The 35-year-old has been gaining traction in the media in recent weeks due to a potential showdown with boxing’s world heavyweight champion Tyson Fury.
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As routine with any knockout loss in Las Vegas, the boxer stopped gets an immediate six-month cooling-off period before being allowed to compete again.
The Gypsy King’s claim against AJ came in an Instagram call out to another British heavyweight in Derek Chisora.
Ukrainian boxer Oleksandr Usyk and Fury are the two current world heavyweight champions, as the former holds the WBA, IBF and WBO belts after beating Joshua in September, while the latter holds the WBC and The Ring belts.
Fury has been ordered to defend his WBC heavyweight title against interim champion and mandatory challenger Whyte, and it was recently revealed by the governing body that the “Gypsy King” is set to receive 80 per cent of the total purse for the bout.
Ngannou is set to defend his title against interim champion and former teammate, Ciryl Gane, this month.
Joshua is expected to face Usyk later this year for the unified WBA, WBO and IBF belts, after losing them to the Ukrainian.
Fury took to his Instagram after a gym session to update his fans on his next step after last fighting in October.
Earlier this month Whyte was officially made mandatory challenger for Fury’ s WBC heavyweight championship.
Fury is eager to remain active after being kept out of the ring for close to two years by the coronavirus pandemic and contractual issues that caused his trilogy with Deontay Wilder to be delayed for months.
AJ was beaten by Usyk at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in September, relinquishing his WBA, WBO and IBF title.
Both boxers were at Madison Square Garden to watch Vasiliy Lomachenko’s dominant points win over Richard Commey, with the fight coinciding with legendary promoter Bob Arum’s birthday.
The Bronze Bomber lost his WBC heavyweight world title to the Gypsy King in February 2020 after drawing their first fight.
The Mancunian fighter said he will only fight professionally for “another year or so” as he believes he has nothing left to prove.
The Brit wasted no time invoking his rematch clause, with the fight estimated to take place next spring.
Joshua relinquished his WBA, WBO and IBF world titles to Usyk back in September at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.
The Briton has a rematch in place with the Ukrainian, who caused an upset at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium earlier this year to take his IBF, WBO and WBA titles.
However, The Gypsy King suggested his next choice of opponent “doesn’t make sense” as he must choose “who is available”.
Despite suggestions that Dillian Whyte will be the next opponent for Fury, the WBC opted against sanctioning the mandatory challenge between the two and Arum had suggested a line of Usyk, then Anthony Joshua fighting the winner and Whyte having to “stand in line and fight the winner ultimately”.
Fury was expected to be tasked with dealing with Dillian Whyte as his WBC mandatory, but on Tuesday night, the WBC chose not to order the bout.