Eko Hot Blog reports that Anthony Joshua’s promoter, Eddie Hearn, is confident that his client and Daniel Dubois are likely to compete for the IBF title currently held by Ukrainian Oleksandr Usyk.
On June 1, Dubois claimed the interim IBF heavyweight title with a stunning eighth-round TKO victory over the previously undefeated Filip Hrgovic in Saudi Arabia.
According to SunSport, Joshua and Dubois are now in discussions for a major domestic showdown at Wembley, scheduled for either October 20 or 21.
Hearn is confident that the IBF title will be at stake in this bout.
“Will the Joshua-Dubois fight be for a title?
“For that, we need Usyk to be honest and admit that he doesn’t want to fight Dubois, who is the mandatory challenger.
“Usyk should fight him, but he has a rematch with Fury.
“Joshua and Dubois will fight for the IBF title, while all other belts will be on the line in the Usyk-Fury rematch.
Anthony Joshua and Daniel Dubois
“Then, the winners of these fights could face each other for the undisputed championship,” said Hearn.
The Usyk and Tyson Fury rematch is scheduled for December 21, a month after the proposed Joshua and Dubois bout.
Joshua has regained his form with four consecutive wins, the latest being a brutal second-round knockout of former UFC heavyweight champion Francis Ngannou.
However, he’s not underestimating Dubois, who rebounded from his TKO loss to Usyk with consecutive stoppages of Jarrell Miller and Hrgovic.
The former two-time unified heavyweight champion stated, “I’ve got to pick them off one by one.”
“It’s not going to be easy, but that’s my mentality. So come one, come all… He (Dubois) has been in tougher fights, so he becomes hardened.
“He has worked his way up the ladder, we’ll see what happens in the near future.
“Wembley, O2, York Hall – wherever they put me, I’m happy to fight. Any venue, I’ll turn up and do my job.”
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