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Winner of Joshua vs Ngannou Fight Set for Shot at Undisputed World Title Fight According to Promoter

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Promoter Eddie Hearn is convinced that a clash between Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua is only a matter of time, and should both fighters come through their upcoming fights victorious, then a battle between the Brits is a formality.

34-year-old Anthony Joshua takes on Francis Ngannou in Saudi Arabia this week, with Tyson Fury up against Ukrainian fighter Oleksandr Usyk also facing off in Riyadh later this year.

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Joshua comes into his clash with Ngannou off the back of three successive victories, albeit against rather average fighters in the form of Otto Wallin, Robert Helenius and Jermaine Franklin. Prior to this, he, of course, lost out to Usyk on two successive occasions, and arguably, his fight with the former UFC Heavyweight Champion poses more of a threat given the sheer unpredictable nature of the bout.

Hearn, Joshua’s promoter and Matchroom boss, spoke of what comes next for his fighter, should he rollover Ngannou,

“For us, this is the fast road to undisputed. You’ve seen what [Joshua] did to Otto Wallin. People believe in him now. You saw Fury against Ngannou,”

“Now all of a sudden, people are going, ‘AJ might take Fury out’. I’m telling you, he knocks Tyson Fury out, but we’ve just got to get over this hurdle on Friday night, and I know that His Excellency will have AJ stopping Ngannou and Fury beating Usyk – fingers crossed – [then] there is no way in the world he will not make that fight.”

“It will be the biggest fight in boxing. One of the biggest fights of our generation and in all time of the history of the sport, AJ against Tyson Fury.”

“But it is all irrelevant if he doesn’t win Friday and then May 18, Tyson Fury has to beat Usyk.”

Hearn added,

“The landlord is in town to collect his rent; that’s what it is. Come over. Knock Ngannou out. Do a job. Get paid. Go back and smash up the winner of Fury-Usyk.”

“Some call us deluded but that is the mindset. Anthony Joshua is going to be undisputed champion, but he has this massive hurdle in front of him on Friday night.”

Ngannou’s only previous pro boxing fight came against Fury last October, and the bout went all ten rounds before he lost following a split decision. That should be something of a warning sign to Joshua, who will need to be fully focused to continue his road to recovery following those soul-crushing losses to Usyk in 2021 and 2022.

Indeed, the fight is very much a calculated risk for Joshua, as noted by Eddie Hearn.

“It is a massive risk against little reward because most people are expecting him to beat a UFC fighter.”

“[Ngannou] is probably more than a UFC fighter. We saw in the Fury fight someone that was very competent, very confident, someone with huge power who is incredibly strong.”

“I’ll be honest with you, the knees were trembling a little bit when I saw the size of him at the grand arrivals. He is a man mountain and he is full of heart. You know AJ has to be switched on.”




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