Challengers Jostling for Joshua, Ruiz Jr Winner’s Fight via thisdaylive
Oleksandr Usyk is lobbying to face the winner of Anthony Joshua’s rematch with Andy Ruiz Jr but Kubrat Pulev is also in the mix.
Joshua fights to regain the IBF, WBA and WBO heavyweight titles that he lost to Ruiz Jr in a December 7 meeting, while two mandatory challengers lurk. “The winner of Ruiz Jr versus Joshua will have to choose who they are going to fight,” promoter Eddie Hearn told Sky Sports.The IBF had previously told Sky Sports that they expected their mandatory, Pulev, to receive the next shot at Ruiz Jr or Joshua.Ukraine’s Usyk became the undisputed cruiserweight champion last year, then knocked out Tony Bellew.
His heavyweight debut against Carlos Takam was cancelled when Usyk suffered a bicep injury but a new opponent is set to be announced. “He was going to fight Takam, now he’ll fight another world ranked opponent,” said Hearn. “He doesn’t mind who he fights.” Usyk previously told Sky Sports that he hopes to challenge Joshua, not Ruiz Jr.“I think it would be much harder for me to fight Joshua than Ruiz.
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