Anthony Joshua pushing for Wladimir Klitschko fight

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IBF heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua has declared his desire to fight former heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko this year.

โ€œItโ€™ll be amazing for boxing in general, for British boxing, for people who want to see a general step up in class, it ticks all the boxes for me at this present time,โ€ Joshua told Sky Sports. โ€œA heavyweight fight, a former champion versus a current champion itโ€™s a fight that will definitely tick that box.

โ€œItโ€™s an interesting fight, itโ€™s definitely one that people have got interested in just by mentioning it so thereโ€™s a lot of stuff going on behind the scenes. Weโ€™re dealing with a legendary sportsman in Klitschko and a current champion. Thereโ€™s egos on the table so weโ€™ve just got to put that aside and hopefully we can get this deal done.โ€

He noted of the fight, โ€œI canโ€™t go in there thinking because Iโ€™m a heavyweight, Iโ€™m strong I can go out there and outstrength and outpower Klitschko because heโ€™s a tactician.โ€

November 26 has long been pencilled in for Anthonyโ€™s next fight. Joshua still wants to box Klitschko on that date but acknowledges it could be pushed back a couple of weeks if it is indeed to take place. โ€œIโ€™m hoping November because it has been mentioned,โ€ he said. โ€œThere are people that have been booking hotels, changing schedules around but if it means that we push it back another two weeks for December then itโ€™s no problem with me because the fight will come, the fight will go as long as the fight happens then itโ€™ll be one that Iโ€™ll be happy about.”

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