Olympic silver medal winner Joe Joyce is not fully sold on facing fellow undefeated heavyweight Daniel Dubois.
Earlier this week, the British Boxing Board of Control revealed that terms have been agreed for Joyce to Dubois for the British heavyweight title.
And then it was revealed that Joyce had signed a co-promotional agreement with Frank Warren, who also handles Dubois.
But Joyce believes there is not much to gain from beating someone like Dubois - and he feels Dubois will gain much more in victory.
“He still is very young and I thought mentally he’s not quite there yet,” said Joyce to Declan Taylor. “It’s obviously an interesting fight and everyone thinks I’m going to fight him next.
“But Dubois has much more to gain from our fight than me. If he knocks me out he is suddenly in line for the WBA regular and the European but if I beat him then I have only beaten a kid. It’s more of a risk for me. I want to move up and forward, the British is always an option but it is possible that I miss it out, we will see.”
The one fight on Joyce's mind, is a future showdown with a good friend, and a former training partner from the amateurs - IBF, IBO, WBA, WBO champion Anthony Joshua.
“It’s a 50-50 fight between me and Joshua and it’s going to happen sooner or later,” Joyce said. “I’ve taken a lot of confidence from our spars. We’re talking in the hundreds of rounds that we did on GB, maybe more. I’ve learned more since then and I’m sure he has as well so it would be a great fight at some stage.
“I’ve probably done more rounds with him than anyone in the world other than Frazer Clarke. It would be hard for him to come up with any surprises, I know his strengths and weaknesses. I know what I’d have to do – I know how to beat him.
“It’s something I’ve thought about a lot. I think it’s always there in the back of my mind. It was always quite competitive between us on the GB set up. He qualified first and got on the squad first so I felt like I was always playing catch up with him then and I am now again we are pros.”
