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    Anthony Joshua told to target alternative fight with Brit rival after rematch with Daniel Dubois collapsed

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    ANTHONY JOSHUA has been told to focus on another British rematch as he looks to walk away from talks to fight Daniel Dubois again.AJ was dropped FOUR times inside five rounds before his brutal knockout loss to Dubois in September at Wembley. Anthony Joshua is ruled out of rematching Daniel DuboisCredit: ReutersAnd a return bout was on the cards for February in Saudi Arabia – until Joshua’s team suggested injury could force him out. Dubois now look set to take on a new challenger in Riyadh while AJ is plotting a summer return. And former world cruiserweight champion Tony Bellew named Dillian Whyte as an alternate rival to fight next. He told talkSPORT: “It’s a difficult one because I’d assume he’d have wanted the rematch. READ MORE IN BOXING”It’s an event any time he steps in the boxing ring, if AJ just says he is coming back against Charlie Chaplin it sells out Wembley.”The fact is he’s a huge global name and the main faces of boxing never mind just the heavyweight division.”So it never really matters who he fights, people just want to see him in the ring again.”There’s so many names, but who wouldn’t want to see him face Dillian Whyte again?Most read in BoxingCASINO SPECIAL – BEST CASINO WELCOME OFFERS”The first fight they had was fantastic, and there really is so many other fights too.”Joshua, 35, knocked out Whyte, 36, in 2015 almost ten years after losing their amateur bout. Daniel Dubois calls out Jake PaulAnd they were due to rematch in August 2023 until Whyte returned an “adverse finding” in pre-fight drug tests.Whyte was later cleared to fight again after a contaminated supplement was determined to have caused the finding.The heavyweight returned with victory over Christian Hammer, 36, in March and faces Ebenezer Tetteh, 36, on Sunday, December 15.Joshua meanwhile is awaiting the result of Tyson Fury’s rematch with Oleksandr Usyk on December 21. Fury, 36, lost his WBC title and undefeated record in May against Usyk, 37, who became the first four-belt undisputed heavyweight champ. But Usyk was forced to vacate the IBF version to proceed with the rematch as Dubois was elevated from the interim belt. AJ’s promoter Eddie Hearn warned they could wait to fight Fury next year. READ MORE SUN STORIESSo Dubois is in talks for a new opponent with Joseph Parker, 32, and Zhilei Zhang, 41, among those linked.And Jake Paul has emerged as an unlikely contender after sharing a message from the heavyweight champ.Joshua beat Dillian Whyte in 2015Credit: AFP More

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      Jake Paul leaks DM from Daniel Dubois calling him out for world title fight after Mike Tyson Netflix bout

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      DANIEL DUBOIS has called out Jake Paul after his victory over Mike Tyson.The influencer-turned-boxer beat the heavyweight legend on points in a controversial fight due to their 31-year age gap.Jake Paul beat Mike Tyson on points in their Netflix clashCredit: GettyDaniel Dubois is open to being Paul’s next opponentCredit: GettyPaul leaked Dubois’ DM and told him to ‘get in line’Credit: Instagram @jakepaulOver 65 million viewers watched the bout on Netflix and one of those was current IBF heavyweight title holder Dubois.And the Brit, who knocked out Anthony Joshua in September, is seemingly open to getting in the ring with Paul after messages to the fellow 27-year-old were leaked.The Problem Child posted a screenshot of the chat that read: “Hi Jake, Good business on the weekend but how would you feel fighting the legitimate heavyweight champion of the world.”This is Daniel Dubois calling you out let’s get it on.”READ MORE IN BOXINGPaul responded by sending back a queue ticket and wrote “get in line”.But he then revealed he would speak to promoters Nakisa Bidarian and Frank Warren about fighting Dubois, who previously beat Joe Cusumano on a bill that included Paul vs Tyron Woodley in 2021.Paul tweeted: “Man been boxing for 12 years, has over 100 fights between amateur and pro and fought on my undercard hahaha.”But f*** it… I’m going to have Nakisa talk to Frankie Warren and get you in line for the throne.”Most read in BoxingCASINO SPECIAL – BEST CASINO WELCOME OFFERS”Unlike Artur, at least you have a few thousand fans.”It will take mega-money to get the fight on after Paul took home £31.7m for defeating Iron Mike and Dubois reportedly pocketed a maximum of £10m in his shock win over AJ.Frank Warren throws doubt on Dubois v Joshua rematch happening At the end of his tweet, Paul was referencing undisputed WBA, WBC, IBF and WBO light heavyweight champ Artur Beterbiev after he also challenged him.The Russian bruiser offered him a shot at his belts, saying: “What can you do in ring against the current undisputed champion? Just know that I’m always open to any suggestions.”Paul laughed it off, replying: “Top five pound for pound fighter in the world calling me out. Hahahahahaha. Four years in and I run this sport.”But Beterbiev, 39, doubled down: “After four years it’s time to have serious challenges. Didn’t notice your acceptance or rejection. So what are we gonna do?”Meanwhile, retired world champion Carl Froch, 47, also seemed open to fighting Paul after claiming he would beat him “with one arm behind my back”.But the American has his eyes on super middleweight star Canelo Alvarez, 34.After beating Iron Mike, Paul said: “He knows he wants a payday. So, he knows where the money man is at.”He’s going to want a payday and I want to show the world what I’ve been talking about, beating Canelo is true and I’ll have the biggest upset in the history of boxing.”READ MORE SUN STORIESAs for Dubois, Joseph Parker is his rumoured next opponent in February after the New Zealander recorded impressive wins over Deontay Wilder and Zhilei Zhang.AJ will not pursue an immediate rematch against him just yet as the date does not fit his schedule.Paul vs Tyson shocking punch statsTHE punch stats from Mike Tyson’s defeat to Jake Paul made for “sad” reading.Veteran Iron Mike, 58, started strongly enough in his Netflix boxing fight with the former YouTuber.But he simply ran out of gas within the first few minutes of the eight-round contest.In the 16 minutes of action, the former undisputed heavyweight world champion landed just 18 punches – averaging just 2.25 successful hits per round.In total, he only attempted 97, meaning he made contact with just 18 per cent.By comparison, Paul, 27, threw a whopping 278 punches – nearly 200 more than his ageing opponent – but still only landed 78 for a success rate of 28 per cent despite his opponent barely moving.His most explosive round came in the third when the victorious Problem Child attempted 44 punches and connected with 16 of them.However, a woeful fifth round saw just four punches landed between the pair as the quality failed to live up to the hype and Paul refused to go for the knockout. More