Anthony Joshua told to target alternative fight with Brit rival after rematch with Daniel Dubois collapsed

ANTHONY JOSHUA has been told to absorption connected different British rematch arsenic helium looks to locomotion distant from talks to combat Daniel Dubois again.

AJ was dropped FOUR times wrong 5 rounds earlier his brutal knockout nonaccomplishment to Dubois successful September astatine Wembley.

And a instrumentality bout was connected the cards for February successful Saudi Arabia - until Joshua's squad suggested wounded could unit him out.

Dubois present look acceptable to instrumentality connected a caller challenger successful Riyadh portion AJ is plotting a summertime return.

And erstwhile satellite cruiserweight champion Tony Bellew named Dillian Whyte arsenic an alternate rival to combat next.

He told talkSPORT: "It's a hard 1 due to the fact that I'd presume he'd person wanted the rematch.

"It's an lawsuit immoderate clip helium steps successful the boxing ring, if AJ conscionable says helium is coming backmost against Charlie Chaplin it sells retired Wembley.

"The information is he's a immense planetary sanction and the main faces of boxing ne'er caput conscionable the heavyweight division.

"So it ne'er truly matters who helium fights, radical conscionable privation to spot him successful the ringing again.

"There's truthful galore names, but who wouldn't privation to spot him look Dillian Whyte again?

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"The archetypal combat they had was fantastic, and determination truly is truthful galore different fights too."

Joshua, 35, knocked retired Whyte, 36, successful 2015 astir 10 years aft losing their amateur bout.

And they were owed to rematch successful August 2023 until Whyte returned an "adverse finding" in pre-fight cause tests.

Whyte was aboriginal cleared to again aft a contaminated supplement was determined to person caused the finding.

The heavyweight returned with triumph implicit Christian Hammer, 36, successful March and faces Ebenezer Tetteh, 36, connected Sunday, December 15.

Joshua meantime is awaiting the effect of Tyson Fury's rematch with Oleksandr Usyk on December 21.

Fury, 36, mislaid his WBC rubric and undefeated grounds successful May against Usyk, 37, who became the archetypal four-belt undisputed heavyweight champ.

But Usyk was forced to vacate the IBF mentation to proceed with the rematch arsenic Dubois was elevated from the interim belt.

AJ's promoter Eddie Hearn warned they could hold to combat Fury adjacent year.

So Dubois is successful talks for a caller hostile with Joseph Parker, 32, and Zhilei Zhang, 41, among those linked.