AJ: WILL £100 M CHANGE YOUR MIND, WILDER?
ANTHONY JOSHUA claims Deontay Wilder will fight him because he will not be able to resist sharing a £100million payday.
Joshua wants Wilder to face him at Wembley on April 13 for the prize of the undisputed world heavyweight title.
Although negotiations remain stalled, Joshua says Wilder, who is fighting
Tyson Fury on December 1 in the US, will not be able to keep refusing.
“It will happen sooner or later for sure, that fight will happen,” said the unbeaten WBA Super, IBF and WBO king. “We’ll find out who the best is sooner or later.
“I don’t think he wants to avoid me for too long because he’s getting towards the end of his career. This payday is his legacy.”
Wilder’s camp offered
Joshua $50million to agree to all their terms for the unification clash and promoter Eddie Hearn claims that sum is “peanuts” compared to sum of over £100million the fight is really worth.
Hearn claims Joshua will fight Dillian Whyte again if Wilder again rejects them and said: “If they want the deal, we can make it happen in April.
“The offer made to us had no real substance and will look like absolute peanuts when this fight is made.”
Against Alexander Povetkin on Saturday night, Joshua truly found his Thor hammer of a right hand again. With one detonation of it on Povetkin’s face in round seven, Joshua blew away the Russian’s resistance and he was celebrating stoppage 21 from his 22 pro fights.