Parker's Promoter: Anthony Joshua Will Eat The Jab All Night!

Anthony Joshua expects to make the next defence of his IBF heavyweight title against mandatory challenger Joseph Parker in November. Before then he plans to take a rest, with one of his next assignments being to commentate on Team GB's boxing squad at this summer's Olympic Games in Rio.

Saturday's seventh-round stoppage of American Dominic Breazeale represented both the finest performance of Joshua's career and the first defence of his title.

He demonstrated increasing maturity and patience against a resilient opponent, who took the heaviest of punches until referee Howard Foster waved the fight over after a second knockdown in quick succession.

David Haye, a ringside commentator, again spoke of his desire for what would be a big-money fight against Joshua. Promoter Eddie Hearn, however, revealed Parker is their favoured option once Joshua has recovered from the intense run that began with February's announcement of his fight with Charles Martin.

Asked when Joshua will next return to the ring, Hearn responded: "November. We like the Joseph Parker fight, that's the mandatory, we'll have to deal with that at some point, whether that's November, December or whether that's March, April that's a good fight.

"The Parker fight's going to happen in either November, December, or March, April. (Wladimir) Klitschko is a fight we'd love as well, but I'm always reluctant to make a fight of that magnitude in November  He needs a long rest. He needs to go and be a young boy, go and sit on the beach with his mates and mess around. It's been absolutely relentless."

Dean Lonergan, promoter for Parker (19-0, 16KOs), says his fighter's jab would create huge problems for Joshua (17-0, 17KOs).

"Joseph is 24 years of age and by the time he fights Anthony Joshua, he will have had 20, maybe 21 fights. Breazeale hasn't exactly been active since he became a professional, so his skill set was incredibly limited," Lonergan told Sky Sports.

"He did show he's got a hell of a chin, but he didn't offer much for Anthony Joshua to be worried about at all. But Joshua showed a lot to us that makes us very confident going into this fight. How is AJ going to go when he's eating Joseph's jab all night?

"Joshua could do what he wanted in that fight because he wasn't getting hit. One of the many things that Joseph has got is a great jab."