak spot if Joshua doesn’t take the rematch with Dubois, but when he does that, all the cash from the Fury battle goes out the window.
Hearn and Joshua nonetheless have a battle remaining on the Riyadh Season deal, and so they seemingly wish to maximize it by making the mega-money conflict towards Fury.
A Dubois rematch gained’t carry within the sort of gold bullion {that a} match towards Fury would, and it doesn’t matter if Usyk beats him. It’s nonetheless an even bigger battle. If that is all there’s left for Joshua with His Excellency, in fact, Hearn goes to get the utmost money by insisting on the Fury match.
“I instructed him yesterday, ‘You will have been one and three fights left.’ The cellphone went a bit quiet once I mentioned that to him, however that’s the belief of the place he’s at in his profession. It’ll simply be the most important fights attainable,” mentioned Eddie Hearn to Boxing Information about his dialog with Anthony Joshua after his loss to Daniel Dubois.
Joshua talks about having “Masses” of years left in his profession, so Hearn telling him he’s solely received one to 3 fights left in all probability didn’t go over effectively.
“AJ goes to need the most important fights. He’s a fighter. His #1 precedence is to rematch Daniel Dubois. If we go to His Excellency and say, ‘We would like that rematch.’ That battle will occur, however we even have choices inside our association. The rematch is one in every of our decisions with His Excellency,” mentioned Hearn.
They’re not going to make the Dubois rematch in 1,000,000 years. Even when there wasn’t a Fury on the market, Hearn isn’t loopy sufficient to tug the set off on a rematch and watch Joshua get devoured by the apex predator Dubois. Joshua isn’t constructed to compete towards this type of monster.
“I consider if that was the selection that we had been to make, I noticed Daniel final night time; that’s positively a battle that’s being mentioned. However we received to speak with AJ to debate the potential timings for his return. December twenty first [Tyson Fury vs. Oleksandr Usyk 2] is a giant second for us and a giant second for the heavyweight division. It’s only a case of whether or not we decide earlier than that battle,” mentioned Hearn.
