On June 27, Beijing time, according to a number of American boxing media, the 26-year-old British heavyweight star Dubois has been "righted" by the IBF organization and became the new IBF heavyweight world champion, and this gold belt was given up by the four major organizations unified boxing champion Usyk on June 26, so that Dubois became a two-time heavyweight world boxing champion, and he is sure to defend the IBF world throne on September 21, against heavyweight superstar Joshua, which also means that the mainland heavyweight legend "big bang" Zhang Zhilei is sure that he will not play Joshua in the next match, missing a good opportunity to make a lot of money.
It is understood that Dubois appeared in the vice main match of Zhang Zhilei VS Wilder, 8 rounds of TKO Croatian heavy gunner Hrgovic, won the IBF transitional heavyweight boxing championship belt, originally Dubois and Hrgovic were looking forward to competing for the official world title, but Usyk came up with his own exemption reason, applying that he could not defend the title because of the schedule, and the IBF organization agreed to Usyk's application after a resolution and did not deprive Usyk of the belt.
However, since Usyk's rematch with Tyson Fury was scheduled to take place in December this year, the other fighters simply couldn't wait that long, and finally the IBF persuaded Usyk to hand over the official title, so as not to strip him of his title and lose face.
As a result, Joshua and promoter Hearn have made their next bout even clearer, and their goal now is clear: to win the world belt and become a three-time heavyweight world champion, equalling the records of Ali and Lewis. In this way, the English civil war between Joshua and Dubois was naturally finalized, and the two sides had already met face-to-face on June 26 Beijing time to build momentum for the big game at Wembley Stadium on September 21.
With the finalization of Joshua VS Dubois, Zhang Zhilei can only look for other opponents next, considering that Usyk, Fury, Joshua, Dubois, Anderson, Martin's next game schedule is full, Zhang Zhilei's ideal opponents may only be Parker and Cabayel, as far as these two people are concerned, Parker's popularity and value are higher, so Zhang Zhilei's opponent in the next battle is likely to be Parker.
It is reported that Zhang Zhilei plans to fly back to the United States at the end of this month to prepare for the next big game, and he also said that the next game will be officially announced soon, hoping to be held before the end of this year, and strive to put the game in China.