'I Want To Become Undefeated Heavyweights Champion' -Anthony Joshua

Anthony Joshua has disclosed that he is ready for a fight between the heavyweight division's two major champions.

Joshua regained the IBF, WBA and WBO titles from Andy Ruiz Jr on Saturday night, while Wilder expects to next defend his WBC gold against Tyson Fury in February.

Speaking on facing Wilder, Joshua said "I'm ready. I've got my belts back and I'm ready to fight him. But I'm not looking too far into the future because it takes your eyes off what is front of you.

"I take it step by step and, by the time I get to unification, I will be ready.

"I'll knock them down one by one and, when the big boys are ready, I'll be ready to become the next undisputed champion of the world.

"I really want to make that happen."

But with Wilder preparing for a second fight against Fury, Joshua has mandatory obligations to fulfil and said that "around March I will defend my titles".

However, Joshua, who is of Nigerian heritage, visited the country between the two fights and is keen to bring the first world heavyweight title fight to the continent since the ‘Rumble in the Jungle’ in 1974.

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Promoter Eddie Hearn, has received numerous offers to stage Joshua’s next fight.

However, with the Briton likely to be forced to face his mandatory challenger with the IBF, Kubrat Pulev, a London homecoming fight remains a more immediate probability.

“People had been telling me I should go back for ages. It was crazy because they don’t have 24-hour electricity but they still know me and support me,” Joshua said.

“I went to the ghettos of the ghettos where it’s not all about egos and beef, it’s about people who are hungry to survive.

“It was one of the best things I’ve done. Africa’s rooting for me for sure, so I would definitely love to fight out there.”

Joshua’s parents are both of Nigerian descent and he actually attempted to represent the country at the 2008 Olympics.

But in the meantime, he insisted he’s not taking his eyes off the present after the lessons learned in his first fight against Ruiz.

“Five months from now, the belts go in the air and I have to defend them again,” Joshua said.

“I am only the champion for months again, so I can’t get too caught up in the moment and have to stay focused on the task at hand, which is not staying undefeated any more, but staying champion for as long as possible.”