Who can be Britain's next heavyweight superstar?

Britons Anthony Joshua and Tyson Fury are heavyweight superstars, having led nan measurement connected a world standard for overmuch of nan past decade.

Joshua, 34, and Fury, 35, whitethorn still beryllium 2 of nan division's apical athletes, but nan erstwhile world champions will not beryllium astir forever.

So pinch nan brace seemingly nearing nan backmost extremity of their illustrious careers, which British fighters tin travel successful their footsteps? Who has nan imaginable to go a early family name?

Boxing pundit Steve Bunce, Manchester's lightweight world champion turned trainer Anthony Crolla and Scottish erstwhile light-middleweight world champion Hannah Rankin stock their thoughts.

Bunce: "My prime has to beryllium nan IBF world champion, Daniel Dubois. Even if he loses to Joshua successful September, he's still going to beryllium nan 3rd champion British heavyweight astatine this infinitesimal successful time.

"Dubois is an old, young man. He had nan shocking loss to Joe Joyce and nan entertaining and bewildering defeat to Oleksandr Usyk. He past followed it up pinch back-to-back wins complete Jarrell Miller and Filip Hrgovic, some arsenic nan underdog. So it's wholly imaginable he could hit AJ."

Crolla: "It wouldn't beryllium a immense upset if Dubois thumps Joshua. He's already 1 of nan apical heavyweights successful nan world and astatine 26 he's young capable to go a immense prima and transcend nan sport."

Rankin: "That mobility people complete Dubois' bosom and desire aft nan nonaccomplishment to Joyce has been quelled. As a personification he's go overmuch much confident, he utilized to beryllium ace shy. He's connected way to go a superstar."

Rankin: "I'd prime Moses Itauma arsenic Britain's adjacent heavyweight star. He's strong, fresh and technically truthful good. Being a southpaw arsenic a heavyweight is besides an advantage. He is portion of Frank Warren's Queensberry unchangeable truthful he's successful bully hands."

Crolla: "Itauma is besides my pick. I watched him from earlier he turned professional. He's that bully that I would beryllium much amazed if he ne'er won a world title, but it each depends really quickly they move him.

"His activity and changeable action is fantastic, and for a kid who is ace laid-back he has a awesome boxing IQ. His powerfulness will create a batch more."

Bunce: "Four of his past 5 fights person vanished successful nan first round. But what happens erstwhile guys commencement hitting him back? Itauma is perfectly untested. That's not a criticism, conscionable a fact. The grounds from sparring, wherever he has been successful nan gym pinch nan likes of Fury, however, had been mostly overwhelming, and it isn't being said for hype - nan worldly sparring partners are saying to maine disconnected aerial is rather staggering."

Crolla: "The first fight betwixt Fabio Wardley and Frazer Clarke was unbelievable and nan victor of nan rematch tin commencement looking astatine fighters successful nan apical 15. Time is not connected 32-year-old Clarke's broadside though and he will person to beryllium moved a spot faster."

Rankin: "Olympic bronze medallist Clarke has awesome amateur pedigree, but there's been a batch of deterioration and tear connected his assemblage and I don't cognize really overmuch that will let him to excel arsenic a pro.

"I person a monolithic soft spot for Wardley, a combatant who came from a achromatic collar background. He still has a batch to drawback up connected pinch pro boxing but erstwhile he gets going, he's explosive."

Bunce: "Clarke and Wardley some came of property successful their draw. Clarke showed that he's sewage stamina, nan people and tin get progressive successful fights and container erstwhile he has to box.

"Wardley besides has a awesome win complete David Adeleye which was a risky conflict against a dangerous, heavy-hitting puncher.

"I deliberation Clarke, Wardley and Adeleye could conflict each different respective times and location would beryllium nary 1 clear winner. Any of them could win, suffer aliases tie those fights."

Bunce: "He doesn't look to beryllium 1 who is breathtaking excessively galore group yet but I'm a large Johnny Fisher fan. He's sewage property connected his broadside astatine 25 but much than that he's a large lump, he's smart and he's good schooled. His conflict pinch Alen Babic will beryllium a batch of nosy - apparently he's sold 4,000 tickets unsocial for that."

Crolla: "Fisher is still learning connected nan job, but if he tin get to world level past pinch his support he tin return fans to nan United States aliases Saudi Arabia. He has a awesome trainer successful Mark Tibbs."

Rankin: "Fisher's fanbase is testament to his begetter who has put successful nan clip to waste tickets and marketplace him. You cannot not for illustration Fisher. He whitethorn not person nan aforesaid skillset arsenic Itauma and Dubois but he's improving each conflict and you can't sound that."

Bunce: "Solomon Dacres, who will look Adeleye connected 20 July, is simply a smart feline who tin usage his encephalon and box, and Hughie Fury is besides still astir – it's difficult to judge he is still only 29.

"I must springiness an honourable mention to Team GB Olympic hopeful Delicious Orie. Forget his sanction and nan truth he's ever smiling, I cognize what he's gone done successful nan gym and successful his short boxing career. Trust me, successful 1 year's time, nary matter what happens successful Paris, he will beryllium successful this mix."

Rankin: "I'm really looking guardant to seeing Orie successful Paris. But it's still specified early days. He mightiness wish to enactment connected and person different tally successful nan adjacent Olympics, truthful you ne'er know."

Crolla: "Orie ticks each nan boxes but there's a young combatant called Damar Thomas who is connected nan Team GB set-up. The Olympics astir apt came conscionable a small excessively early for him. He's 1 to decidedly support an oculus on, a superb talent."