{"id":294193,"date":"2023-11-16T15:24:31","date_gmt":"2023-11-16T15:24:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/?p=294193"},"modified":"2023-11-16T15:24:31","modified_gmt":"2023-11-16T15:24:31","slug":"deontay-wilder-hints-that-anthony-joshua-fight-is-finally-agreed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportsloveme.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":"<h1>Deontay Wilder hints that Anthony Joshua fight is finally AGREED, as the American posts picture alongside promoter Eddie Hearn insisting &#8216;boxing fans WILL get what they want&#8217;<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Deontay Wilder hinted that the fight with Anthony Joshua will happen next year<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>His photo with AJ&#8217;s promoter, Eddie Hearn, signals an improved working bond<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Why Anthony Joshua&#8217;s next fight plan makes sense for his career: The Hook\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Deontay Wilder has dropped a huge hint that his showdown with Antony Joshua will happen next year.<\/p>\n<p>The Bronze Bomber abandoned his feud with AJ&#8217;s promoter Eddie Hearn to post a photo alongside him and suggest to fans that the fight is on.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>It comes after he accused Joshua&#8217;s Matchroom promoters of turning down \u00a340million\u00a0for a bout he was wanted for six years.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>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<p>Sharing a photo with Hearn on Instagram, The Bronze Bomber wrote: &#8216;Damn, this is wilder than Wilder. If you know the history then you know what\u2019s understood don&#8217;t have to be explained. I will title this picture \u201cOld Endings For A New Beginning\u201c.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/16\/13\/77880789-0-image-a-24_1700143051686.jpg\" height=\"792\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Deontay Wilder shared a post with Anthony Joshua&#8217;s promoter Eddie Hearn, appearig to have resolved their feud<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/16\/13\/77880537-0-image-a-20_1700142520094.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>He vowed that boxing fans &#8216;will get what they&#8217;ve been waiting years for&#8217; in his Instagram post<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/16\/13\/77880649-0-image-a-21_1700142676218.jpg\" height=\"427\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Fans have been craving a fight against Joshua for years but it has not materialised so far\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/16\/13\/77880535-0-image-a-22_1700142702178.jpg\" height=\"598\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Wilder told Mail Sport that AJ&#8217;s promoters turned down \u00a340millon to arrange the bout\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;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&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>December 23 was initially reserved for Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk&#8217;s undisputed heavyweight showdown, which has since been postponed following Fury&#8217;s punishing contest against Francis Ngannou last month.<\/p>\n<p>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<p>December 23 has been labelled a &#8216;Day of Reckoning&#8217; in boxing and is arguably one of the biggest cards in history\u00a0after a disappointing year for heavyweight boxing.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>But it is the Joshua-Wilder fight that they crave and the latter&#8217;s latest post is sure to spark excitement.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Hearn lashed out at Wilder this summer, claiming he has &#8216;never beaten an elite heavyweight&#8217; and saying: &#8216;I cannot believe how highly people rate Deontay Wilder&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>Wilder told Mail Sport: &#8216;It&#8217;s his [Joshua&#8217;s] management that have held him back from fighting me because, you know, he&#8217;s a fighter. It&#8217;s been over six years (waiting for the fight to be made). But there comes a point in time we&#8217;re you&#8217;re like, &#8216;Forget it&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Many times he wanted to fight, he wanted to accept it but his handlers didn&#8217;t want it because Joshua is the money-maker for the company. And if he goes down, so does the business.&#8217;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Tough tests against Wallin and Parker await and fans will hope they come through unscathed.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/boxing\/article-12757571\/Deontay-Wilder-hints-Anthony-Joshua-fight-finally-AGREED-American-posts-picture-alongside-promoter-Eddie-Hearn-insisting-boxing-fans-want.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Deontay Wilder hints that Anthony Joshua fight is finally AGREED, as the American posts picture alongside promoter Eddie Hearn insisting<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":294192,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Deontay Wilder hints that Anthony Joshua fight is finally AGREED - 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