Anthony Joshua could miss his chance – Daniel Dubois wants Oleksandra USYK Rovenian after Joseph Parker | Boxing news
Anthony Joshua could miss the opportunity to fight with the winner of Daniel Dubois against Joseph Parker.
Dubois defend the IBF heavyweight World Cup against Parker in New Zealand on February 2nd, live Sky Sports Box Office.
If British Dubois is victorious, he will try to take over Oleksandra Usyka, Unified WBC, WBA and WBO title, for the undisputed heavyweight World Cup in his next fight.
It would be a rematch for Dubois, who lost to USyk in 2023 in Poland.
Usyk visited the canvas in that fight, from the shots that ruled low. The Ukrainian took his assigned recovery time and stood up to stop Dubois in the ninth round.
Last year, Dubois became the IBF champion knocked out Anthony Joshua in his last fight.
Despite the conversation about the immediate rematch with Dubois, Joshua, a former unique champion, will probably have to wait for another world title.
“First of all, [Daniel Dubois] He has to fight strongly in Riyadh on February 22 against Parker, “said Promotor Frank Warren Sky Sports News.
“It’s not a walk in the park, it will be a difficult fight. If it goes through it, there are many options.
“But a great struggle he wants is a rematch with usyk. A very controversial [first] fight. Those four minutes in that fight when he injured him – I thought it was a legal blow, I wouldn’t go into all these things – but he hurt him and he probably gave him his hardest fight he had.
“I think he can beat him. I think the shape he is in now, I think he can beat Usyka.”
Then Dubois would be an undisputed world champion, a status that USyk held when Tyson Fury first beat before he had to leave the IBF belt.
“[Going undisputed] This is about this difficult category, “Warren said.
Warren is convinced that Dubois will beat Parker. The New Zealander claimed he could take a champion to Breaking Point in their fight.
But thinking Dubois would stop, Warren warned, she would be a serious mistake. “[Jarrell] Miller did, [Filip] Hrgovic did so and aj. Everyone said the same thing and he stopped them all. All of them. He stopped them all. He did it in style and came from behind in several of these fights, “the promoter explained.
“You watch these first three rounds against Hrgovic. There were three rounds to go through, but then he jerked his teeth and showed what it was all about, and the same thing with aj. By going into that fight with AJ, he was He had a good victory on A roll, the crowd was behind him. [Dubois] was a governor.
“In the last four fights, including Usyka, he was underdog and upset the chances of three of these fights.
“Twenty -seven years, he matured not only physically but also mentally. He shows what he is about. For the first time in five fights he enters as a favorite, against the former world champion in Joe Parker, who is at A Roll, at the moment, big reel.
“So this fight will be something extra again, especially special.”
Daniel Dubois vs. Joseph Parker and Arthur Beterbiev vs Dmitry Bivol Revanc It will be live on Saturday 22 February at Sky Sports Box Office. Book immediately!
