WBC would accept Anthony Joshua to face winner of Tyson Fury vs Oleksandr Usyk

The WBC would allow Anthony Joshua to fight the winner of Tyson Fury vs Oleksandr Usyk after he knocked out Francis Ngannou.

Mauricio Sulaiman, the WBC president, shared that the governing body would let Joshua have a shot at the undisputed heavyweight title. Fury and Usyk are set to battle on May 18 in Saudi Arabia for all the belts, with a rematch planned for later this year.

Joshua is ready for his chance after beating former UFC champ Ngannou with a knockout in the second round. And now WBC president Mauricio Sulaiman has revealed that Joshua could face either Fury or Usyk without any issues from the WBC.

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He told Sky Sports: "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.

"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."

Reflecting on Joshua's win over Ngannou, Sulaiman said: "It was unbelievable. He looked like a champion of the world - tremendous, powerful, precise and he made a statement. I am very proud and happy for him.

"That is how the world is, they judge you by your last performance and now he is a power force and everybody is