The manager of the American boxer assured that the ex-world champion has not yet decided who he will fight.
Deontay Wilder is ready to waive his right to be a mandatory challenger for the WBC belt. It will be remembered that the organization sanctioned the duel of the former world champion with another former title holder in the division, Andy Ruiz.
However, according to the boxer’s manager, Shelly Finkel, his client has not yet decided who he will fight next. Another ex-champion, but British, Anthony Joshua, could interfere in the rivalry between the two Americans.
“Deontay is ready to fight Anthony Joshua next. We will fight him in the UK or in the Middle East. We are ready to fight him next.
We have the WBC eliminator and we will do it, but we want to fight Anthony Joshua. Eddie Hearn contacted us in August, but then we had a falling out with Robert Helenius. Then we replied that we would not talk to anyone until we had a fight. Eddie knew this, but he still announced that he contacted us. We are ready to talk to make a deal for the Joshua fight.
Deontay wants to fight Anthony next. Since 2017, we have been trying to fix this match. Let’s make a deal and fight. The fans want to see him, so why not?” Finkel was quoted as saying by Ring News 24.
We will remind, Wilder’s previous coach – Malik Scott, called Oleksandr Usyk – was the most desirable opponent for his ward.
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