Joshua keen

WBA and IBF heavyweight boxing champion Anthony Joshua says he expects to fight New Zealand’s Joseph Parker next year. The Englishman told The Mail on Sunday that Parker will beat Hughie Fury in their WBO world title bout in Manchester next weekend, which will go towards setting up a Joshua v Parker bout in 2018. ‘‘Parker is quite strong. Hughie can outbox him but I’m not sure how long for. Maybe Parker will stop him late on,’’ Joshua told The Mail. ‘‘I’ll box Parker in the future. I’m not sure about Hughie – I spoke to him a few times a few years ago but it never happened.’’