Around 36 hours before two-time unified champion, Joshua (29-4, 26 KOs), gets into the ring to fight Prenga (20-1, 20 KOs) at the Jeddah Superdome in Saudi Arabia, Fury will box Polish veteran Mariusz Wach over 10 untelevised rounds in Pattaya, Thailand.

As long as both men win, they should finally meet later this year.

On paper, neither man is expected to have much trouble with their respective opposition. The biggest challenge may prove to be focusing on the task at hand and not falling foul to the type of upset which would derail a mammoth British heavyweight showdown that has been brewing for over a decade.

The noise surrounding a potential fight with two-time champion, Fury, has been far too loud to ignore but there is a big difference between hearing something and listening to it and 36-year-old Joshua insists that he hasn’t had any trouble in focusing on Prenga rather than on a fight that has yet to be officially signed.

“No, because it's it's just surface level stuff,” he told The Ring.

“It's just, you can choose whether you listen to it or not. It's what goes on in your heart and in my heart I’ve got a big task ahead of me within Kristian Prenga so when I go back and I'm by myself I'm not thinking of Fury, respectfully. My mind knows what my job is and what my task is.”

In April, Joshua took a ringside seat as Fury returned from a 16-month lay-off to outpoint Arslanbek Makhmudov at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London.

Given that the pair are fighting on opposite sides of the world this weekend, the logistics are a little more complicated but Joshua would love "The Gypsy King" to make the journey to see him fight Prenga.

If Fury emerges from his fight with Wach unscathed and can board a direct flight to Jeddah, he would be able to arrive in Saudi Arabia at some point on Saturday afternoon.

“Dream come true,” Joshua said about the possibility of Fury making the trip and entering the ring to engage in a face-off.

“If I could dream, I’d beat Prenga in my dream. Bam. Wow. Anthony Joshua wins. Hands raised and we're bringing Tyson Fury into the ring.”