According to Eddie Hearn, Anthony Joshua is scheduled to fight the winner of Tyson Fury vs. Oleksandr Usyk for the undisputed heavyweight belt, even if the Gypsy King achieves revenge, potentially setting up a trilogy.
Joshua last fought in March, knocking out Francis Ngannou in the second round in Saudi Arabia.
He plans to fight Daniel Dubois, who just defeated Filip Hrgovic to win the IBF ‘interim’ belt, at Wembley in September.
Eddie Hearn says Anthony Joshua is in line to fight for the undisputed heavyweight title
If Joshua recovers, he will face either Fury or Usyk in a rematch in December.
According to Hearn, if Anthony Joshua wins in September, the winner of the December bout will likely face him.
Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk are set for a December rematch in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
‘There’s no decision yet made on the opponent, there’s three or four in the mix. But yeah, that’s the absolute plan.
‘The first priority is to regain the world heavyweight title and obviously undisputed’s always been the dream.
‘So I think we’re two fights away from becoming undisputed. But, we’ve got to win them.’
In a historic fight, Usyk defeated Fury by a split decision (115-112, 113-114, 114-113) last month.
The Ukrainian boxer became the first to unify the heavyweight division since Lennox Lewis in 1999. He won the WBC title from Fury, adding it to his WBA (Super), WBO, IBF, and IBO crowns.
To compete for the undisputed title, Joshua must defeat Duboi, with promoter Frank Warren saying that talks about a possible fight between the two are underway.
Usyk became the first undisputed heavyweight champion in 26 years after beating Fury
Joshua is set to take on Daniel Dubois at Wembley in September with discussions underway
‘Daniel Dubois proved all his doubters wrong and won the IBF ‘interim’ belt,’ Warren said on talkSPORT recently.
‘He hopefully will be fighting AJ in the autumn, we’re working on that. He did well.
‘We would love it to be in the UK, they’re two Brits, it would be a great fight to put on at Wembley.’
