Sulaiman: WBC Would ‘Absolutely Accept’ Joshua To Fight Winner Of Fury Vs Usyk

Joshua ‘Looked Like A World Champion’

“The WBC was presented a sanction request which was to fight for the undisputed. The WBC accepted that sanctioning and we accepted the rematch they have requested,” Sulaiman told Sky Sports. “But, if it is not anything to do with contractual or promotion, we would absolutely accept the winner to fight Joshua.

“The WBC has been very much attentive to this matter. So we have completely freed the ground for the undisputed, for a rematch, and for another fight of that level. The WBC position right now is very open to support the undisputed champion taking on the fights that the fans want to see.”

Joshua’s devastating stoppage of Ngannou continued an impressive return to form and was his third straight knockout victory. The statement was even louder considering only five months ago, Fury labored to a split decision win against Ngannou on the Cameroonian’s boxing debut.

“It was unbelievable,” added Sulaiman. “He looked like a champion of the world – tremendous, powerful, precise and he made a statement. I am very proud and happy for him.

‘Styles Make Fights’

“That is how the world is, they judge you by your last performance and now he is a power force and everybody is claiming he is the best heavyweight in the world, last year they were saying he was washed up. Now, everyone is saying Fury is all washed up but we will see on May 18.”

Joshua is the No 1-ranked heavyweight challenger by the WBC as well as first by the WBO, second by the WBA, and third by the IBF. There is a strong prospect that AJ could fight for the soon-to-be-vacant IBF title once the rematch between Fury and Usyk is activated.

Before all of that, though, Fury and Usyk will decide who is the best heavyweight on the planet, with Fury aiming to do what Joshua couldn’t and beat Usyk.

“This is the way media and fans and human beings are. We like to speculate, we like to make comments, we like to be part of the conversation but in reality, there are so many things that go into the sport of boxing,” Sulaiman said.

“It is all about styles. You beat one great fighter, then the other beats the other one, then the other beats the other. (Joe) Frazier dominated and knocked down (Muhammad) Ali to be knocked out next fight and knocked down six times by (George) Foreman. So, it is all about styles, you cannot compare one against each other with the performance against another fighter but this is great to have a conversation going on regarding boxing.”