Frank Warren has declared that talks have started for a potential fight between Joe Joyce and Daniel Dubois. The rising heavyweight contenders appeared on the same show last year after being linked with a bout for the British title. Dubois beat Nathan Gorman to claim the belt at the O2 Arena in London back in July, exclusively live on BT Sport, while Joyce conquered American Bryant Jennings.
Anthony Joshua should ignore his mandatory challengers and wait to face the winner of the February 22 clash between Deontay Wilder and Tyson Fury, according to Frank Warren, Fury’s promoter. After regaining his WBA, WBO, IBO and IBF heavyweight titles from Andy Ruiz Jr in Saudi Arabia this month, Joshua was ordered by the WBO and IBF to face their mandatory challengers – Oleksandr Usyk and Kubrat Pulev respectively.
Frank Warren, co-promoter for heavyweight contender Tyson Fury, feels confident that his boxer will stop WBC world world champion Deontay Wilder in their anticipated rematch. The second fight takes place on February 22nd at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. They initially met in December 2018, at Staples Center in Los Angeles, with the contest resulting in a controversial twelve round split draw.
In the United States, the Deontay Wilder vs. Tyson Fury rematch, which is scheduled for February 22 in Las Vegas, will be joint pay-per-view between Fox and ESPN. No UK broadcast agreement has been made yet. Sky Sports have made what was described as a “substantial” offer for the fight, although BT Sport will get the rights if they match Sky’s offer.
FRANK WARREN IS pleased to announce the addition of 2016 Olympian Muhammad Ali to the Queensberry Promotions stable. The 22-year-old joins fellow Rio graduate Joe Joyce in signing up to join the professional ranks with the Hall of Fame promoter. A decorated amateur, Ali clinched the silver medal at the 2014 AIBA World Youth Championships, losing in the final to the now USA professional prospect Shakur Stevenson. He added a bronze medal to his collection at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics, before winning silver at the 2015 European championships.
IT WAS LIKE a bumper Christmas box at our final fight night of the year on Saturday and hopefully the show delivered something for everyone. It was that sort of night. From Sunny Edwards picking himself up off the floor to continue his highly-skilled pursuit of titles galore, to Tommy Fury wowing his huge band of followers with a quick-fire showstopper, to Daniel Dubois just doing what Daniel Dubois does.
An all-British heavyweight clash between Daniel Dubois and Joe Joyce could be made for the first half of next year after Dubois blew away Kyotaro Fujimoto in two rounds at the Copper Box in London. Dubois flattened the Japanese fighter with a huge right hand, referee Victor Loughlin not even bothering to count, having knocked him down earlier in the round with a left jab.
Frank Warren says he would be confident in matching Daniel Dubois against unified world heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua. Dubois, 22, is viewed as one of Britain's bright heavyweight prospects and is back in action on Saturday when he takes on Kyotaro Fujimoto. The undefeated youngster, who is rumoured to have had the better of spars with Joshua in the past, fights the Japanese at the Copper Box Arena in London, exclusively live on BT Sport.
The British champion is backing himself and we are backing him by securing a fight that holds the key to a world title shot. Liam is in blistering form and one of the most explosive and exciting fighters in Britain, but he is now up against someone with the same ambitions as himself and something has got to give.
Daniel Dubois looks to put an exclamation point on a terrific 2019, entering his fifth fight of the year as he faces Japan's Kyotaro Fujimoto in a scheduled 12-round regional heavyweight title fight. Both were within their relative weight range during Friday's ceremonial weigh-in. London's Dubois (13-0, 12KOs) tipped the scales at 240 pounds, while Japan’s Fujimoto checked in at 230.25 pounds for their headlining bout Saturday evening at Copper Box Arena in Hackney Wick, London, England.