Anthony Joshua heads into his bout against rival world heavyweight champion Joseph Parker in Cardiff on Saturday with Deontay Wilder lying in wait – but the Briton insists he is not looking beyond this fight.
Joshua is putting his International Boxing Federation, International Boxing Organization and World Boxing Association titles on the line against World Boxing Organisation champion Parker in front of an expected 78,000 sell-out crowd at the Principality Stadium.
It will be the first time two undefeated heavyweight champions have met in a title fight in the United Kingdom, with the British Olympic gold medallist boasting a professional record of 20 wins, including 20 knockouts, from as many contests.
New Zealander Parker has stopped 18 of his opponents inside the distance during an unbeaten 24-fight career.
But next in line for the winner is Deontay Wilder, who holds the World Boxing Council version of the heavyweight title.
Wilder was scheduled to be ringside as part of the Sky Sports broadcast team - until Joshua and his promoter Eddie Hearn rejected Wilder's request to enter the ring in the aftermath to go face to face with Joshua.
"I'm not making the trip now. I was looking forward to it," Wilder said during an interview with Good Morning Football.
"Sky Sports hired me to come over and I said I'd come on one condition: If AJ wins then I would get in front of the ring, size him up and tell him I wanted to knock him out.
"Sky Sports told me they could make it happen. They said it wouldn't be problem then a couple of days later I get a phone call from my manager saying it's not going to be possible. And I said I couldn't come if it wasn't possible.
"They said AJ didn't want it to happen and had hired extra security, I even heard something about a restraining order!
"Joshua didn't want to hype the fight. But this is one of the biggest heavyweight title fights in history."
