Daily Mirror (Northern Ireland)

JOSHUA: WE’LL DO IT MY WAY WILDER

- BY DAVID ANDERSON

ANTHONY JOSHUA has told Deontay Wilder he will fight him next - but only on his terms.

WBC heavyweigh­t king Wilder is not interested in promoter Eddie Hearn’s £4million offer to fight Dillian Whyte at The O2 on February 3 because he wants Joshua. Hearn’s initial plan for Joshua was to fight WBO champ Joseph Parker next to build up to a mega-unificatio­n clash with Wilder in 12 months’ time.

But Joshua (left), 28, says he is willing to face Wilder in his next fight in the spring provided the American accepts his terms.

“If Wilder’s not making an offer, we’ll do it on my terms,” said the unbeaten WBA

Super and IBF king. “It’s no problem if

Wilder wants to fight early next year, but no offers have been made to me.”

Wilder (inset) claimed he had

“declared war” on Joshua after his latest defence against Bermane

Stiverne on Saturday in New York and

Hearn has flown to the US to try and negotiate with his camp. Hearn feels Joshua deserves the bigger purse share because he is boxing’s biggest box office star, attracting 168,000 fans to his last two fights.

“I’m serious about becoming undisputed heavyweigh­t champion of the world,” said Joshua.

With Twickenham a possible venue he added: “I’d love to have a credible night, someone with some ‘assets’, these belts that I’m trying to get my hands on. So let’s focus first on who I’m fighting.”

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