IBF officially screw Anthony Joshua

Yes

Ideally, had J-Park not sprung the upset against The Dosser, E-Hearn wanted AJ vs Hrgovic next for the vacant IBF title but the pressure for AJ vs The Dosser to finally be made was too much and it put him and AJ in a position where they would lose face if they didn't go through with it. Hence why he was happy when J-Park threw a spanner in the works.

AJ vs Ngannou is a much less risky fight for AJ than Hrgovic and the fact E-Hearn is on record after Belly vs Ngannou saying that the later could lose to anyone in the top 100 confirms that E-Hearn feels that way too. But it's more lucrative and it also affords AJ another opportunity to one up on Belly again and exert more pressure upon Belly to face AJ should he defeat Usyk.

Hrgovic is a risky fight but it was the quickest route for AJ to regain his world champion status and if the vacant belt was on the line it's a risk E-Hearn is willing to take. He could've just made the fight and AJ may well have been elevated to the champion after Usyk vs Belly or at worst taken Hrgovic's #1 spot but he opted for Ngannou instead

I actually think AJ vs Hrgovic would've been a big fight in its own right because AJ is a huge name and draw no matter who he fights and Hrgovic is a big, strong, stoic and intimidating hard punching iron-jawed Eastern European like Vitali was and obviously undefeated too and AJ is also a big, strong hard punching giant and he's ripped with muscles so they could easily have marketed that one to the casuals and there is already interest among the hard cores in seeing it.

But it seems the IBF have it in for E-Hearn after he took shots at them in public. Also, AJ is on record saying ''the belts don't mean poop'' and he hurled Usyk's belts out of the ring on a huge stage over in Saudi so he hasn't done himself any favours either.

But Hrgovic vs J-Park is the fight to be made now and I hope the IBF belt is on the line and then the winner can defend against AJ.