Re: Anthony Joshua's opponent for April 2019
Posted: 03 Dec 2018, 16:46
The situation hasn’t changed. I never claimed that AJ or Hearn weren’t interested in facing Wilder, but April is too soon.ValMar wrote: ↑03 Dec 2018, 12:30The situation has changed, definitely. The match Wilder-Fury is/was extemely important for Anthony Joshua.Enlightened-One wrote: ↑03 Dec 2018, 04:46 I’m a little surprised that this thread has been created, since this topic has been discussed at length numerous times and the situation hasn’t changed.
Dillian Whyte will likely be AJ’s opponent for April 2019, with Kubrat Pulev being the next in line of the queue to face the Brit. You have to imagine that Oleksandr Usyk and Jarrell Miller will also be potential options for Anthony Joshua at some point in the near future, but not as soon as April 2019.
Dereck Chisora “might” become AJ’s next opponent if he defeats Dillian Whyte, but you have to imagine that this is a very unlikely scenario, because he’s a heavy underdog and Eddie Hearn may prefer to choose one of the other aforementioned names instead.
There’s no point in discussing the likelihood of AJ facing Deontay Wilder, Tyson Fury, Luis Ortiz or anybody else as potential candidates for the April 13th fight date.
In a couple of weeks I’ll be proven right. I’d like to be wrong though, as that’s a fight I’d like to see, but I don’t believe it’ll happen in April.