According to the American boxing media, Joshua's promoter Hearn talked about Joshua's next plan in an interview, Hearn pointed out that the Joshua VS Wilder century battle expected by the outside world is now impossible to happen, because Wilder lost to Parker at the end of last month, so the Joshua VS Wilder originally scheduled for March has no significance to be held, and the commercial value is also greatly reduced, and Joshua will climb to the top of the heavyweight division again.
Hearn said bluntly: "This game is gone, the fight that everyone wants to see is not going to happen because Wild has lost, the game has not generated too good box office, and I think the game is going to be one-sided and there is no suspense. From Herrne's words, it was clear that he felt that it would be easy for Joshua to fix Wilder now, and that Wilder was no longer a threat to Joshua.
In addition, Hearn also revealed Joshua's current thinking: "We have a plan for 2024, and although there are Ruiz, Sanchez, and Parker in the heavyweight division, Joshua wants to get a world belt first, and then face Tyson Fury or a trilogy fight with Usyk. We're going to fight one in March and one in September, and then we're going to play Fury or Usyk. In 2025, Joshua has a fuller plan, and in short, 2024 will be quite exciting. ”
It is understood that Joshua has already preliminarily decided on the next opponent, of which IBF legal challenger Hrgovic hopes the most, because once Fury and Usyk have to replay immediately, the IBF throne will become vacant and will be contested by the two highest-ranked IBF players. With Hrgovic at No. 1 and Joshua at No. 2, it's only natural that the two will compete for the vacant IBF belt.
In addition, Joshua also regards Zhang Zhilei and Naganno as potential opponents in the next fight, but considering that Joshua wants to compete for the world belt, playing against Naganno will not help him much to hit the world belt, so the author believes that Joshua is more likely to face Zhang Zhilei than against Naganno, after all, Zhang Zhilei still has a WBO transitional world belt.
As for whether Joshua will choose Hrgovic or Zhang Zhilei in the next game, time will be revealed. Of course, the Chinese audience hopes that it is Zhang Zhilei, because Joshua can bring Zhang Zhilei the highest appearance fee of his career.