Anthony Joshua's next fight after Daniel Dubois has already been decided

Anthony Joshua and Tyson Fury person been connected a collision people for the champion portion of a decennary but are inching person to yet gathering successful the ring

Anthony Joshua volition combat the victor of Tyson Fury's rematch with Oleksandr Usyk if helium beats Daniel Dubois tonight.

Joshua and Fury person been connected a collision people for the past 10 years, with their closest brushwood successful 2021 erstwhile they agreed to an undisputed fight. However, Fury was pulled into a ineligible quality with Deontay Wilder, starring to a 3rd bout with the American. Meanwhile, Joshua mislaid his world titles to Oleksandr Usyk, who outperformed him doubly - erstwhile successful London and past successful Saudi Arabia.

Despite this setback, Joshua has claimed triumph successful 4 consequent fights against Jermaine Franklin, Robert Helenius, Otto Wallin and Francis Ngannou, pushing him backmost into the spotlight. Joshua returns to the ringing contiguous astatine Wembley wherever helium volition look Dubois for the younger man's satellite title.

If Joshua manages to go satellite champion rubric for the 3rd clip - and providing Fury triumphs implicit Usyk successful their December rematch - the 2 Brits are slated to clash again successful Saudi Arabia adjacent year, with a imaginable rematch successful the UK connected the cards.

Fury and Joshua could person conscionable arsenic aboriginal arsenic February adjacent twelvemonth but Fury's rematch with Usyk was pushed backmost from October until 4 days earlier Christmas. That means the 2 Brits could conscionable successful April oregon May with a rematch backmost successful the UK adjacent autumn. And Fury, who volition beryllium ringside astatine Wembley alongside Usyk, is assured the bout tin yet instrumentality place.

"I deliberation present Saudis are progressive and His Excellency is controlling everything, and helium tin marque these fights similar that, due to the fact that wealth is not a occupation and it's ever astir wealth successful these deals, wherefore they don't get made," helium said earlier this year. "So erstwhile wealth is nary entity being past it's easy. It's casual to make. All of the fights are casual to make. You know, immoderate fights are retired determination successful immoderate value division, the Turk volition marque them. Easy."

And adjacent if Fury doesn't avenge his May decision by Usyk, helium could inactive combat Joshua, according to the latter's promoter Eddie Hearn. "I bash deliberation AJ-Fury volition hap­pen careless of whether Fury wins oregon not, but the size of the combat depends connected their adjacent 2 results," he told BBC Sport. "If AJ beats Dubois and Fury beats Usyk, you’ve got the biggest combat successful the past of the athletics ever. If 1 loses and the different wins, it’s inactive a monster fight."