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title: "Frank Warren rules out Daniel Dubois vs. Anthony Joshua rematch"
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# Frank Warren rules out Daniel Dubois vs. Anthony Joshua rematch

**IBF heavyweight champion Daniel Dubois was expected to rematch Anthony Joshua just a few months after their first fight but it seems as though ‘AJ’ will not be ready in time. Now, Warren has revealed further details regarding Dubois’ upcoming fight date.**

Daniel Dubois shocked the world when he dramatically knocked out Anthony Joshua in September, making an authoritative first defence of his IBF world title and becoming a household name in the process.

Now a respected world champion, Dubois was heading into the immediate rematch with Joshua as a favourite this time around, but recent news that the [latter was still suffering from injuries](https://wp.boxing-social.com/news/anthony-joshua-injured/) caused doubt as to whether the pair would meet again.

[Speaking with BoxNation](https://youtu.be/9k9EjOvfXyY?si=8pUduaJEwvy9XLMx), Frank Warren has now confirmed that he cannot see the Joshua rematch taking place next, before adding that he expects to close on a deal for Dubois’ February outing as early as next week

*“I don’t see that \[Joshua rematch\] happening next, so we are looking at a couple of things at the moment and we will make a decision. I was hoping that we could get it done fairly quickly, but we won’t be able to get it done fairly quickly.*

*“Sometime in the next week we have got to be in a position where we can close on something, and we are talking to a few other guys.*

*“I want him out on that date \[February 22nd\] and he wants to be out on that date.”*

As far as alternate opponents go, Dubois had been linked to an in-house heavyweight battle between in-form countryman Fabio Wardley, who recently scored a [viral first-round knockout win over Frazer Clarke](https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2024/oct/13/fabio-wardley-frazer-clarke-artur-beterbiev-dmitry-bivol-boxing).

However, Warren went on to admit that he believes the timing for that fight is not right and that the proposed domestic dust-up will be much bigger in a few fights’ time.

*“I don’t see that \[Fabio Wardley fight\] happening next, I can’t see it being next.”*

*“For me, that fight could be built into something mega, there is no doubt about that.”*

Instead, [names such as Joseph Parker and Zhilei Zhang are being touted](https://wp.boxing-social.com/news/dubois-february-candidates/), as Dubois seeks to defend his crown for a second time and possibly tee-up a rematch with Oleksandr Usyk for the undisputed heavyweight title.

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