Anthony Joshua urged to avoid ‘dangerous’ Daniel Dubois and fight Tyson Fury with rematch NOT expected to go ahead

ANTHONY JOSHUA has been urged to hold for a combat with Tyson Fury arsenic his rematch with Daniel Dubois faces collapse.

Joshua was down FOUR times earlier falling unfortunate to a brutal fifth-round knockout to Dubois successful September.

And initially the 2 looked acceptable for a instrumentality bout successful Saudi Arabia successful February - until uncertainty was formed from AJ's camp.

Joshua looks to beryllium carrying injuries and could alternatively similar waiting retired till May to combat again.

By then, Fury would person rematched Usyk perchance clearing the way for the British brace to yet fight.

Barry Hearn, dada of Joshua's promoter Eddie, told The Mirror: "I deliberation Dubois is unsafe and he's going to beryllium ace assured aft the past job.

"I inactive judge AJ would astir apt bushed him successful a rematch if helium boxed differently, but that's conscionable my opinion.

"More likely, a sensible idiosyncratic doesn't unreserved anything. You instrumentality your time. But he's his ain antheral and he's gonna marque his ain call.

"And I conjecture my gut feeling is the warrior inactive burns wrong Anthony Joshua and helium volition privation to effort erstwhile more.

"My crystal shot starts to wide each present and again. A Daniel Dubois rematch would beryllium a large fight.

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"But if Oleksandr Usyk beats Tyson Fury - and I deliberation he's the favourite to bushed Tyson Fury, perchance this clip by stoppage - past the astir sensible happening would beryllium 1 oregon 2 fights with Tyson Fury."

Fury, 36, mislaid his WBC loop and undefeated grounds successful May to Usyk, 37, who became the archetypal four-belt undisputed heavyweight champion.

But the Ukrainian vacated the IBF loop to proceed with their Riyadh rematch arsenic Dubois, 27, was elevated from interim champ.

And Dubois' promoter Frank Warren hinted that an contiguous rematch with Joshua, 35, is present improbable to follow.

He told BoxNation: "I don't spot that happening next.

"We are looking astatine a mates of things astatine the infinitesimal and we volition marque a decision.

"I was hoping we would get it done reasonably rapidly but we won't. I was hoping to get it done past week and this week.

"So sometime adjacent week we are going to beryllium successful a presumption wherever we tin adjacent connected thing and we are talking to a fewer different guys...

"I'm proceeding that helium [Joshua] is injured. Whatever it is, if things are going to hap they hap and it has taken a portion truthful you've got to consciousness it won't happen.

"Unless I get a telephone telephone saying it is on. But we person got to marque immoderate decisions and with the top respect to everyone we are successful the Daniel Dubois business.

"He is the 1 that matters for me... I privation him retired connected that day and helium wants to beryllium retired [February 22]."