Many people hope that Anthony Joshua will get to face the winner of the undisputed fight between Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk and now an update has been given.
Joshua is in a true run of form with four wins and three knockouts in the last year all getting him back to the top of the rankings after back-to-back defeats to Usyk in 2021 and 2022.
He is now looking to regain a world title and become a three-time world heavyweight champion and one way to do that would be in a huge fight with whoever comes out on top between these two undefeated fighters out in Saudi Arabia in May.
Speaking to OLBG, the WBC president gave some insight into whether Joshua could be made mandatory for the winner of Fury v Usyk.
“Anthony Joshua is a tremendous fighter and has looked better than ever and I am very proud of him. The WBC has made a specific clear path in the heavyweight division where the WBC authorised the undisputed fight with our champion Tyson Fury against Oleksandr Usyk and we authorised a rematch and that is the situation we are at right now. We shall see what will happen.”
Although it might be a rematch first for that pair, Sulamain didn’t rule out a shot for Joshua further down the line.
“Anthony Joshua is in a great position commercially with the tremendous blowing out of Francis Ngannou and he is a very important player in the heavyweight division. He is the number one contender and is in a great position so we will see what happens.”
