Recently, the tycoon of Matchroom Boxing company shared about the WBO Federation asking Anthony Joshua to protect the belt against Oleksandr Usyk in the next match.
According to the original plan, the 31-year-old Anthony Joshua champion (24-1 with 22 Knockout) will bet on the WBA, WBO and IBF belt to win the WBC belt of Tyson Fury (30-0-1 with 21 Knockout) in Saudi Arabia. Unfortunately the match was broken when the judge asked Tyson Fury to complete the contract with Deontay Wilder.
Upon receiving this news, WBO quickly asked Anthony Joshua to protect the belt against Oleksandr Usyk, the former champion absolutely weight Cruiserweight.
“USYK is a world's leading boxer and he is the former champion of absolute cruiserweight. Anthony Joshua often confronts such high -class boxers.
Recently, he received a letter (from WBO) saying 'You have to fight this person', “Hearn said in a conversation.
“And at some point, with his feelings at this moment and my feelings right now, you won't want to be asked to be done by anyone.
“We understand our responsibility for the Boxing executive organization. Joshua wants to fight to unify the world belt and real
“To be honest, it feels like we always have to satisfy the Boxing organization.
If you look at the series of battles that Joshua has been since Wladimir Klitschko, he has to fight mandatory opponents. The first person was Kubrat Pulev, he accepted that match and when Pulev retreated in the last week and Joshua had to compete with Carlos Takam, another mandatory name. ”
In general, Eddie Hearn's view is that Anthony Joshua has protected the compulsory belt too many times, Joshua will not have time to unify the heavy belt, what he wants most.