The Ring is the judge” Anthony Joshua vs Daniel Dubois yet to be sanctioned for world title despite AJ teasing fight announcement

Anthony Joshua and Daniel Dubois could miss out on a world title shot next.

Anthony Joshua and Dubois have held talks over a huge showdown at Wembley Stadium on September 21, in a fight which was expected to be for the IBF world title.

Oleksandr Usyk currently holds the belt and was set to be stripped, but has filed an exception, to try and keep hold of the belt until his December 21 rematch with Tyson Fury.

Irrespective of the ruling, it looked likely that things would be settled before the fight in order to discover whether they will be fighting for world glory.

But according to IBF, who were contacted by Sky Sports, they are yet to receive any official request for the all-British event to be sanctioned for their heavyweight title.

A press conference is scheduled in London for June 26, which would now give teams limited time to receive world title sanctioning for the clash.

Joshua suggested his future will be made clear on social media, posting on Instagram: “Nearly finished my negotiations for my next fight! Feeling motivated.”

Talks were underway to settle the best of British with ‘Dynamite’ after he stopped Filip Hrgovic to become clear IBF mandatory challenger.

But there were also other options in the running, including Zhilei Zhang who defeated Deontay Wilder with a brutal KO.

Joseph Parker has also issued a call-out to AJ, and is plotting revenge after his points defeat to the former Olympian in March 2018.

He said: “There’s a lot of people that want to fight Anthony Joshua. I feel like with what I’ve done I can be in a position to fight him.

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“To be honest, it’s not really about what I want and what he wants. It’s what everyone else wants and a lot of fights are happening in Saudi Arabia.

“You never know how things are going to unfold. So we’ll see. We’ll see what happens.

“But you’ve got Anthony Joshua. I let whatever happens happen and whatever fights they lock, they lock in and I’m ready for whoever.”

He will be hoping for his following fight in 2025 to be a shot at the winner of Usyk’s rematch with Fury, irrespective of his next opponent in September.

Hall Of Famer Says Daniel Dubois Still ‘Has Quit In Him’ Ahead Of Anthony Joshua Fight

Daniel Dubois is in prime position for another world title shot at just 26-years-old.

The Brit’s recent win over Filip Hrgovic, a fight stopped on cuts to the Croatian, granted him the IBF Interim World Title.

That sanctioning body is currently deciding on whether or not to force current undisputed champion Oleksandr Usyk to vacate its belt given he won’t be fulfilling his mandatory challenge, instead rematching Tyson Fury later this year.

If the belt is made vacant, Dubois would be fighting for it against the next top contender. That is one Anthony Joshua, and the pair are potentially set to meet at Wembley Stadium this September.

Hall of Fame fighter and manager Barry McGuigan – whose son Shane trained Dubois for a period – spoke to Seconds Out about the match-up, backing ‘AJ’ as favourite.

“The thing about Dubois, Dubois can punch so hard it only takes a split second. You give him the opportunity … anybody he hits he can knock them out. Having said that, Joshua’s the favourite, but you’ve got to give Dubois a chance with anybody.”

“He was losing I thought to Hrgovic. Hrgovic was beating him comprehensively and then that cut happened and it was all over. But, he’s got a tremendous punch.”

“Joshua’s a more complete fighter, he’s better all-round, he can box and fight. I definitely think that Joshua will be too much for him, but [Daniel] has a puncher’s chance.”

Whilst the younger man has done well in his last two fights to answer any questions of a lack of heart or grit in the ring, brought on by taking a knee against Joe Joyce from a severe eye injury and missing the count against Usyk for another stoppage loss, McGuigan still has questions.

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“It seems to me that when he gets in to a critical situation, when he gets tired, dare I say it there’s a bit of quit in him. I don’t want to be unfair just because he left the gym, I’m just being honest. You look at the fight against Usyk and the fight against Joe Joyce, similar circumstances.

People said he quit. He had an eye injury against Joyce and he got out-schooled by Usyk… But he had him down. There’s a pretty high standard that he’s keeping up to, but I think Joshua is a favourite. In heavyweight boxing it only takes a second of a lack of concentration.”