WATFORD star Anthony Joshua could be forced out of local stadium Wembley and into Twickenham by Tottenham.
The IBF and WBA champ wants unification fights in 2018 against Joseph Parker and Deontay Wilder but looks like losing out on the nearby ground that hosted his brilliant win over Wladimir Klitschko in April.
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Spurs have moved into Wembley while their new White Hart Lane stadium is built and have wrecked AJ’s plan to return to the scene of his greatest pro triumph.
And Matchroon promoter Eddie Hearn has revealed England’s home of rugby is the next best step where 82,000 fans could watch the Londoner add to his belt collection.
Hearn said: “Wembley is quite difficult this year. We have already been in contact with them and the options aren’t great.
“We basically want the biggest possible stadium and if Wembley is not available the next best would be Twickenham.”
WBC boss Wilder destroyed former champion Bermane Stiverne on Saturday night, blasting the bloated Canadian out in one round.
The American used his post-fight interview to demand a fight with Joshua and dismiss Hearn’s offer of Dillian Whyte instead.
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But Hearn insists the Bronze Bomber is all talk and none of his advisors have been on the phone to firm up the hype.
Hearn said: “I think it is all bluster from Wilder, because nobody is reaching out to me.
“There are a lot of people who have a piece of Wilder. There is Al Haymon, Jay Deas, who is his long-time trainer/manager, Shelly Finkel, [his] manager and lawyer, and then you have Lou DiBella, who promotes him but doesn’t really have any control.
“DiBella is shouting his mouth off but has nothing to do with it.
“Getting hold of Al Haymon is like trying to speak to the Pope, Jay Deas I have never spoken to in my life and I had one conversation with Shelly Finkel two weeks ago.
“All the approaches have come from me.
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“We have no problem fighting Wilder next, whether it is spring or summer.
“Realistically, summer makes more sense, because it is a huge stadium fight, we can generate more money and both fighters will be bigger by then because both would have had another fight.
“The main issue is if they want to negotiate.
“We need to give him respect for holding a world title but one guy is selling 5,000 tickets in Brooklyn, the other is selling 70,000 tickets in Britain and we are making seven or eight times as much money per fight.”
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