By Eric Baldwin: If the cards play out right, the fans could be seeing a big fight in late 2017 between WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder and IBF champion Anthony Joshua on Showtime. Joshua will need to win his fight against former heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko in early 2017.
Wilder, 30, will be potentially taking two tune-up fights to get ready to fight the winner of the Joshua-Klitschko fight for later in the year. Wilder will need a couple of tune-ups, because he’s coming off of a bad right arm and hand injury from his fight against Chris Arreola last April.