Comments Thread For: Joshua vs. Usyk Could Very Well Happen in 2019, Says Hearn

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WBA, IBF, IBO, WBO heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua (22-0, 21 KOs) could already have a potential opponent lined up for the fall of 2019. Promoter Eddie Hearn of Matchroom, who promotes Joshua, says his boxer could potentially face WBO, WBC, IBF, WBA cruiserweight king Oleksandr Usyk (15-0, 11 KOs) in the fall of 2019.
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[_Rexy_]

AJ fights twice a year.

April- Whyte
September - Pulev.

Maybe 2020 for live bodies.

[TinAgeOfBoxing]

Usuck would be crushed by AJ's leftovers.

[Ray*]

I want to see Usyk in one or two fights at HW before the Joshua fight, I would give him a better chance at that point. He definitely has the skills to beat Joshua but it would be nice to see him at HW first and settle down at that weight.

[Bardamu]

Usyk will school Joshua.

And that will be a good thing. Because he will fight Wilder for the undisputed heavyweight championship. Wilder-Usyk. That will be the fight. Wilder will have the WBC and the lineal. Usyk will have WBA and IBF.

[champion4ever]

That's not entirely accurate. There will be lawsuit after lawsuit if Usyk just so happen to try and cut in line of all the rest of Anthony Joshua's mandatory challengers.

After the WBO mandatory then there is the IBF mandatory vs Kubrat Pulev. Then at the beginning of 2020 at the earliest will be the IBF's mandatory vs Jarrell "Big Baby" Miller.

Then, if the Usyk bout ever takes place it will have to occur at the earliest of late 2020.

[Andrij]

The sooner the better for Joshua when Usyk isn't adapted to Heavyweight yet.

[P4Pdunny]

get in the queue then

[Andrij]

AJ fights twice a year.

April- Whyte
September - Pulev.

Maybe 2020 for live bodies.

In summer 2020 would be ideal close before Olympics. Btw both are London Olympic Gold medalists and boxing could be banned from Olympics. So that would be a great.

[Andrij]

I want to see Usyk in one or two fights at HW before the Joshua fight, I would give him a better chance at that point. He definitely has the skills to beat Joshua but it would be nice to see him at HW first and settle down at that weight.

Miller & Whyte ? But he definitely needs to fight a tall HW to prepare for Joshua. Someone like Breazeale.