{"id":293901,"date":"2023-10-07T00:06:58","date_gmt":"2023-10-07T00:06:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/allmysportsnews.com\/?p=293901"},"modified":"2023-10-07T00:06:58","modified_gmt":"2023-10-07T00:06:58","slug":"tyson-fury-vs-oleksandr-usyk-fight-clause-could-mean-anthony-joshua","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/allmysportsnews.com\/boxing\/tyson-fury-vs-oleksandr-usyk-fight-clause-could-mean-anthony-joshua\/","title":{"rendered":"Tyson Fury vs Oleksandr Usyk fight clause could mean Anthony Joshua"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Tyson Fury&#8217;s showdown with Oleksandr Usyk &#8216;has clause that could gift Anthony Joshua a world title fight against Croatian Filip Hrgovic&#8217;<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Undisputed bout between Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk has been announced\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Fury and Usyk have already agreed a two-way rematch clause after the first fight<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>IBF mandatory contender Filip Hrgovic will have to face next top ranked fighter<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Anthony Joshua\u00a0could have a shot at the vacant IBF heavyweight world title after Tyson Fury&#8217;s agreed deal to fight Oleksandr Usyk\u00a0opens up a fresh possibility.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Brit and the Ukrainian announced last week they would take eachother on in a battle for the undisputed heavyweight champion, due to be held either on December 23 or in January.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Between them, the pair hold all four of men&#8217;s heavyweight world titles with Fury the current\u00a0WBC champion and Usyk holding\u00a0WBA, IBF and WBO belts.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>However, after ESPN reported there was a two-way rematch clause confirming a second bout between the two, it opens up a possibility for Joshua to fight for the IBF title.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/06\/16\/76252721-12602765-Anthony_Joshua_brutally_knocked_out_late_stand_in_for_Dillian_Wh-m-3_1696606295827.jpg\" height=\"381\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Anthony Joshua brutally knocked out late stand-in for Dillian Whyte, Robert Helenius in August<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/06\/16\/76253489-12602765-image-a-2_1696606291016.jpg\" height=\"422\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Tyson Fury is set to fight former UFC heavyweight champion Francis Ngannou on October 28<\/p>\n<p>The rematch clause will allow the loser of Fury v Usyk I to force a second fight, but this will not be an undisputed bout.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>16-0 Croatian Filip Hrgovic is the current IBF mandatory challenger and is already overdue his shot at the title.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The winner of the first fight between Fury and Usyk has been ordered by the sanctioning body to\u00a0defend against the dangerous unbeaten Croatian next, with no exceptions.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>With the rematch clause meaning the two greats will fight again, Hrgovic will have to fight the next best ranked contender for the IBF world title.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Currently this is AJ who is coming off the back of a brutal knock-out win over Robert Helenius.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>At present Joshua is trying to negotiate a fight with American powerpuncher Deontay Wilder, with promotor Eddie Hearn even hinting this bout could happen on the same night as Fury v Usyk.<\/p>\n<p>However should this not come through, AJ could take on the Croatian for a world title belt.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/06\/16\/76253483-12602765-image-a-4_1696607694880.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Oleksandr Usyk is a three belt champion and knocked out Daniel Dubois in Poland in August<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/boxing\/article-12602765\/Tyson-Furys-showdown-Oleksandr-Usyk-clause-gift-Anthony-Joshua-world-title-fight-against-Croatian-Filip-Hrgovic.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tyson Fury&#8217;s showdown with Oleksandr Usyk &#8216;has clause that could gift Anthony Joshua a world title fight against Croatian Filip [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":293900,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - 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