Nelson: Hearn & Joshua Don’t Want Dubois Fight

Johnny Nelson says it’s clear that Anthony Joshua and promoter Eddie Hearn don’t need the rematch with IBF heavyweight champion Daniel Dubois. They’ve not made a transfer to barter the rematch after Joshua’s humiliating fifth-round knockout on September twenty first final 12 months, and so they’re extra targeted on ready for Tyson Fury to return out of his retirement.

Ready for Fury

Nelson believes that Joshua (28-4, 25 KOs) doesn’t need to take the danger of combating Dubois once more as a result of if he loses a second time, “He’s carried out” as a fighter. So, AJ is avoiding Dubois just like the plague, ready for Fury. He says that if Joseph Parker defeats Dubois of their battle on February twenty second, AJ will battle him. Joshua already beat Parker in 2018, so he’s secure.

Hearn has talked about Deontay Wilder together with Fury as two prospects. If Fury doesn’t come out of retirement quickly, Joshua will probably face the 39-year-old Wilder. That’s one other winnable one for Joshua.

“While you have been speaking in regards to the rematch between AJ and Daniel Dubois, he stated he had an harm. So, he needed to take a while off for the harm. Now, he’s not injured, and he’s speaking about combating once more,” stated Johnny Nelson to Boxing King Media about Anthony Joshua displaying that he’s not all for combating Daniel Dubois once more.

“Now, Daniel Dubois’ identify has been forgotten. He’s speaking about combating X, Y, Z as a substitute of combating Daniel Dubois as a result of that battle might be made tomorrow in a heartbeat. In order that tells me AJ’s folks don’t need it, or AJ doesn’t need it.

“I feel the buck stops with AJ, and I’m fairly positive that Eddie [Hearn] is sort of persuasive in enterprise or coronary heart. I simply assume they [Team Joshua] don’t need that battle [Dubois], as a result of if it occurs once more, he’s carried out. So now it’s a case of hanging round to see when Tyson comes again from his retirement or choosing the right obtainable battle.”

It’s so evident that Hearn and Joshua don’t need any a part of ever combating Dubois once more as a result of they’d have already shortly pulled the set off on the rematch. When AJ misplaced to the blimp, Andy Ruiz Jr., on June 1st, 2019, Hearn promptly put collectively the rematch in mild velocity for December seventh that 12 months. They couldn’t wait to attempt to avenge the loss.

Joshua and Hearn aren’t doing that with Dubois. Initially, Hearn stated Joshua was injured and wanted time to heal. It’s now been 5 months, and AJ nonetheless isn’t pushing for the rematch, which might solely imply one factor: He’s afraid. Though Hearn mentions often that Dubois is one in all a handful of opponents Joshua desires to battle, he’s made no transfer to barter it. That tells us they lack the boldness to take the battle.

No Bakole for Joshua

“I don’t assume the battle in opposition to Martin Bakole will occur. I feel that was a showman, them two head-to-head. Wilder, that might occur. Now, I feel he’s [AJ] a mercenary. His ambitions to grow to be world champion once more [is not there], or if Joseph Parker beats Daniel Dubois, I can see him getting in with Joseph Parker,” stated Nelson.