Helenius added: “I am excited. I am a true Viking that is willing to face any challenge at a moment’s notice. This is not an opportunity I was going to let slip away. I plan to make the most of it!”
Helenius appeared to retire in October after suffering a first-round knockout loss to Deontay Wilder, but he returned just last weekend with a TKO win over Mika Mielonen in Finland.
Meanwhile, Joshua last fought in April, beating Jermaine Franklin on points to bounce back from two straight losses to Oleksandr Usyk.
The unbeaten Ukrainian outpointed Joshua in 2021 to take the unified heavyweight titles, before retaining them against “AJ” with another decision win last August.
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