Former four division world champion Roy Jones Jr. would advise Anthony Joshua to stay away from selecting someone like Deontay Wilder as a comeback opponent.
Wilder returned to the ring in October, when he blasted out Robert Helenius in less than a round at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn.
Joshua is coming off back to back decision losses to WBA, IBF, IBO, WBA heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk.
In the last few weeks, Wilder's handlers have expressed a lot of interest in facing Joshua next.
Joshua is open to the possibility, but it doesn't appear likely.
The British star is slated to return in the month of March.
He's currently hunting for a new head trainer - and Jones is one of several coaches interested in the job.
If Jones were leading the way, he would advise Joshua to step away from the scenario of facing Wilder until he gets very comfortable with whoever he selects as his next head trainer.
“He can’t go into a Deontay Wilder fight after losing two fights to Usyk. That doesn’t make any sense at all,” Jones told iD Boxing. “Now if you find someone who isn’t quite the puncher that Wilder is, get yourself back and back to winning.
“Then, you can get comfortable to the adjustments that your new trainer will make you make. Once you get comfortable with those adjustments then you fight Wilder because hopefully those adjustments have made you better and you’ve got confidence then you can get in the ring with Wilder because you probably can beat Wilder.
“But if you’re coming off two losses to against Usyk with the confidence being down already if Wilder hits you, you don’t know. That’s going to be crazy. Wilder is a phenomenal heavyweight; Wilder is one the hardest punching heavyweights in fighting right now. Against Wilder, you’ve got to be mistake-proof, you make a mistake with Wilder, and it could be over.”