Anthony Joshua was stormed by drug testers early morning on Thursday, Daily Mail reports.
The IBF and WBA 'super' heavyweight champion of the world plotted his next step after securing a stunning stop-win over 'Dr Steelhammer' in Wembley last month.
The victory drove Joshua to the boxing super star and put the 27-year-old on course for more major bouts among the lights.
But on Thursday morning, the Olympic gold medal winner was reminded of the less glamorous side of the sport, when he was visited by drug testers at around 7 o'clock.
Heavyweight boxing was rocked by a series of recent failed drug tests, with Alexander Povetkin and Andrzej Wawrzyk testing positive in the lead up to fights with WBC champion Deontay Wilder in the last couple of years.
Together with the British Tyson Fury, Wilder is one of the numerous opponents for Joshua in the course of his victory over Klitschko. But a revenge with the 41-year-old remains on the cards.
Klitschko rose from the screen to almost stop his opponent in the sixth round of their pulsating fight. And Klitschko's manager, Bernd Boente, said that his man "knows" that he will beat Joshua, they should fight again.
He said, "He is no longer disappointed, he knows he made some mistakes, but he also knows he could beat Anthony.
"He showed that, two or three more punches in round six, or even seven, and he would have been the winner."
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