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How the heavyweight division stands after Joshua’s win

It may be a while yet before Anthony Joshua and Deontay Wilder face one another.

With Anthony Joshua becoming only the sixth boxer in history to reclaim the heavyweight title, the division promises another spectacular year in 2020.

Following his unanimous points victory over Andy Ruiz Jr in Saudi Arabia on Saturday night to take the WBA, IBF and WBO titles back to Britain, Joshua vowed he would not call out potential opponents such as Deontay Wilder or Tyson Fury, and simply take it a fight at a time.

Here, the PA news agency looks at the state of the heavyweight division in the wake of Joshua’s win, and what we can expect next year.

Anthony Joshua

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Joshua is again on top of the boxing world after reclaiming the IBF, WBA, WBO and IBO heavyweight belts following a unanimous points win over Andy Ruiz Jr in Saudi Arabia on Saturday night. (Nick Potts/PA)

Deontay Wilder

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Wilder (above) has an astonishing record, with all 41 of his wins coming by knockout. (Steve Paston/PA)

Tyson Fury

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The world awaits the hoped-for rematch in February between Fury (right) and Wilder. (Lionel Hahn/PA)

Andy Ruiz Jr

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A clearly out-of-condition Ruiz Jr (left) was taken to school by Joshua in their rematch.(Nick Potts/PA

Oleksandr Usyk

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Usyk (above) is now chasing heavyweight glory after previously reigning as undisputed king of the cruiserweights. (Nick Potts/PA)

Best of the rest

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Dillian Whyte (above) is the number one challenger for the WBC crown held by Wilder. (Nick Potts/PA).