The IBF and WBA “super” heavyweight champion of the world is plotting his next move, having secured a stunning stoppage win over ‘Dr Steelhammer’ at Wembley last month
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The IBF and WBA heavyweight champion has already set his sights on his next opponent and is believed to have told Hearn he wants a showdown fight with Whyte, as Tyson Fury is awaiting the results of a UK Anti-Doping hearing
The Cuban is next in line to face Joshua as the mandatory WBA challenger, but is set to be put on the back-burner with Joshua waiting to see if Wladimir Klitschko wants a rematch
The 28-year-old, who stunned boxing with his victory over Wladimir Klitschko back in November 2015, has been dealing with depression and has seen his weight balloon
The British heavyweight put boxing on the front and back pages last weekend as he stopped Klitschko in a modern-day classic at Wembley Stadium
Heavyweight Joshua climbed off the canvas to stop Klitschko in front of 90,000 fans at Wembley Stadium last Saturday
The fight would top the 90,000 attendance at Wembley Stadium, with the former Olympic venue able to hold 91,000
The 27-year-old boxer retained his IBF title and claimed the vacant WBA and IBO belts in the epic heavyweight clash on Saturday
The British heavyweight rivals have accepted each other’s challenge on the back of Joshua’s sensational 11th-round stoppage of Wladimir Klitschko on Saturday night, at a sold-out Wembley Stadium
In a statement issued in Lagos on Tuesday, the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, said Nigeria is proud to be associated with the new unified world champion, whose Nigerian heritage he has publicly acknowledged
Joshua defeated 41-year-old Klitshcko after 11 rounds in British boxing’s biggest bout to extend his winning streak to 19 fights
In statement signed by Abdurrahman Balogun, her Special Assistant on Media, Dabiri-Erewa stated that the victory of Joshua was not only a thing of pride to Nigerians but the whole of Africa
The 41-year-old Ukrainian fought back from a fifth-round knockdown and seemed on the brink of victory when he dropped Joshua in the sixth, but the British heavyweight bounced back to send his opponent to the canvas twice in the penultimate round
Only Ricky Hatton has picked up more in one night as he earned in excess of £15 million for his clash with Floyd Mayweather Jnr in 2007 in Las Vegas
Joshua, who stopped the Ukrainian in the 11th round at Wembley on Saturday, immediately called out fellow Briton Fury, who beat Klitschko on points in November 2015
Joshua was born in Watford to Nigerian parents in 1989 and spent some of his early years in the West African country
Joshua extended his perfect record to 19 wins after climbing off the canvas to earn an 11th-round stoppage win over 69-fight veteran Klitschko in front of 90,000 fans at Wembley Stadium
The Nigerian-born British boxer powered past Klitschko, who hadn’t entered the ring for a professional fight since 2015
Tyson, the former undisputed world champion, admits he is a big admirer of Joshua and the impact he has had on the blue-riband division
The promising heavyweight, 27, makes the latest defence of his IBF title and hopes to win the WBA belt last held by Tyson Fury when he fights Wladimir Klitschko at Wembley Stadium on Saturday night