According to promoter Eddie Hearn of Matchroom Sport, he expects IBF, IBO and WBA world heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua (19-0, 19 KOs) to return to the ring on a date in October or November.

Last Saturday night before a record crowd of 90,000 fans at Wembley in London, Joshua pulled off a career defining win with an eleventh round stoppage over former division ruler Wladimir Klitschko.

Joshua was forced to get off the floor in the sixth round and then rally in the final quarter of the contest, finally dropping Klitschko twice in the eleventh before the fight was waved off.

At the moment, Joshua will relax for a few weeks and then head back to the gym.

"I think every fighter, after going through a fight like that, the first thing they tell you the week after is that they just want to get back into the gym, and they are going to do this, and improve on that, and they don't want too long to be laid off," said Hearn to Sky Sports.

"Then, after about five days, they turn around and say 'I want to go on holiday'. So, we are on that period. I saw Anthony was swimming this morning and shadow boxing under water. Speaking to [Joshua's trainer] Rob McCracken yesterday - October, November, is probably the kind of date you will see Anthony Joshua back in the ring."

As far as his options for the fall, there is an IBF mandatory defense against Kubrat Pulev, there is a WBA mandatory defense against Luis Ortiz - and Klitschko could very well exercise an immediate rematch clause.

"[There are] various options," said Hearn. "You've got the mandatory situation to deal with, with [Kubrat] Pulev. You have got a potential rematch with Wladimir Klitschko, which would be a great fight again. So, [we will] just take our time, assess the situation, keep doing all the things we have been doing to get to this stage, because they have all been successful."