Kiwi heavyweight Joseph Parker is winning over the crucial British boxing market as their IBF world champion Antony Joshua ponders who to fight next.
Parker has the mandatory rights to fight Joshua, possibly as early as November 26 in Manchester, though the Brit's clever promoter Eddie Hearns is swaying towards a more lucrative bout with former champion Wladimir Klitschko.
That has left Parker's handlers looking at a cheeky bid to get a WBO title fight against Mexican Andy Ruiz in New Zealand.
That mightn't be a bad thing for Joshua, according to two former British stars, Spencer Oliver and Darren Barker, who front a boxing show for Sky Sports in the UK.
The channel broadcasted Parker's win over Russian Alexander Dimitrenko last weekend and the Kiwi's three-round demolition has left them impressed.
Weighing up the options of Klitschko or Parker to fight Joshua is an increasingly tough proposition, according to the pair of pundits.
"After seeing Parker I'm not sure what fight I would look forward to most," Barker, a former IBF middlewight champion, said.
"With Klitschko being the standout heavyweight for more than a decade now it would be exciting to see how our young and exciting heavyweight standout Anthony Joshua would go against him.
"But after watching Parker there, an how hungry he is, and how ambitious he is, and how spiteful he looks, it's a very interesting division at the moment. Klitschko or Parker ... it's mouth-watering"
Oliver suggested Klitschko might even be a safer option for Joshua now under the circumstances when his inactivity was compared to the building form of Parker.
"As a calculated gamble, you would go with Klitschko after his poor performance against (Tyson) Fury, but that was only one poor performance so we don't know what Klitschko's got left," Oliver said, adding that the division was heating up as the young fighters proved their worth.
"That's the best heavyweight top 10 I've seen in years - every one of those guys can fight. Parker is real dangerous and improving all the time. Klitschko, we don't know what he's got left. So we have got some really exciting fights on the radar."
Oliver said Joshua was "hungry for the big fights and not a guy to steer clear and go for the weaker options" adding to the excitement factor moving forward.
Asked who the boxing fans would want to see Joshua fight, Oliver said: "I think hardcore boxing fans would want Parker - he's young, fresh, he brings something dangerous to the table.
"People go to an Anthony Joshua fight wanting to see him blow someone away. You know you would get fireworks with those two ... you know they're going to trade off in the centre of the ring. It would be explosive and could end early either way.
"Klitschko is the bigger name, so that would be more appealing to the general public who want to know what he's got left. He had one terrible performance against Fury when he barely threw a punch, but before that he showed no signs of deterioration."
Both rated Cuban veteran Luis Ortiz as the biggest danger lurking below the top handful.
The growing admiration for Parker in Britain will delight his Kiwi handlers who see that zone as his fighting future because of the burgeoning market there.