“I think if we’re doing it with a view to keep improving and to create longevity and to get him to his best, then we should have another fight. Momentum is key for ‘AJ’. He’s boxed like twice a year, sometimes once a year through Covid, for the last three or four years.
“I want him to box in July, and then again in December. I think it’ll do him really good to have a couple of weeks off now, then go straight back to Texas with Derrick James.”
Hearn went on to name Dillian Whyte, Joe Joyce and Otto Wallin as potential opponents for Joshua in his next bout.
Joshua, who lost to Whyte in the amateurs, knocked out his fellow Briton in 2015. Whyte edged past Franklin via decision in November, before being snubbed for a rematch with Joshua this spring, as “AJ” was paired with Franklin instead.
Briton Joyce is unbeaten as a professional and holds stoppage wins over Daniel Dubois and Joseph Parker. The Team GB Olympic silver medalist is due to box Zhilei Zhang on 15 April.
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Meanwhile, Wallin has won five fights in a row since the sole loss of his professional career, a decision defeat by Tyson Fury, whom the Swede nearly stopped in 2019 after inflicting a severe cut.
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