Deontay Wilder to Anthony Joshua: ‘You can run, but I will catch you’

Deontay Wilder

AFTER his latest world title defence, WBC titlist Deontay Wilder ramped up the pressure on Anthony Joshua and promoter Eddie Hearn for a 2018 heavyweight unificiation with the IBF and WBA champion.

โ€œOur paths must cross at some point in time. Iโ€™m saying why wait. Letโ€™s make it now,โ€ Wilder said. โ€œThereโ€™s only so much I can say. I want to unify. Is he up for the challenge?

โ€œI want to prove myself so bad. I never wanted to prove myself so bad. Not to me but to the world. Because so many people blame me for so many different things that donโ€™t have anything to do with me. I tried to fight the best. I called out the best. The best havenโ€™t accepted.โ€

Joshua is the bigger, heavier man. He weighed in at 254lbs in his latest fight, Wilder was only 220ยพlbs against Bermane Stiverne. The American however shrugged it off. โ€œIโ€™m always low when it comes to weight but we donโ€™t even think about it anymore,โ€ Wilder said. โ€œIโ€™m scaring heavyweights each and every time. I am the most feared.โ€

He fears a Riddick Bowe-Lennox Lewis situation, where the two never fought. โ€œIf so, you better throw your belts in the trash can because I am coming,โ€ he declared. โ€œHis promoter is doing more talking than him. Heโ€™s not even confident as a champion.

โ€œJoshua, you can run, run, run as fast as you can. I will catch you.โ€

โ€œI want to unify the division,โ€ he added. โ€œThere should be one champion, one face and one name and his name is Deontay Wilder.โ€

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