Joshua will fight Fury or Dubois next - Hearn

Anthony Joshua volition decidedly look either Daniel Dubois oregon Tyson Fury next, says the heavyweight's promoter Eddie Hearn.

Briton Joshua, 35, suffered a 4th vocation decision erstwhile he was stopped by IBF satellite champion Dubois astatine Wembley Stadium successful September.

Fury, who has agelong been linked with a super-fight with Joshua, volition look unified champion Oleksandr Usyk connected 21 December aft losing to the Ukrainian successful May.

"It's weird saying it aft a knockout decision but AJ is really successful a truly bully position," Matchroom brag Hearn told BBC Sport.

"We're going to combat Dubois oregon Fury next. That's it. No different involvement oregon warm-up."

Dubois, 27, dropped Joshua aggregate times successful beforehand of a reported British grounds assemblage of 96,000 earlier the combat was halted successful the 5th round.

A rematch had been mooted for 22 February successful Saudi and the champion's promoter, Frank Warren, has confirmed Dubois volition astir apt combat connected that date.

It whitethorn beryllium against a antithetic challenger, with Hearn saying Joshua whitethorn request much clip to prepare.

"AJ desperately wants revenge but the lone contented is timing," helium said. "For the rematch to hap successful February, grooming campy volition person to commencement successful a mates of weeks.

"There are ever niggles and helium had a fewer truthful physically it's conscionable a lawsuit of whether AJ is acceptable to bash that."

Joshua whitethorn alternatively await the result of 36-year-old Fury's rematch with Usyk.

"It would beryllium frustrating if we made the Dubois rematch and Fury won," Hearn said.

"Then we're sitting determination going 'hang connected a minute, we're warring Dubois but we could person fought Fury successful May for the biggest combat successful boxing.'

"Win oregon lose, we tin combat Fury adjacent summer. But if helium wins, AJ fights him for the satellite title."