Following his catastrophic loss to Daniel Dubois at Wembley Stadium on Saturday night, Anthony Joshua recently stated that he might only have one or three fights remaining in his career. Eddie Hearn has provided Joshua’s response to this statement.In front of 98,000 spectators, Dubois maintained his IBF world heavyweight title with a career-defining performance that included four knockouts of Joshua and a fifth-round knockout.
Hearn intimated that his star fighter’s career might be coming to an end, even though he stated that there is a rematch clause and that Joshua is expected to trigger it shortly. Hearn disclosed to Charlie Parson of The Stomping Ground that he had an open discussion with Joshua following the devastating loss, informing him that he might only have one or three fights remaining.
Eddie Hearn has shared Anthony Joshua ‘s reaction to his recent assertion that the former champion may only have one to three fights left in his career
Hearn claims the talk was a sobering one for Joshua, who admitted he is, in fact, nearing the “home straight” in his storied career.
Joshua suffered the fourth defeat of his career on Saturday evening in front of 98,000 fans
Daniel Dubois knocked AJ out in the fifth round with his fourth knockdown on Saturday
Hearn explain: ‘I said to AJ on the phone you’ve probably got between one and three fights left. Then it went a bit quiet. He kind of realised blimey, we’re on the home straight. We really are.’
Hearn says His Excellency Turki Alalshikh is also eager to see it again, and he is convinced that AJ—who is signed to face the Saudis for at least one more time—will activate his rematch clause with Dubois. But considering how unfair the loss on Saturday was, Joshua might try to go a different route to the top and pursue a bout with Fury instead.
After losing their first bout of the year, Fury is scheduled to face Oleksandr Usyk again in December. In the event that he prevails, the Gypsy King may decide to voluntarily defend himself against Joshua in order to finally make amends with his domestic adversary. On the other hand, a defeat by Usyk might force Fury and Joshua to fight one another in an effort to re-enter the picture at the top.
Held the WBC belt from 2015 to 2020, Wilder is another fighter who has been associated with a matchup with Joshua for a considerable amount of time. Before Fury stripped Wilder of his title, Joshua and Wilder’s teams were unable to come to an agreement on conditions for an uncontested match.
Despite being unfancied by many, Dubois retained his IBF world heavyweight title at Wembley
AJ hurt Dubois a couple of times but for the most part took a pummelling in front of 98,000
After the fight, Dubois insisted that he still hasn’t ‘reached my potential’ in the boxing game
Though Wilder turns 39 next month and has lost his last two fights against Joseph Parker and Zhilei Zhang, he is thinking about getting back in the ring, and a matchup with Joshua would be appealing. If the battle goes through, the victor might aim for one last chance to capture the title again, while the loser would probably ride out into the sunset.
