Heavyweight champion Stipe Miocic wants to challenge Anthony Joshua to a fight, pitting both UFC’s and boxing’s heavyweight kings against one another.

USA’s Miocic has been on top of UFC’s heavyweight division ever since he won the championship over a year ago, beating Brazil’s Fabricio Werdum in May 2016.

After two successful defences, the American has now seemingly set his sights on Joshua, who, after knocking out Wladimir Klitschko at Wembley last month, is the hottest thing in heavyweight boxing.

Later, speaking about Joshua, he said: “He’s a tough guy, he’s the best in the world. But, I’m pretty tough too.”

Miocic has been defeated twice in his professional UFC career, but his last loss came back in 2014, a loss which was avenged somewhat by his victory earlier this month over the same opponent, Junior dos Santos.