Should Joshua defeat his fellow Olympic gold medalist, he would then be required to face IBF mandatory Kubrat Pulev. Should Pulev be dispatched next spring, Joshua would then be forced to fight his WBA mandatory later in the year. But that would reduce the appeal of a fight with Wilder as it would no longer crown the first undisputed heavyweight champion since Lennox Lewis reigned in 1999. (Image: AFP/Getty)Joshua's promoter Eddie Hearn told iFL TV: "We don’t want to vacate one of the titles because we want the undisputed fight. "I mean, don’t get me wrong, if a title was vacated, we’d still fight Wilder – but it wouldn’t be the undisputed fight.

Source: Daily Mirror March 28, 2019 11:32 UTC