As previously reported on BoxingScene.com, IBF, WBA and IBO heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua is eager for a rematch with Wladimir Klitschko following the pair's thrilling fight at Wembley on Saturday.
Joshua defeated 41-year-old Klitshcko after 11 rounds in British boxing's biggest bout to extend his winning streak to 19 fights. Klitschko's record now stands at 64 wins to five losses.
A clause in their contract allows Klitschko to get an immediate rematch, but the former division king said he would take some time before making a decision.
If Klitschko retires, Joshua could face fellow Briton and former heavyweight champion Tyson Fury, who is yet to regain his boxing license, after the two traded words on Twitter last week.
Fury (25-0, 18 KOs), inactive since beating Klitschko in November 2015, is back in training and plans to fight again in July. He would love to get the opportunity to face Joshua, who called him out on Saturday night before the crowd of 90,000 at Wembley.
"It was an excellent fight, very entertaining and enjoyable and I was screaming for AJ to smash him," Fury exclusively told Sky Sports. "I wonder what people would be saying today if Klitschko had done him in the sixth. I was screaming, pulling my hair out - or what little hair I've got left - because I was worried it would cost us millions!
"He showed a lot in that fight. He showed he can get dropped and come back, which is what champions are made of. He showed he can recover from taking big shots. There's only one fight out there, the biggest fight in the world and everyone knows that. It is the heavyweights, it is me and AJ, no one else. It is the only one the world wants to see and I am here, I am the lineal champion, I am still number one in the world and everybody knows that."
While Fury was happy that Joshua won, he was not too impressed with the win and took shots at some of Joshua's struggles during the contest.
"We all saw [his career] had a life and death situation against Klitschko, but Klitschko couldn't land a glove on me. Styles do make fights but I am sure I can beat AJ with one arm tied behind my back. I don't even need a warm-up if he wants this. I have been out of the ring as long as Klitschko but the difference is, I am not 41, I am 28," Fury said.
"AJ did really well to come back but I am not 41 or getting old. He is just a pumped-up weightlifter but [Klitschko] couldn't land one of those of those hooks on me, at all. It is a total clash of styles, a total clash of personalities, the complete opposites. Joshua climbed off the canvas in the sixth round at Wembley Stadium I would just like to congratulate AJ for getting through the nip-and-tuck, life-and-death situation, against an old man, so well done. But let's face it, I am the man, the number one in the division. There can only ever be one heavyweight, especially in our part of the world, and it's me. It definitely isn't a pumped-up heavyweight, I can tell you that."
