The former heavyweight world champion finally appears set to take on his British rival following his knockout win over Kristian Prenga on Saturday (25.07.26) and is determined to give the fans a fight to remember.
Joshua told DAZN: "I am going to rip his heart out. I am the meanest and most vicious champion there has ever been!
"All jokes aside, I respect everything he has done and achieved but we are here now. I hope the fans will be in for a lovely treat.
"I've learnt I can't be stopped. I won't be stopped and I won't be denied. We're here and we're coming. Trust me."
Joshua landed the knockout blow in the second round in Jeddah, having been twice floored stunningly by the Albanian pugilist in the opening round, and dedicated the victory to his team members Sina Ghami and Latif 'Latz' Ayodele - who tragically died in a car crash that the boxer was involved in in Nigeria last year.
He said: "It's more than punch power. That was spirit, that was Latz, that was Sina, that was the families. It hurts to even talk about it.
"It has been tough. It's my brothers. I don't want to talk about it."
Joshua's promoter Eddie Hearn hailed the fighter's efforts in what marked his first outing in the ring since the crash.
The Matchroom boss said: "To be honest with you, tonight is all about the strength AJ has showed to even be here tonight - and the strength in that fight.
"No one can imagine what he has been through in the last seven months. During the first round, I was thinking, 'We came back too soon.'
"I feel boxing once saved him and I feel like he needed boxing to help him get through this. That camp allowed him to focus while he was facing so much grief and pain.
"He is a strong man and he likes to deal with his problems on his own - I'm not saying that is the right way but that is his way to do it. To even be in the ring tonight was astonishing.
"When you go down a couple ​of times in the first round and you're looking like ​your career might be over, he had to go to the depths one more time to get ‌up and fight on."
