British-Nigerian World boxing champion, Anthony Joshua, said he’s done enough talking as far as his fight with American boxing champion Deontay Wilder goes. He insists that negotiations for the highly anticipated boxing showdown must be realistic before a fight can happen.
Due to this delay, the unified heavyweight champion could instead face WBA mandatory challenger, Alexander Povetkin, later this year.
nitty gritty
During an interview, a Sky Sports reporter told Joshua that he sounded a bit frustrated with the delay in proceedings for his fight with Wilder, which Joshua denied.
“It’s not frustrated, it’s just I’ve spoken about it. I’ve said my piece… I’m still training, but in terms of a three-month camp, we’ve got until the end of the month, but there’s still a few more weeks. It’s just the nitty gritty I think.
“Everyone has seen the gold at the end of the rainbow, and everyone wants a piece. It’s not a problem, there’s enough in the pot for everyone to eat, but just be realistic and that’s all it is.”
— Joshua
Joshua admits that even if the outcome of his fight with Wilder is favorable to him, there are still a lot more “cats” for him to face including returning boxing champion Tyson Fury.
“There’s so many out there for me to box and I’ve been doing it back-to-back, so it’s no problem. Then when I beat Wilder, the next question is – when are you going to fight Fury? The questions will never stop, and I just keep on knocking them down.”
— Joshua