The president of the WBC, Mauricio Sulaiman, says that Anthony Joshua could go on to face the winner of Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk's clash for the undisputed heavyweight championship. Fury and Usyk will meet on May 18 in Saudi Arabia before having a rematch later in the year. Joshua recently recorded a second-round knockout win over Francis Ngannou.
The WBC would 'accept' Anthony Joshua going on to face the winner of Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk 's clash for the undisputed heavyweight championship , says president Mauricio Sulaiman. Fury and Usyk will meet on May 18 in Saudi Arabia for all the belts before facing off again in a rematch expected to take place later in the year.
Joshua meanwhile awaits his shot after recording a devastating second-round knockout win over former UFC heavyweight champion Francis Ngannou during a week in which an encounter with one of the top two in the division had been repeatedly touted as the potential prize for victory. Sulaiman says there would be nothing standing in the way of Joshua meeting Fury or Usyk down the line. Anthony Joshua vs Tyson Fury, finally? There is no hiding nowHighlights: Joshua's huge KO'Executed perfectly' | AJ practised punch that finished Ngannou'The WBC was presented a sanction request which was to fight for the undisputed. The WBC accepted that sanctioning and we accepted the rematch they have requested,' Sulaiman told Sky Sport
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