Anthony Joshua may vacate titles if he beats Ruiz Jr says Hearn

In an interview, promoter Eddie Hearn revealed that Anthony Joshua may be forced to vacate some of his titles if he defeats Andy Ruiz Jr in ir upcoming rematch. After his defeat to Ruiz earlier, Joshua would want to win back all three belts he lost. match is scheduled to happen on December 7 in Saudi Arabia. winner of match has to fight upcoming matches.

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se matches are mandatory where winner will defend his title. However, winner can’t fight back to back matches, so he has to choose between two. Eir he can fight to defend his IBF title against Kubrat Pulev or fight Oleksandr Usyk to defend his WBO belt. Eddie Hearn revealed that, if Joshua wins match against Andy Ruiz Jr, he may t be involved in  match against Usyk and will be forced to vacate one of his belts. Usyk could be fighting for a vacant world title next year.

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Anthony Joshua: Here's what Eddie Hearn has said

Speaking to a news website, Hearn said that Usyk is supposed to fight winner of Joshua-Ruiz match, that’s what he’s mandated to do. He won’t be fighting ar match this year. y’re t boxing every couple of months. So Usyk goes to Saudi and watches fight between Joshua and Ruiz. Hearn n talked about Usyk and said we’ll see how Usyk looks on Saturday night when he faces Chazz Wirspoon. Eddie Hearn n has spoken about vacant belt and said that Usyk is going to probably end up fighting for a vacant world title because winner of Joshua-Ruiz match won’t want to fight him, he’ll have to vacate.

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Hearn n predicted upcoming match in Saudi Arabia and revealed that Joshua will come out victorious against Andy Ruiz Jr. Hearn n added that Joshua may fight match against Usyk as he does t want to vacate any of his titles. Earlier, Hearn had revealed that Joshua will fight on match which will attract a lot of money and a lot of fame. So, he may t play against Usyk and wait for opportunity to fight against boxer like Tyson Fury.

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