Dubois ready for Joyce rematch

Daniel Dubois is ready to rematch Joe Joyce in the near future, says his trainer Shane McGuigan.

Dubois lost a bruising encounter with Joyce in 2020, when Joyce ground him down and ultimately stopped Dubois with a damaged eye.

Dubois has rebuilt since then, most recently beating Trevor Bryan in America to secure a WBA 'regular' heavyweight belt, a secondary title to the WBA heavyweight championship Oleksandr Usyk holds.

But the belt gives Dubois some leverage and could tempt Joyce into a rematch.

"Joe Joyce has just won at the weekend [beating Christian Hammer in four rounds] and looked his typical self. He got hit a lot but he also overwhelmed his opponent Hammer in very quick fashion so he's a very hard night's work for anyone," Shane McGuigan, Dubois' trainer, told Sky Sports News.

"Maybe that's a fight we can get down the line. Maybe in the not-too-distant future because they're both at that stage of their careers. The fight was in the balance, the first one, so it'll be a good fight as well."

Dubois joined McGuigan's gym after the Joyce fight and his new trainer believes that he is ready to take on Joyce again, even though the rival London heavyweight is a formidable opponent.

"I think so. I think it's a very hard fight but it's a fight that he can win with the right strategy, with the right gameplan," McGuigan said.

"I don't think either of them performed to their best ability. Joe had much more in the tank, he was still boxing reserved, boxing clever and Daniel was distressed with the eye. So he was doing certain things that he naturally shouldn't do or wouldn't do if he was in full health.

"It maybe came a little bit too soon, not just for Dan but probably for both of them. Because it could have been built into