Anthony Joshua Sends Message to Deontay Wilder After Brutal KO to Robert Helenius

• Anthony Joshua delivered a vicious blow that knocked out Robert Helenius in the seventh round
• The British-Nigerian Boxer wasted no time in identifying his next opponent
• His promoter confirms talks are already ongoing, and organisers were present at his last match

Anthony Joshua is in high spirits after finishing off his last opponent with a brutal knockout punch and has wasted no time calling out his next one, a very household name.

Joshua delivered a vicious blow to knockout Robert Helenius in the seventh round. However, it appeared he intentionally prolonged the fight, having had opportunities in the fifth and sixth rounds of their encounter at the 02 Arena in London.

According to Metro UK, Helenius came in at short notice the original opponent, Dillian Whyte, was pulled from the show after returning an adverse anti-doping finding.

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UFC

Joshua sends message to Wilder

The victory scored over Helenius puts the Nigerian in good spirits ahead of the fight against Deontay Wilder, which is already in the works and could hold in Saudi Arabia next year, and the 33-year-old is already calling the Bronze Bomber out.

"There's no worry to me when it is. I'm just happy we can get the fight going and I think people appreciate that. I'm doing my best to keep heavyweight boxing on the map," he said via Sky Sports.

"I'm just focused on smashing his head in now. And that's it."

Evening Standard reported that Matchboxing promoter Eddie Hearn confirms plans for the Joshua-Wilder match in Saudi Arabia and expects that an agreement will be reached in the coming days, with the Arabian organisers also present in London.

Both men could go into the match on the back of fighting Finnish boxer Helenius, who was also knocked out by Wilder last October.

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Football

Joshua sets sights on Fury

Sports Brief previously reported that Joshua called out Tyson Fury for a heavyweight bout after defeating American boxer Jermaine Franklin by unanimous decision in April.

The two leading British boxers have long avoided each other despite many plans for the two to have a classic fight on Britain's soil or in the Middle East.