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Eddie Hearn has also claimed in recent interviews that Deontay Wilder had priced himself out of a fight with Anthony Joshua. To this, Wilder responded: โThatโs just something Eddie Hearn has to say. Because he really. Does. Not. Want. This. Fight. But he done said too much. So the next thing to do, strategy-wise, is to put it [on] the purses.
โWeโre both putting our lives on the line. Weโre risking everything for peopleโs entertainment. Give the people what they want, and letโs make this fight happen. Heโs a fighter, Iโm a fighter, and thatโs all that matters. Letโs see whoโs the best. If they donโt want to go by that, if they donโt want to fight, then so be it. But at the end of the day, Iโm still gonna be talking. Iโm still gonna say Iโm the best until Iโm proven wrong.โ
Wilder is confident that, when the dust settles, it will be his arm raised as the best in the heavyweight division: โI think Iโm the better fighter. Period. I donโt think heโs gonna survive in that ring with me. And I tell people, donโt be surprised if I knock him out in the first round.
“If Iโm talking a lot of rubbish, as they say, then hey, letโs find out.โ
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