WBC president Mauricio Sulaiman says there would be nothing standing in the way of Anthony Joshua facing the winner of Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk; Joshua currently sits No 1 in the WBC rankings behind champion Fury

The WBC would ‘accept’ Anthony Joshua going on to face the winner of Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk’s clash for the undisputed heavyweight championship, says president Mauricio Sulaiman.

Fury and Usyk will meet on May 18 in Saudi Arabia for all the belts before facing off again in a rematch expected to take place later in the year.

Joshua meanwhile awaits his shot after recording a devastating second-round knockout win over former UFC heavyweight champion Francis Ngannou during a week in which an encounter with one of the top two in the division had been repeatedly touted as the potential prize for victory.

Sulaiman says there would be nothing standing in the way of Joshua meeting Fury or Usyk down the line.

“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.