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Britain’s IBF world heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua will not fight former champion Wladimir Klitschko in 2016 but promoter Eddie Hearn expects a fight in the spring.

The pair were close to agreeing a bout for December 10 but Klitschko has picked up a “minor injury” in training.

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