By Jordan Seward For Mailonline
Published: 12:26 BST, 3 June 2019 | Updated: 12:59 BST, 3 June 2019
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Anthony Joshua was sitting pretty atop the heavyweight throne with just one more belt in line of his tunnel-like gaze.
The route, though it had been protracted and exasperating up until this point, was a clear one: all roads must lead to Deontay Wilder. Those were simpler times.
That was before Andy Ruiz Jnr came into the picture and detonated a bomb to significantly alter the landscape of the heavyweight division.
Andy Ruiz Jnr has blown heavyweight division wide open after his win over Anthony Joshua
Shocking the world, Ruiz Jnr pummelled Joshua into submission in seven rounds to become the first Mexican heavyweight world champion, capturing the WBA, WBO, IBF and IBO titles and taking his place as the best in the division in the process.
Joshua's promoter Eddie Hearn confirmed in the moments afterwards their intent to enforce an immediate rematch set for either November or December time, to possibly take place in the UK.
A clause was inserted in the initial fight contract, but the ball is