Anthony Joshua claims that he is confident a fight against Deontay Wilder will still happen because the American is running out of time in his career.

Joshua faces up against Alexander Povetkin on September 22 at Wembley but is already partly looking beyond his next opponent to securing a bout with Wilder. 

Joshua said: "Me and Wilder is the best fight in the division," via The Telegraph. "He has a good style, he knows how to come under and throw a shot round the body or head. If I fight anything like the way I boxed Parker it won’t be a good fight for me. 

"I think I really have to change my style and be a bit more aggressive. But having someone like Povetkin coming to meet me should make it easier to land my shots as my last fight with Parker was one in which he was always on the back foot.

"I can’t be disappointed (that the Wilder fight is not happening now) because it is still on the table. If the fight is written off then I would be upset but it is still on the table. I am going to walk through Povetkin and then the date and location is set for Wilder.

"Wilder has been a professional since 2008, that is a 10-year pro career and that is a long time. I think maybe he has two or three years left. I want to go on for 10 more years.

"That's how I look at it. I think Wilder will make a deal to fight me because, finance aside, if you believe you are better than me and you have a chance to prove it to the world in a global event, then why wouldn’t you fight me? And that goes to all of them, including Fury.

"If you beat me and beat me in a rematch then you are set to be the king of the heavyweight division. But, if you believe it, then you have to sign a contract and get it done."

Joshua will be facing up against experienced Russian fighter Alexander Povetkin later this month and has talked up the 39-year-old's style ahead of their bout. 

"I've been watching Povetkin in his fights against (Mike) Perez and then I watched him fight (Carlos) Takam.

"Takam is a tough cookie so when I watched him knock Takam out cold I thought 'hello, he is a bit of a puncher'.

"I have watched him more now and I understand how he lands some of his shots, I have watched him in sparring. I know the shots that hit him, I have watched how his weight fluctuates. I like his style, it's a dangerous one."