Anthony Joshua vs Daniel Dubois: Eddie Hearn offers new rematch update and reveals likely venue

The 34-year-old has a rematch clause successful his declaration with the Saudi organisers who staged the fight.

And erstwhile asked to supply an update connected the situation, Hearn told FightHub: “So the large determination present truly is - bash we instrumentality the rematch?

"There's a keenness from His Excellency [Turki Alalshikh] to marque that rematch successful February, it's portion of our options wrong our contract.

"I deliberation AJ volition ever thin towards the rematch. You saw him rematch Andy Ruiz consecutive away, you saw him rematch Oleksandr Usyk consecutive away.

"For maine the different carrot that whitethorn dangle is evidently waiting for the Fury vs Usyk combat connected December 21. But helium said thing the different day: 'What happens if 1 of them gets injured?'

"I mean that could good happen. All of a abrupt that fight's kicked backmost to April. And adjacent if it happens connected December 21, the victor oregon loser of that combat is not gonna combat until adjacent June, July oregon August.

"You're gonna beryllium retired of the ringing for astir a year, and I'm not definite coming disconnected the backmost of that benignant of decision you privation to beryllium retired the gym for excessively long.

"And besides helium knows that if helium does rematch Dubois helium has a consecutive changeable astatine a satellite heavyweight title. And that's a immense carrot for Anthony Joshua.

"So if it was up to AJ - consecutive rematch. But helium volition instrumentality the proposal of maine and 258 and Ben Davison and everybody, and past he'll marque the decision.

"But it'll beryllium a determination that astir apt comes successful the adjacent mates of weeks."

When asked if the combat would instrumentality spot astatine Wembley again, Hearn revealed: "I deliberation it would beryllium portion of Riyadh Season successful Riyadh. Riyadh Season runs from October to extremity of February oregon aboriginal March. So thing wrong that play takes spot successful in Riyadh. So yeah, it would beryllium a portion of Riyadh Season if it was to happen."

Hearn added that Joshua is expected to instrumentality with trainer Ben Davison moving forward, contempt his daze nonaccomplishment to Dubois.