Deontay Wilder seeks face-to-face talks with ‘afraid’ Anthony Joshua

Boxing heavyweight Deontay Wilder desires to satisfy Anthony Joshua in individual and at last agree phrases for a blockbuster struggle. He adopted this up by claiming the 2012 Olympic gold medallist is scared to face him within the ring.

“I just don’t know what’s up with Joshua bro,” he informed Blue Blood Sports TV. “Maybe I’m gonna have to go to England and sit down with him on some real man s***. I don’t want him to feel like I have anything against him, but I know he’s afraid of me.

“Joshua – me and you is the biggest fight in the world bro, what are you doing? I really wanna talk to that dude.” The pair had been unable to agree phrases for an undisputed title showdown after they held all 4 of the division’s main belts between them.

In October, hypothesis relating to a possible bout between the 2 for 2024 in Saudi Arabia started to accentuate. This is regardless of Joshua’s promoter Eddie Hearn saying in September that negotiations for a struggle with Wilder have “not materialised” and would reasonably search one other venue for a struggle in both February or March 2024.

Wilder, now 38, has not fought since knocking out Robert Helenius within the first spherical in October 2022 however he believes he’s in prime situation to face Joshua. “(It is) a fight everyone is looking forward to and hopefully it happens and I’m doing everything in my power to make it happen, and I’m referring to the Anthony Joshua fight,” Wilder said on Instagram last month.

“Anthony, you’re getting it from the horse’s mouth himself: I’m here, I’m ready to go. I heard some things your promoter said that my last fight only lasted a short period of time and I haven’t fought in a year and he doesn’t know if I want to fight or not. But I’m letting you know I’m ready to fight – let’s make this the best time of our lives. This would be a major disaster if we were never able to get in the ring and put our stamp down in history.”

After consecutive defeats to Oleksandr Usyk, Joshua returned to successful methods when he defeated Jeremain Franklin by unanimous resolution in April.

Four months later he confronted Wilder’s final opponent Helenius, who changed AJ’s unique opponent, Dillian Whyte, who failed a drug take a look at. The 34-year-old knocked out the boxing veteran within the seventh spherical and in 2024 the British boxing star shall be aiming to get again into the title image.

During a BBC interview with documentary filmmaker Louis Theroux, Joshua stated: “This is all I do know, that is what I dedicate my life to. Do I wish to get myself to the championship? I’d like to. Am I going to be sensible in how I get there? Yes. Do I do know extra about boxing than I used to? 100%. Am I nonetheless making an attempt to enhance as a boxer? Yes.”