People are queuing up to fight rising star Anthony Joshua…and he just keeps knocking them out.
Joshua kept his 100% KO record when Dillian Whyte became the 15th man to be sparked out by the Olympic gold medalist.
It was certainly the 26-year-old’s toughest test yet but he came through it emphatically flooring Whyte in the seventh round to clinch the British title.
Attentions quickly turned to who would be the 16th man to try his luck against the 6ft 6in knockout merchant.
David Haye, who is making a comeback against Australian Mark De Mori, has thrown his hat into the ring to fight Joshua.
But most people expected that former world title contender Dereck Chisora, who lost to Haye, Tyson Fury and Wladimir Klitschko, could be his next opponent when he returns to the ring on April 9.
However promoter Eddie Hearn has got his eyes on a bigger prize than an all-British match up with Chisora.
He wants Joshua to fight for the European heavyweight title next – which would mean fighting the winner of Robert Helenius and Franz Rill’s title fight.
Hearn told the Daily Mail: “People are talking about Dereck Chisora, which is ideal if we go down the British title route, but I think we might prefer the European title route.
“Robert Helenius is fighting Franz Rill for the title on Saturday and that is a strap we might well go for — AJ wants to go the route of collecting all the titles before and already has British and Commonwealth to his name,” Hearn added.
“We are also keeping our eye on the IBF route and on top of all that, David Haye remains a huge fight. But right now we are prioritising titles and David doesn’t bring that to the table at this point.’
Tyson Fury was stripped of the IBF world title belt two just weeks after he beat Klitschko for failing to face mandatory challenger Vyacheslav Glazkov, instead favouring a big money rematch with the former Ukrainian champion.
