{"id":296660,"date":"2023-11-16T15:24:27","date_gmt":"2023-11-16T15:24:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/?p=296660"},"modified":"2023-11-16T15:24:27","modified_gmt":"2023-11-16T15:24:27","slug":"deontay-wilder-hints-that-anthony-joshua-fight-is-finally-agreed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/boxing\/deontay-wilder-hints-that-anthony-joshua-fight-is-finally-agreed\/","title":{"rendered":"Deontay Wilder hints that Anthony Joshua fight is finally AGREED"},"content":{"rendered":"
Deontay Wilder has dropped a huge hint that his showdown with Antony Joshua will happen next year.<\/p>\n
The Bronze Bomber abandoned his feud with AJ’s promoter Eddie Hearn to post a photo alongside him and suggest to fans that the fight is on.\u00a0<\/p>\n
It comes after he accused Joshua’s Matchroom promoters of turning down \u00a340million\u00a0for a bout he was wanted for six years.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Fans will have to wait for the match-up but will see them on the same card on December 23 in Riyadh, when AJ will face Otto Wallin and Wilder will lock horns with Joseph Parker on the undercard.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Sharing a photo with Hearn on Instagram, The Bronze Bomber wrote: ‘Damn, this is wilder than Wilder. If you know the history then you know what\u2019s understood don’t have to be explained. I will title this picture \u201cOld Endings For A New Beginning\u201c.<\/p>\n
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Deontay Wilder shared a post with Anthony Joshua’s promoter Eddie Hearn, appearig to have resolved their feud<\/p>\n
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He vowed that boxing fans ‘will get what they’ve been waiting years for’ in his Instagram post<\/p>\n
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Fans have been craving a fight against Joshua for years but it has not materialised so far\u00a0<\/p>\n
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Wilder told Mail Sport that AJ’s promoters turned down \u00a340millon to arrange the bout\u00a0<\/p>\n
‘Finally, the boxing fans will get what they\u2019ve been waiting YEARS for. The only thing that stands in the way now is Dec 23rd’.<\/p>\n
December 23 was initially reserved for Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk’s undisputed heavyweight showdown, which has since been postponed following Fury’s punishing contest against Francis Ngannou last month.<\/p>\n
Joshua, who has won 26 of his 29 fights, insisted the fight against Wallin was the first step towards what he hopes will be a third heavyweight world title.<\/p>\n
December 23 has been labelled a ‘Day of Reckoning’ in boxing and is arguably one of the biggest cards in history\u00a0after a disappointing year for heavyweight boxing.\u00a0<\/p>\n
But it is the Joshua-Wilder fight that they crave and the latter’s latest post is sure to spark excitement.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Hearn lashed out at Wilder this summer, claiming he has ‘never beaten an elite heavyweight’ and saying: ‘I cannot believe how highly people rate Deontay Wilder’.<\/p>\n
Wilder told Mail Sport: ‘It’s his [Joshua’s] management that have held him back from fighting me because, you know, he’s a fighter. It’s been over six years (waiting for the fight to be made). But there comes a point in time we’re you’re like, ‘Forget it’.<\/p>\n
‘Many times he wanted to fight, he wanted to accept it but his handlers didn’t want it because Joshua is the money-maker for the company. And if he goes down, so does the business.’\u00a0<\/p>\n
Tough tests against Wallin and Parker await and fans will hope they come through unscathed.\u00a0<\/p>\n