Recent reports have suggested that top heavyweight contender Luis Ortiz has opted to face WBC champion Deontay Wilder and drop his status as the mandatory challenger to WBA/IBF/IBO champion Anthony Joshua.

Kubrat Pulev is Joshua's IBF mandatory, but Ortiz believes his WBA mandatory position has priority over Pulev's status.

It also has been recently reported that he would need at least 3-4 months to prepare for Joshua.

Ortiz's manager Jay Jimenez says that they have not agreed to face Wilder and that they still want their mandatory position enforced to face Joshua next.

He said that Ortiz is interested in facing Wilder, but with the WBA belt wrapped around his waist.

"No deal is done for Luis 'King Kong' Ortiz to face Wilder. We are waiting on the WBA and Joshua," he said.

"Luis is ready to face Joshua, but Joshua is avoiding the Cuban southpaw star like a deadly plague, so the bottom line is Eddie Hearn and Joshua have both said that they are facing Pulev, but nothing is confirmed and the WBA gave them 30 days and that ends on the September 3rd.

"That's 5 days away, so if he doesn't want to face the big Cuban, the WBA should strip Joshua and give Luis the belt so he can face Wilder for a super clash of titans because these guys are both extremely dangerous with incredible power.

"If the WBA breaks their own rules and gives Joshua a pass, then we will have no choice but to face Wilder on November 4, so let's just wait these 6 days and wait on the WBA.

"Regardless, Luis will fight any of these two - in fact if it was up to Luis - he would fight them both this year and unlike Joshua and Wilder, he is confident in himself and he will unify all four belts by 2018."

AJ was expected by many in the boxing community to take up a rematch against Wladimir Klitschko, until he announced his retirement from the sport.

Now, AJ will simply look to conquer and unify the division, and he will probably look to fight all three of Ortiz, Wilder, and Pulev in the near future.