By Scott Gilfoid: Trainer Naazim Richardson says WBC heavyweight champion Deontay ‘Bronze Bomber’ Wilder (39-0, 38 KOs) should wait a little while longer before he faces IBF/WBA champion Anthony Joshua (20-0, 20 KOs), because he’s still too raw at this point and he needs a little more seasoning before he faces him.
By Scott Gilfoid: Promoter Richard Schafer states that the money split for the heavyweight unification clash between IBF/WBA champion Anthony Joshua and WBC champion Deontay Wilder should be an even 50-50 affair for their proposed fight in the summer of 2018.
By Scott Gilfoid: Anthony Joshua and his promoter Eddie Hearn are going to have to give WBC heavyweight champion Deontay ‘Bronze Bomber’ Wilder his asking price of a 50 percent cut of the revenue for them to get a big unification fight against him in 2018. Wilder made it clear on Monday that it’s either a 50-50 deal with IBF/WBA champion Joshua or no fight.
By Marcus Richardson: Promoter Barry Hearn is looking at 2 potential dates for the unification fight between IBF/WBA heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua and WBC champion Deontay Wilder in 2018. The first date is in the summer of next year, and November/December.
By Marcus Richardson: Tyson Fury doesn’t want Anthony Joshua to mix it up with WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder in a unification fight, as he sees the fight as too dangerous for him to take. Fury says Joshua would be risking messing up their big money fight by facing Wilder.
By Dan Ambrose: Deontay Wilder is coming to knockout Anthony Joshua, says RingStar promoter Richard Schaefer. He feels that WBC heavyweight champion Wilder (39-0, 38 KOs) is physically and mentally ready to not only beat IBF/WBA champion Joshua (20-0, 20 KOs), but knock him out as well.
Juan Flores: Deontay “Bronze Bomber” Wilder (39-0, 38 KOs) says the unification fight against Anthony Joshua (20-0, 20 KOs) is getting close to being realized for next year. Wilder says there would be a 2-fight deal with him fighting in the UK for one of the fights and in the U.S for the other.
By Tim Royner: Deontay Wilder (39-0, 38 KOs) says he’s ready to end the career of the popular British heavyweight Anthony Joshua (20-0, 20 KOs) when he gets him in the ring. WBC heavyweight champion Wilder says IBF, WBA champ Joshua is trying to ride the gravy train by making easy title defenses against weak opposition. Wilder says he’s going to end Joshua’s career when he meets up with him in 2018.
By Jeff Aranow: Deontay Wilder will need to be “realistic” with his purse requests if he wants to get the unification fight against Anthony Joshua. He says he wants to fight Wilder for his WBC title next year, as long as he keeps his word to face him.
By Juan Flores: Hearn: Wilder should have no say so where Joshua fight happens
Eddie Hearn says WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder should have no input for where his unification fight against IBF/WBA heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua talks place, because he’s not nearly as popular as him.