It's safe to say that Anthony Joshua is back on top of the world right now.

After being subdued in the build up to the fight with Alexander Povetkin, and admitting to feeling 'tons of pressure', Joshua silenced any doubters with a convincing seventh-round knockout at Wembley.

As a result of his scintillating victory against the 39-year-old Russian, Joshua retained his IBF, WBA and WBO heavyweight titles on Saturday night.

Though many fans wanted to see AJ face up to Wilder, he first had to face mandatory challenger Povetkin after beating Joseph Parker in March.

Joshua's camp had started negotiations with Wilder's team after that victory, but talks broke down as the two sides were unable to find a satisfactory agreement.

And in a shock twist, Tyson Fury then announced that he'd beat AJ to it by agreeing to take on Wilder on December 1.

Though Joshua remained focused in the build-up to the Povetkin fight, his attention is now bound to switch to who he wants to fight next, and Hearn has made it clear which path he wants to go down.

Hearn has revealed that his father, Barry Hearn, chairman of Matchroom Promotions, will meet Wilder's co-manager Shelly Finkel in the coming weeks to reopen negotiations.

Hearn told Sky Sports: "We have got a couple of months. We have made it quite clear we don't want to wait until December 1 to see what happens. We want to get a deal in place to know before then.

"My old man is going to sit down with Shelly [Finkel] in early October to try and talk through a deal.

"We have sent them the signed contract on all the terms that they agreed. They did not reply and they obviously did not send it back either.

"So we just want to know what they want now. They agreed to that before. If they do not agree to that now, then no problem. Let's try and make a deal, subject to you winning in December.

"The absolute sole focus for us right now is to fight Deontay Wilder for the undisputed title in April."

The talks certainly don't come with any certainties though, and not just because of the failed attempts last time around. Wilder must first beat Fury, in a fight expected to be in the US, if he wants to get a shot at Joshua.

Hearn added: "Obviously if Fury wins, then he will have a rematch clause with Wilder so they are both out. Then we may step into a WBO mandatory with Dillian Whyte.

"But the focus is Wilder - 100 per cent - and there is no reason why we cannot get a deal in place subject to him winning in December."

It's the fight that everyone wants, and finally, it could be about to become a reality.