British heavyweight champion, Anthony Joshua says his team are preparing to make an offer to Deontay Wilder that will set up a fight to become undisputed heavyweight champion of the world, after recently defeating Joseph Parker in a unification bout. The IBF, WBA and WBO title holder according to Sky Ports said if he was in Wilder's position, he would be "over the moon" with the offer.
"I want that fight, no doubt about it. He was very vocal about wanting the fight before I was, because my objective was to accumulate every single one of the belts.
"Now I have done that, Wilder's my 100 per cent attention. We're about to make another offer to Wilder's team - a very good offer that should create a lot of interest from Wilder.
"Hopefully that will stop a lot of his talking and whining, and he can step up to the plate. I don't know about Wilder and how serious he is. If Wilder offered me the deal I'm going to offer him - to come and fight for four belts, with a great rematch clause and a great up-front clause - I would grab that with both hands.
"I would be over the moon with a deal like that, so it will be interesting to see how he takes it."
On the prospect of fighting Wilder in the UK and then staging a rematch in the USA, Joshua said: "Yes definitely. Being world champion means you fight anywhere and everywhere.
"But I like the fact UK boxing is booming and we've cornered the market. I'm happy being based here and I think the first one has to be based in the UK - hopefully at Wembley or Cardiff. "
Speaking on the decision of the WBA to install Alexander Povetkin as the 28-year-old's mandatory challenger, he said;
"I'm not really interested in Povetkin, I'm interested in Wilder. But I do want to hold onto all the belts, because I want the opportunity to become undisputed heavyweight champion. Hopefully the Povetkin situation can be pushed onto a later date, in 2019."
