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Joe Joyce camp confirms Anthony Joshua fight offer

Joe Joyce camp confirms Anthony Joshua fight offerGettyImages
Joe Joyce has been touted as a potential opponent for Anthony Joshua.

With uncertainty surrounding Anthony Joshua's rematch with unified world heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk, it's expected that the Olympic gold medallist will take an interim fight in order to keep active.

One name that has been mentioned as a potential opponent is fellow Olympian Joe Joyce. 

Joyce's promoter Frank Warren revealed this week 'initial contact' had been made to Joshua, but there is yet to be a response. 

"I think it's a great fight for Joe, the team think it's a great fight for Joe," Adam Morallee of S-JAM management told Sky Sports

"Joe would love the fight, but I don't think AJ fancies the fight.

"He's looking for an interim fight between now and fighting Usyk, I don't think he wants a big fight, I don't think he wants to test himself in that way, with a big test. I think he wants something a bit easier."

If a fight between Joshua and Joyce does get made, Morallee believes the winner could go onto to face the winner of Tyson Fury vs. Dillian Whyte who meet on April 23rd. 

"I think Joshua and Joyce should fight, and with Usyk out of the picture fighting for his country in Ukraine, he would then effectively have two semi-finals to determine the best in the world.

"Four out of the top five heavyweights are British, so you'd have Whyte vs Fury on one side, Joyce vs Joshua on the other side, and the winners fight each other, I think it would be amazing and would be one of the biggest British fights of all time.

"Joe has got something to give as No 1 in the WBO. Joshua has no belts now, and Joyce has that No 1 spot so there is something for Joshua there.

"So it's a brilliant, mouth-watering fight that Joshua should take, but unfortunately won't take."

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