Speaking to Boxing King Media and others in a press scrum Hearn said Anthony Joshua vs Wilder is still on the cards:
“The guy he’s fighting I think he got stopped by Richard Torrez right? Wilder probably needs an easy comeback fight. If he can’t handle this guy he should retire.”
“But Deontay Wilder in the heavyweight division is great for the sport. Hopefully he looks good. I don’t rule out an AJ fight but the June date might not work for AJ’s return. We’ll see.”
Wilder returns this June and Joshua is still looking for an opponent at the moment.
In some very unexpected but huge news in the heavyweight division the Anthony Joshua vs Deontay Wilder fight might be on. Following news that Tyson Fury said he was retiring recently the Joshua vs Fury fight looks unlikely for now. Turki Alalshikh per Ring Magazine via Talk Sport has said…
Deontay Wilder on Anthony Joshua vs Klitschko ahead of the biggest heavyweight title fight in many years in boxing. WBC heavyweight champion of the world Deontay Wilder will be a keen spectator on Anthony Joshua vs Wladimir Klitschko. The winner (and possibly the loser) could be on his immediate radar…
People may not like that Tyson Fury is retired, but he is, so this is what handlers are looking at now instead. For Anthony Joshua that is. Joshua who was knocked out brutally by IBF heavyweight champion Daniel Dubois last year, was being lined up for Fury but Fury has…
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