Joshua is set to face undefeated Ukrainian Oleksandr Usyk on September 25 at Tottenham Stadium, London.
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The fight has been made official on Sunday by Matchroom Boxing head Eddie Hearn via Instagram live.
Joshua and Fury had signed for a £150million undisputed heavyweight title fight in Saudi Arabia on August 14.
Carty, who boxes out of the southpaw stance, is expected to ‘emulate Oleksandr Usyk’ throughout Joshua’s training camp, after joining up with AJ’s team following his successful professional boxing debut last month.
Joshua’s fight against the dangerous Ukranian has not been officially announced but a deal is expected shortly, with Hearn still in dialogue with Usyk’s team K2 Promotions, but he revealed that “all the terms are agreed” with just a few small details to be thrashed out
Fury and Joshua face Deontay Wilder and Usyk respectively, and will need to make it past the two feared heavyweights in order to set up the big money showdown.
The WBA, WBO and IBF heavyweight champion of the world and his team had spent months negotiating an undisputed heavyweight title fight with Tyson Fury.
The 31-year-old Brit was expected to unify his WBA, WBO and IBF belts with WBC champion Tyson Fury 30-0-1 (21) in Saudi Arabia on August 14.
The boxing organisation have stated to AJ’s promoter Eddie Hearne should finalise the terms of agreement or face a penalty in the next 10 days or May 31.
The unbeaten 28-year-old Hackney fighter produced a controlled display as he became the first male member of Great Britain’s 2016 Olympics squad to claim a professional world title.
The all-British mega-bout is close to being agreed after the WBO stepped in to handle the issue of the mandatory challenger to Joshua’s WBO belt Oleksandr Usyk.
The unified champion dealt with IBF mandatory Kubrat Pulev in clinical fashion at the SSE Arena in Wembley before Christmas to end his 12-month ring exile.
The two are expected to meet in 2021 after AJ beat Kubrat Pulev to retain his world heavyweight belts.
However, this will happen if he does not fight another Briton, Tyson Fury, according to BoxingScene.
The Matchroom supremo insisted on Sunday that only a few minor issues are yet to be resolved in the latest indication that both British stars will soon fight to become the undisputed heavyweight champion of the world.
Joshua returned to the ring following a 12-month absence last weekend, knocking out the obdurate Kubrat Pulev in the ninth round of a one-sided fight.
“We are aiming to fight for the WBO title next and Usyk wants to fight Anthony Joshua and that is what we are going to do,” he noted.
The unified heavyweight champion is set to defend his titles against his Bulgarian IBF mandatory challenger on December 12, and is then eyeing an undisputed fight with WBC king Fury.
Ukrainian Usyk remains mandatory challenger for Joshua’s WBO heavyweight belt after beating Derek Chisora in a points win on Saturday night.
Usyk’s firepower will be tested like never before in just his second fight as a heavyweight against Derek Chisora on Saturday night.