Joe Joyce will be ringside for AJ VS Usyk- Joe Joyce vs Parker/Ruiz/Ortiz for mandatory?

I don't want to see Usyk get battered.

 

Thats right HW last longer & Joyce is always in shape & durable , as long as he keeps busy he will be fine. Only problem for him is he WILL be avoided when possible. Fury will avoid & Hearns will have a fit if Joyce is anywhere near AJ...its a wonder Hearns has allowed Joyce to be at ringside to watch in case AJ has another panic attack like he did when Fatty hit him up lol...

 

Yup, he's in a bit of a pickle. I assume his hope in attending is to try and build some hype to somehow get Joshua to fight him as a voluntary.

The title defence sequence for Joshua will be WBA>IBF>WBO.

As I recall the current lay of the land is:
WBA started their eliminators, Helenius v Kownacki was one half of it. But the winner would still need to fight the final eliminator. It looks like Dubois is in position to be involved.

IBF: Has tried starting the eliminators, I think Martin was to be involved. And no one wanted any part of Hyrgovic.

WBO: Joyce will likely be asked to fight a final eliminator.

Joyce has two quick-ish routes to a title fight:
1) Rematch Dubois, and try to get in through the earlier WBA. Will Warren really want that though?
2) Try to create enough buzz that Joshua would take him as a voluntary whilst the WBA figures out its next mandatory. But this, imho, also relies on the undisputed fight NOT being made yet again.

I think it's more likely that Joyce fights Usyk if Joshua beats him.