Eddie Hearn reveals ‘brutally honest’ conversation with Anthony Joshua regarding Dubois rematch

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Anthony Joshua’s boxing fall-off is something that many now expect as the levels he was once punching above seem like a distant memory.  After he was met with many harsh truths against Daniel Dubois, Eddie Hearn has revealed why the rematch isn’t happening any time soon.

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00:00Eddie Hearn has explained why Anthony Joshua won't be getting an immediate rematch with

00:06Daniel Dubois for the IBF Heavyweight Championship, revealing that he had to have a brutally honest

00:11conversation with the former two-time world title holder.

00:16Joshua suffered a brutal defeat at the hands of Dynamite, who put him down on the canvas

00:20multiple times before stopping him in the fifth round at Wembley Stadium in September.

00:26Despite the one-sided nature of the defeat, a rematch was always likely. However, while

00:31speaking to Boxing News, his promoter Eddie Hearn went into detail on why that date was

00:36never a realistic possibility.

00:39He said,

00:40We had a very awkward call with AJ and his medical team. He wanted to fight in February

00:45and basically was told there's no way you can start camp and be 100 per cent for February

00:50physically.

00:51At 35 years old, Hearn knows that a second setback against Dubois is not an option.

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