By Edward Chaykovsky
Matchroom Sport promoter Eddie Hearn is thinking very big when it comes to 2012 Olympic gold medal winner Anthony Joshua (9-0, 9KOs). Joshua captured his first belt on Saturday night in London, when he blew away Russian veteran Denis Bakhtov in two rounds to capture the WBC International heavyweight title.
The title win over Bakhtov will begin the stead process of Joshua's rise in the official rankings of the sanctioning bodies.
By the end of next year, Hearn says Joshua will potentially be ready for the best in the heavyweight division.
"He is going to go through everyone in the heavyweight division. He can be as humble as he likes, but I won't be. This is possibly the most special individual, the most special fighter, that I've seen in a long time. He is going to clear out the entire heavyweight division and unify it," Hearn told Sky Sports. "This guy is going all the way, he is going to destroy the heavyweight division."
