WBC title holder, Deotay Wilder has called out the IBF and WBA heavy weight Champion, Anthony Joshua over alleged reluctance to set up a world heavyweight championship unification fight. Deontay in an interview with Sky Sports expressed readiness to fight AJ this week and appealed to him not to pursue other options before their proposed meeting.
"We have them in a corner and we are going to smoke them out, and make them fight us. I don't want to hear about Joseph Parker. Everybody wants Wilder vs Joshua right now, why wait? Anything could happen to either of us, that's life. You'll make the people miss out on the biggest fight in the world.
"Anything I say, the response is from Eddie Hearn, not Joshua. My message is to Joshua: I am ready. Eddie is scared of this fight. He wanted me to fight Dillian Whyte instead of Joshua. I would have no problem fighting a peasant like Dillian Whyte but I want Joshua at the other end of the bridge, when I cross it."
"How long does it take him to get ready, physically and mentally? He'll need the time. I'm ready now. I just want to find out who is the best. I want to prove that I am the best. If people say Joshua is the best, I want him right now. I declare war. I talk my talk to walk my walk - I mean every word I say, and I say what I mean. I will knock Joshua out. Don't wait, make the date, mate," he added.
Wilder has vowed to destroy Joshua professing himself the best. Wilder was responding to claims that AJ has promised to eat him when they meet in the ring. See my performance with [Stiverne] who was 255lbs? How heavy was Joshua in his last fight? 254lbs. Did you see how easy it was to put 255lbs on the ground?
"Let me show you what the greatest heavyweight in the world looks like. No more excuses. The location is the least of the problems. I've reigned the longest, I hit the hardest, I'm the toughest, I'm the meanest, I'm agile, I'm mobile, I'm hostile, I've got the heart of the lion. I am the king and, if I'm not, then please show me who is."
Deontay Wilder is unbeaten in 39 while AJ is also unbeaten in 20 of his fights.
