Anthony Joshua Opportunity To Win A Title Before Meeting The Winner Of Fury Vs Usyk

JAKARTA - Anthony Joshua has the opportunity to win the IBF title before facing the winner between Tyson Fury vs Oleksandr Usyk.

The trick, he has to win against winner Daniel Dubois vs Filip Hrgovic.

As is known, Fury vs Usyk will remove their belt after fighting for the undisputed heavyweight world title on May 18, 2024 in Saudi Arabia.

Meanwhile, Hrgovic has been a mandatory challenger for the IBF title at Oleksandr Usyk's waist. As a result, Hrgovic vs Dubois' fight will be his second chance to win the IBF title.

Duel Dubois vs Hrgovic has also been scheduled for June 1, 2024 in Saudi Arabia.

Well, Anthony Joshua was able to get back the IBF belt he had held twice between 2016-2021. However, in order to reclaim the IBF title, he had to beat the winner between Dubois vs Hrgovic.

This means that Joshua has the opportunity to return to have a title before facing the undisputed world heavyweight champion between Fury vs Usyk.

Apart from that, Dubois vs Hrgovic's fight became the main duel on June 1, 2024.

Dubois is very confident that he can beat Hrgovic. In fact, he was boasted that he could win easily because he had been on the winger against Hrgovic.

"I am very confident, I am ready to prove myself. We argued some time ago and he kept talking about it, but people changed. I am a different animal now," Dubois told The Sun.

However, boasting that Dubois will soon receive a reaction from Hrgovic. The Croatian boxer wants to prove Dubois' great talk will not be proven in the ring.

"I hope he changes. Otherwise, it will only last a few rounds. Sparring is not good for him. So I hope he has changed," Hrgovic said.

In addition to the main match, there were five other duels on Dubois vs Hrgovic's card. The fight also became a 5 vs 5 duel between promoter Frank Warren and Eddie Hearn in Saudi Arabia.

Another interesting fight will be presented, namely the undisputed light heavyweight champion between Artur Beterbiev vs Dimitry Bivol.

Then, there is Nick Ball vs Raymond Ford in the race for the featherweight world champion. The other three fights are Hamzah Sheeraz vs Ammo duel, Craig Richards vs Willy Hutchinson, and Deontay Wilder vs Zhilei Zhang.