By Scott Gilfoid: WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder looks to be preparing for his unification fight against IBF/WBA heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua. This week, Wilder knocked down a piñata with a picture of Joshua’s face attached to it.
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Eddie Hearn: “We’re looking strongly at Jarrell Miller for Joshua’s debut”
By Scott Gilfoid: Eddie Hearn says unbeaten American heavyweight Jarrell ‘Big Baby’ Miller is the likely next opponent for Matchroom Boxing heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua for his U.S debut later this year instead of WBC champion Deontay ‘Bronze Bomber’ Wilder.
Joshua doesn’t want to hype Wilder fight until it’s signed
By Scott Gilfoid: IBF/WBA heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua says WBC champion Deontay Wilder is welcome to attend his March 31 fight against WBO champion Joseph Parker, but he’s not all that interested in hyping their fight afterwards.
Hearn worried Deontay Wilder will lose before he makes Joshua fight
By Jeff Aranow: Eddie Hearn would like to build up the heavyweight clash between Deontay Wilder and Anthony Joshua a little bit more by having them both fight on the same card his summer in New York before matching them against each other later this year. However, Hearn is worried about Wilder’s ability to get through another fight without taking a loss to one of his challengers.
Roach: Joshua knocks out Deontay Wilder
By Scott Gilfoid: Trainer Freddie Roach rates Anthony Joshua as the best heavyweight in the world right now, and he says he would knockout WBC champion Deontay ‘Bronze Bomber’ Wilder if that fight ever happens.
Parker’s promoter says Joshua making mistake discussing Deontay Wilder fight
By Scott Gilfoid: Joseph Parker’s promoter David Higgins thinks Anthony Joshua is asking for trouble in putting his focus on a unification fight against WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder rather than focusing on the task at hand in the March 31st unification fight against Parker at the Principality Stadium in Cardiff, Wales.
Deontay Wilder says Joshua’s promoter has offered him nothing
By Tim Royner: IBF/WBA heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua’s promoter Eddie Hearn has been doing a lot of talking about how he’s going to make a fight between AJ and WBC heavyweight champion Deontay ‘Bronze Bomber’ Wilder next, but thus far he’s done nothing to indicate that he intends on doing that.
Deontay Wilder willing to accept 40% purse for Joshua fight
By Jim Dower: WBC heavyweight champion Deontay ‘Bronze Bomber’ Wilder (40-0, 39 KOs0 is reportedly willing to accept a smaller 40 percent split of the revenue for a unification fight against IBF/WBA heavyweight champion, if he can get 60 percent of the split in a rematch, according to Michael Benson. Joshua’s promoter Eddie Hearn appears to like the deal.
Deontay Wilder wants drug cheats to be jailed!
By Jeff Aramow: WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder has a sure fire way of stopping drug cheats permanently in the sport of boxing by having them sent to jail after they test positive for banned drugs.
Hearn says Anthony Joshua vs. Deontay Wilder likely next
By Jim Dower: WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder’s performance against Luis Ortiz last Saturday night impressed Matchroom Boxing promoter Eddie Hearn enough to where he’s now saying that his fighter Anthony Joshua will likely face him next if he gets past WBO champion Joseph Parker on March 31.