Wilder hoping to get Joshua’s attention with Ortiz fight

By Daily Sports on February 28, 2018

Deontay Wilder says he’s been chasing a fight against British heavyweight Anthony Joshua for the last 2 years, and he says he’s going to smoke the 28-year-old out to force him to face him after he knocks out challenger Luis Ortiz this Saturday night on March 3 at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.

Joshua’s promoter Eddie Hearn has already planned Joshua’s next opponent after his March 31st unification fight set against Jarrell Miller in the summer.

Joshua will be facing WBO belt holder Joseph Parker on the 31st of March in Cardiff, Wales.

Hearn says Wilder is on Fantasy Island with his demand of a 50-50 purse split for the Joshua fight. Hearn will likely continue to use Wilder’s purse request as the excuse not to make the Joshua-Wilder fight until he backs down from that and accepts a smaller cut.

“It’s been crazy trying to make this fight,” Wilder said to ESPN’s First Take about the Joshua fight. “They’ve been avoiding me for years. I’ve been waiting for 2 years now. I’m very happy and proud of him. He’s doing what he’s doing in his country, and his country is behind him. But there comes a period where the best must fight the best. They say he’s the best. He doesn’t say he’s the best. They speak for him, because he don’t have the confidence, but I speak for myself. I know I’m the best and they don’t want to fight me,” Wilder said.

•Photo shows Deontay Wilder.

Source Daily Sports

Posted February 28, 2018


 

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