It was officially announced on Monday that Anthony Joshua will defend his WBA, IBF, WBO and IBO heavyweight titles against mandatory challenger Alexander Povetkin at Wembley on Sept. 22.

The 28-year-old Joshua returns to Wembley for the first time since his victory over Wladimir Klitschko in front of 90,000 fans in April, 2017.

Joshua’s last two world title bouts had been at the Principality Stadium in Cardiff, where he overcame Carlos Takam before adding the WBO belt in a points win over New Zealander Joseph Parker in March.

The 38-year-old Russian has suffered one defeat since his professional debut in 2005, losing to Klitschko in Moscow in 2013. He went down several times, but Klitschko was unable to finish him off and the contest went the full twelve round distance.

Povetkin last fought in March, when he knocked out Olympic bronze medal winner David Price on the Joshua-Parker undercard.

Price views Povetkin as a very dangerous opponent for Joshua and gives plenty of reasons for his position, but he also calls the Russian boxer's stamina into question.

"He's not easy to land the right hand on, which is what I was looking for. If you watch him against Wladimir Klitschko, Klitschko very rarely landed his big right hand, it was left hooks. There is always a chance of an upset in boxing, but it isn't as one-sided a fight as some people are seeing it. They should be excited about that fight, because it will be good while it lasts," Price told Sky Sports.

"The longer it goes on the more it's in Joshua's favour, because if Povetkin fights like he did against me, he was loading up. He may not fight like that against Joshua. He was loading up, because he thought he could just knock me out as soon as he hit me, but after four rounds, he was starting to blow, and in a lot of his fights he does start blowing after four rounds.

"His accuracy is pinpoint, that's what done me. He caught me with a right hand, right on the temple and I was out on my feet. Parker couldn't knock Takam out cold. Joshua couldn't knock Takam out cold. Anyone who has beaten Takam, couldn't knock him out cold, but Povetkin could."