Published 15:35 IST, December 21st 2019

Anthony Joshua makes it clear that he is ready to fight Deontay Wilder

Anthony Joshua vs Deontay Wilder will definitely be one of the biggest heavyweight clashes of all time. Unfortunately, the mega-fight never materialized.

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Anthony Joshua vs Deontay Wilder will definitely be one of biggest heavyweight clashes of all time. Unfortunately, mega-fight never materialized. WBC Heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder is slated to go against Tyson Fury on February 22, 2020. Meanwhile, Anthony Joshua has just regained back his WBA (super), WBO, IBA and IBF heavyweight titles by defeating Andy Ruiz Jr at ‘Clash on Dunes’. Both Deontay Wilder and Anthony Joshua have been taking verbal shots at each or for quite some time w. However, when it comes down to a fight, y keep on ducking each or. re have been a lot of instances where both Wilder and Joshua have ruled out possibility of ir matchup. However, that doesn’t change fact that fans are er to see m fight.

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 Anthony Joshua hits back at fans and says that he wants to fight Wilder

Deontay Wilder has often slammed Anthony Joshua for ducking a fight with current WBC champion. However, British Heavyweight has responded and said that he wants to fight Deontay Wilder. In a recent interview with Sky Sports Boxing, Anthony Joshua said that he definitely wants to face Deontay Wilder in future and heavyweight titles have got thing to do with that. When asked about unifying ir heavyweight titles, Anthony Joshua delivered a classy reply. Take a look at it here:

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 “I think we put too much emphasis on belts. Lets put belts aside. re is a guy in heavyweight division named Deontay Wilder. Will he be a man I would fight? Yes,” said Anthony Joshua in interview.

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13:53 IST, December 22nd 2019