Frank Warren Open to Anthony Joshua vs. Daniel Dubois Rematch

Frank Warren is open to Anthony Joshua and Daniel Dubois having their rematch after Saturday.

Dubois scored a fifth-round knockout over Joshua in a big upset, and after the fight, there have been talks of a rematch. Although Anthony Joshua has yet to trigger a rematch clause, Warren says he would be open to the bout.

“He doesn’t have a rematch in his contract. There is one in AJ’s contract but I haven’t got a problem with a rematch if they want to do it. If the terms are all okay, we’ll sit down and talk about it but it’s all too soon to say who he’s going to be fighting next,” Warren told talkSport (via BoxingScene). “He [Dubois] needs to now savor the moment. He had some stick in the past from a couple of fellow professionals – which I thought was a liberty.

“But he’s shown now what he’s all about. He gritted his teeth in that fight,” Warren added. “He gritted his teeth in the two fights previous to that when he was an underdog in each of them. He went in with three undefeated fighters, one after the other. Ranked fighters. He’s had four fights this year and those fighters are all world ranked including one champion and one two-time former world champion. How many fighters have done that?”

Although Daniel Dubois wants the winner of Tyson Fury vs. Oleksandr Usyk, whether or not that happens is uncertain. But, Warren believes that does make sense.

“I don’t know. I think people may still buy it. If he [Joshua] comes back and has a win, who knows?” Warren said. “Tyson’s got his rematch first of all with Usyk on the 21st December as a part of Riyadh Season and that’s a tough fight. I fancy him to come through it but this division at the moment is alive. Losers fighting losers, winners fighting winners. There’s such a combination of great fights. The heavyweight division has never been so lively and that’s basically because of the last year of the involvement of the Saudi Riyadh season.”