Anthony Joshua has revealed the unbeaten Brit he believes Tyson Fury should fight in his warm-up bout.
Joshua and Fury have signed to finally face each other later this year.
Their long-awaited, all-British showdown hinges on both men winning interim bouts, with ‘AJ’ returning against Kristian Prenga on July 25 in Saudi Arabia and ‘The Gypsy King’ set to fight on August 1, with an opponent still to be confirmed.
Joshua believes his long-time rival, who beat Arslanbek Makhmudov in April, should take on rising heavyweight, Moses Itauma.
“Is he fighting Itauma?” the 36-year-old told talkSPORT Boxing.
“Because he was saying to me when I was looking for an opponent for this date [July 25], he was like ‘fight [Fabio] Wardley, fight Itauma, these fights are easy to be made, if you’re looking for a comeback fight.’
“So I think that [Itauma] would be a perfect name, because they’re all under the same promotion right?
“So if Fury is what he says he is, maybe he should step forward and Frank [Warren] should put his fighter forward instead of worrying about what I’m up to.”
A Fury-Itauma clash has little chance of materialising, despite both men being under Frank Warren’s Queensberry stable.
Fury’s manager Spencer Brown told Pro Boxing Fans last month that discussions had taken place with both Andy Ruiz Jr and Jarrell Miller, although Brown admitted both were unlikely to happen.
‘AJ’ came face-to-face with Prenga for the first time at a press conference in London on Tuesday, ahead of their clash at the Jeddah Superdome.
The two-time heavyweight world champion will fight for the first time since a sixth round knockout of Jake Paul in Miami in December.
The 36-year-old was involved in a fatal car crash 10 days’ later in Nigeria which took the lives of two of his close friends Latif Ayodele and Sina Ghami, while Joshua escaped with minor injuries.
“As a solider I stand strong for their parents,” he told BBC Sport.
“First and foremost this ain’t about me.
“I feel it’s important to put their parents first at the minute.
“I’ll have my time to grieve, but I know that at the minute my heart and my mind says their parents are my main priority.”
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