ANTHONY JOSHUA could have extra than a eager eye on this Saturday evening’s Queensberry vs. Matchroom 5 v 5 occasion in Saudi Arabia.
The two promotional juggernauts go head-to-head on the Kingdom Arena in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia with Frank Warren and Eddie Hearn battling for UK bragging rights. While contained in the ring 5 fights happen throughout 4 weight lessons.
Raymond Ford (M) defends his WBA Featherweight world title in opposition to Nick Ball (Q), Hamzah Sheeraz (Q) and Austin “Ammo” Williams (M) will thrown down at middleweight, Craig Richards (M) and Willy Hutchinson (Q) meet at completely different levels of their careers at light-heavyweight whereas at heavyweight Filip Hrgovic (M) and Daniel Dubois (Q) put their world title credentials on the road and Deontay Wilder (M) and Zhilei Zhang (Q) square-off with their careers at stake.
For Joshua a shot on the IBF Heavyweight world title might arrive in September in opposition to the winner of Hrgovic and Dubois. The belt is at present within the fingers of Oleksandr Usyk after his enthralling victory in opposition to Tyson Fury on May 18 in Saudi Arabia. The Ukrainian is at present undisputed champion however might be stripped of his IBF title if he’s unable to fulfil his necessary. Usyk and his workforce have requested an exception from the sanctioning physique permitting a contracted rematch with Fury to function all 4 titles as soon as once more.
Hrgovic is the present necessary challenger for the IBF strap and has been since 2022. Should the belt grow to be vacant then the Croat or Dubois might face ‘AJ’ at Wembley Stadium in September.
Joshua’s promoter Eddie Hearn spoke to Boxing News in regards to the former unified champion’s subsequent transfer.
“At the moment it looks like the rematch [Usyk-Fury 2] is gonna be exercised,” he stated.
“If I’m Tyson Fury, I’m undoubtedly trying to have that struggle. AJ would love to struggle Fury subsequent, he’d love to struggle Usyk subsequent, however extra than possible it can come from the winner of Hrgovic in opposition to Dubois subsequent Saturday.
“Nothing’s confirmed yet. September is a date at Wembley that’s been mentioned by His Excellency [Turki Alalshikh]. We’ll sit down next week and look at the plans, but a lot of that card and a lot of other stuff that’s going on will be settled through the 5v5 on Saturday.”
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