Tyson Fury's Queensberry Promotions stablemate Daniel Dubois could earn a fight with Oleksandr Usyk if an undisputed title bout can't be brought together.
Promoters are keen to push through a fight for all of the heavyweight gold in the first part of next year after countless efforts proving fruitless with various previous champions. But they have a contingency plan in place if that can't happen, which would see Dubois look to unify his WBA 'regular' title with Usyk's 'super' belt.
The young British champion won the belt in a mandatory challenge against Trevor Bryan earlier this year, and defends it tomorrow night on the same card as Fury vs Derek Chisora. He faces Kevin Lerena, but wants to step up to the legitimate world level in 2023 after his first title defence.