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Published 21:42 27 Mar 2019 GMT
Updated 22:32 27 Mar 2019 GMT
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But as it stands, Hearn is expecting to follow up Joshua's upcoming clash with Miller with a long-awaited fight against Wilder before he then looks at the mandatory defences against the WBO, IBF and WBA challengers, in that order.
"WBO with [Oleksandr] Usyk, IBF with [Kubrat] Pulev is after the WBO mandatory, and then there will be a WBA mandatory, which is not set yet," Hearn explained. "Trevor Bryan [is currently No. 1 in the WBA] but he wouldn't be the mandatory. Because it's a regular title, at some point later this year, they will say 'this fight is for the mandatory position.'
"He is going to have a logjam of mandatories. So after Miller, he’s either going to fight Wilder or another fight or, more likely, Usyk.
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