A lot is on the line for Anthony Joshua in his fight against Francis Ngannou, as a potential undisputed world heavyweight title bout could be next if he's successful against the former UFC champion.
Joshua faces Ngannou in "Knockout Chaos," which takes place on Friday in Saudi Arabia and will be shown live worldwide on DAZN. Should "AJ" get past his less experienced opponent, the general consensus is that he'd be first in line to face the winner of May's massive showdown between WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury and WBA (Super), IBF, WBO and IBO title-holder Oleksandr Usyk.
Already a two-time unified heavyweight champion, Joshua is looking to become a three-time ruler of boxing glamour's division.
The possibilities are opening up for the 34-year-old. All he needs to do is beat a man who is stepping into the boxing ring for the second time as a professional.
“I think Anthony Joshua will be licking his lips," former two-time super-middleweight champion Carl Froch told Lucky Block.
"He's in against somebody who's making his second professional boxing match. He's a heavyweight mixed martial arts world champion, one of the most dangerous men on the planet but it's only his second fight as a professional.
"So really and truly, this fight for Anthony Joshua will be as easy or as hard as he wants to make it. I think AJ can get behind his boxing ability, the boxing skills that won him Olympic gold in London in 2012 and a two-time world heavyweight champion.
"He's got the experience of being in with the best in the world and he can sit back and just see how this heavyweight landscape sort of pans out.”
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