Promoter Hearn rules out Joshua vs Fury fight

Joshua added the WBA, IBO titles to his IBF crown and he could now face American WBC title holder and Deontay Wilder or even Tyson Fury.

The issue regarding Fury testing positive for a banned substance in early 2015 is also still a problem but Hearn confirmed that Joshua wants nothing more than to see Fury get back in the ring.

“The way he won confirmed it to me”. Moruf Afolabi Afuape disclosed this while chating with Journalists in his office at Moshood Abiola Stadium in Abeokuta the State Capital.

“If I have to go through everyone in the division, then great”. “There can only ever be one heavyweight, especially in our part of the world, and it’s me”. “He knows everything he did”.

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Joshua’s next move in the sport is not clear, with a number of men lining up for their shot against the undefeated 27-year-old.

He said his victory over Klitschko, in which he overcame a sixth-round knockdown, showed he “can knock anyone out”. When you listen to him, he does appear to be very grounded and very aware of where he wants to get to and the best way of doing that.

The champion said he was shocked when his fifth-round knockdown didn’t finish his opponent. I thought, “this is it, he’s not coming back”. “Cheers & I’ll be back!”.

“My coaches said I needed to win the next round (at the end of the tenth), but I told them I just took that round off”.

Joseph Parker will hold his first WBO title defence on Saturday agains Razvan Cojanu, a bout which Joshua’s camp will watch closely as the Kiwi champion attempts to secure a big-money fight in Europe.

“It’s good actually”, said Joshua. If he is then it is a sequel people would definitely want to see.

The 28-year-old hasn’t boxed since beating Wladimir Klitschko in November 2015 and is now without a boxing licence, but he has been training in Spain in an attempt to get back into the ring.

But the Ukrainian’s performance was equally as memorable as Joshua’s.