Boxing promoter Eddie Hearn is confident a blockbuster clash between Anthony Joshua and Wladimir Klitschko can take place before the end of the year.
Joshua is currently pencilled in for a mandatory defence of his IBF heavyweight belt on November 26 while Klitschko is looking for an opponent after his rematch with Tyson Fury, scheduled for later this month, was cancelled for a second time owing to the Briton being 'medically unfit'.
The fight could also be for the WBA and WBO belt if Fury is stripped of them and Hearn says both fighters want the bout to go ahead.
Eddie Hearn believes Anthony Joshua could fight Wladimir Klitschko before the end of 2016
Joshua has been working hard with a mandatory defence scheduled for November 26
'I am hopeful, both guys have it in their mind that that is going to be the next fight,' he said.
'There are plenty of hurdles to overcome still and day by day we are ticking each of them off and I think there is a real expectancy from all sides now that that will be the next fight.
'Can we push that back to December? I'd like a little bit more time, that's a possibility as well. Wladimir Klitschko against Joshua is the most likely scenario.
'There are less lucrative ones Klitschko could take, some easier ones definitely. Klitschko has been training for 12 months, he has got the bit between his teeth and he wants to fight.
Klitschko (left) is looking for an opponent after Tyson Fury pulled out for a second time
Joshua could fight Klitschko for the WBA and WBO belts too, if Fury has them taken away
'The Joshua fight is probably the biggest out there in the division right now and it is a great fight - a young lion coming through against the master.
'Is it too early for Anthony Joshua? Maybe, but isn't that what makes it exciting? Anthony is ready for the fight and wants the fight.
'Wladimir wants the fight and all being well we can overcome the inevitable hurdles that come with a magnitude of this fight.'
English talent Joshua is keen for the fight to go ahead, according to boxing promoter Hearn
Klitschko (right) is also willing the fight to go ahead if the 'inevitable hurdles' can be overcome
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