Derek Chisora, the favored British heavyweight, reveals that famous person Anthony Joshua, with a glass jaw, will battle the winner of the June 1st battle between contenders Daniel Dubois and Filip Hrgovic subsequent.
Dubois and Hrgovic will compete on the undercard of Artur Beterbiev and Dmitry Bivol on June 1st in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
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The IBF heavyweight could possibly be on the road for Dubois-Hrgovic if the belt is stripped from the winner of the Might 18th undisputed championship battle between champions Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk.
It’s nonetheless too early to know if the IBF belt might be accessible. The Worldwide Boxing Federation might want to resolve after the Fury vs. Usyk match goes down.
“He’ll battle the winner of Daniel Dubois and [Filip] Hrgovic in Wembley,” Chisora mentioned to the iFL TV YouTube channel.
It’s not a shock that Hrgovic is into account for Joshua’s subsequent battle, as promoter Eddie Hearn has repeatedly talked about him as a doable opponent for AJ’s subsequent conflict.
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What’s new is that Joshua might probably face the damaging puncher Dubois (20-2, 19 KOs) if he emerges victorious towards Hrgovic, which provides a brand new wrinkle. With Joshua’s weak chin and Dubois’ youth and energy, we might see AJ delivered to earth once more.
That might clearly destroy Hearn and the Saudi’s plans for a mega-British conflict between Joshua and Fury, a battle that Eddie has been salivating about since he inked AJ in 2013 shortly after his Olympic gold medal victory. This author can solely think about the bitter look on Hearn’s gob when Joshua is overwhelmed once more. That’ll be enjoyable to see.
Boxing followers would relatively see Joshua battle the 6’5″ Dubois than Hrgovic, who isn’t as widespread and has a behavior of touchdown punches to the again of his opponent’s heads throughout competitors. Dubois is youthful and is a greater puncher than Hrgovic.
He could be Joshua’s perfect adversary, contemplating we might see Dubois spoil the celebration and wreck Hearn and the Saudis’ imaginative and prescient of a Fury-Joshua battle as soon as and for all.
