Anthony Joshua says Deontay Wilder is 'keen' for fight in Saudi Arabia, Tyson Fury will 'leave me waiting'

Anthony Joshua has suggested that he may fight Deontay Wilder in December in Saudi Arabia, but appeared to rule out any impending encounter with Tyson Fury. Joshua, who defeated Jermaine Franklin on points at the O2 Arena earlier this month, is also set to take on a summer fight in London before facing Wilder, with that opponent yet to be decided. Ad The British heavyweight, 33, had lost his two previous bouts, both to Oleksandr Usyk.

BoxingJoyce suffers shock first pro defeat to Zhang in blow to title chances16/04/2023 AT 07:42 “I think Wilder’s keen," Joshua told the Evening Standard. «I think he’s keen finally on December in Saudi. I feel that I’m the underdog at the minute, which is a good place to be.

“And there’s talk about a fight before in London at the O2. »Right now, there’s no one specifically. It probably won’t be top five or top 10, just on the outside.” Expanding on continued rumours about if and when he will face Fury in what would be a blockbuster British fight, Joshua said: “It depends if I want to fight until I’m 40, because he will leave me waiting and I’m not getting any younger.

“But Wilder’s a good fight and I can’t hang around because it’s all the other fights you have to do to get to the big ones. It’s not just Fury but all the stuff in between. “It takes a lot out of you.

It depends how much energy I’ve got for the comments, the mental stress it puts on you, the questions constantly, the training you’ve got to do to be ready for the next fight, it’s a lot. «Because I had 12 back-to-back championship fights, I feel like the pressure was a lot.» Joshua also spoke about what the Franklin fight meant for him, as well as the way he manages to deal with the criticism he faces. He said: “I didn’t want