‘AJ’ will fight at Wembley Stadium this September against the winner of Filip Hrgovic vs Daniel Dubois and a world title will be on the line for his UK return
Anthony Joshua will likely fight for one of the world titles currently held by Oleksandr Usyk in his next bout.
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Former two-time heavyweight world champion Joshua returns on September 21 at Wembley Stadium against the winner of Filip Hrgovic vs Daniel Dubois, who fight this Saturday in Saudi Arabia. Usyk was expected to be stripped of his IBF belt so it could be on the line for Hrgovic vs Dubois, but the Ukrainian will retain his undisputed status for longer than expected after beating Tyson Fury.
“There’s got to be a process, it will take longer than a week,” Joshua’s promoter Eddie Hearn told Boxing Social. “It’s very unlikely for that to be in place on Saturday, but it is likely that the winner of that fight then fights Anthony Joshua for the world heavyweight title in September, so massive permutations for that fight.”
Joshua will have the chance to make heavyweight history by becoming just the fifth three-time world champion in history when he fights either Hrgovic or Dubois. Frank Warren, who promotes Dubois, is hoping the Brit can hand Hrgovic his first professional defeat to set up an all-British affair with ‘AJ’.
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“That’s what everybody wants to see, that’s what I’d love to see, AJ is coming off a really good line of form at the moment, he’s looked very good in his last two fights and him and Ben Davison is obviously a partnership that’s really working well,” Warren told Seconds Out.
“Let’s just say how it is, who wouldn’t want to see the winner of Hrgovic and Dubois fight Joshua and I hope it’s Daniel because then it’ll be an all-British affair, two massive big punchers, it doesn’t get more exciting than that. When the rematch happens [Usyk vs Fury], it means whoever wins it will have to fight against one of those guys [Dubois, Hrgovic or Joshua].”
