Joshua said: “This little devil on my shoulder — the fighting man says Wilder at Wembley 2018 boom.
“And then this devil on this shoulder, the manager hat says ‘what’s best to guide my career,’ so it’s playing devils advocate and putting them together and seeing what works out best for my career.”
“If Wilder works we’re going to make it happen in 2018, if Wilder isn’t the right opponent for next year, then we’ll put it back into 2019.
“But I’m just going to do things my way, people just can’t rush my career, that’s what I’ve learnt.
“I’ve got a career I need to map it out, I’m going to take fights at the right time for me and if it’s next year or the year after or the year after when I fight him I’ll be in a position to beat him.”
"I started boxing 2010, Wilder turned pro 2009, so he’s been a pro one year longer than my whole career.
“So you can see why they’re rushing him for certain reasons and you can see why I’m taking my time for certain reasons.
“The fights are there, but as I say I’m going to do it in my own time when I feel ready."
“I’m happy with the pace definitely because we wouldn’t be here, we wouldn’t be talking about these fights.
"It’s being realistic where I’m at and understand this is a career as well because who knows, I could take that fight next year and it might not be the right time, I may of needed another two months.
“As I say the fighter on my shoulder says let’s rock and roll the coach on my shoulder says ‘you know what Josh, you need to just work on a few more things before you take a fight like that.
"Because when it’s all said and done, all that matters is that win, not the fact that people say ‘he didn’t fight him here and he didn’t fight him there’.
"The manager, my coach will determine when I fight Wilder, me on this hand says it’s no problem we’ll fight whenever."
“I listen to what my coach says, he says, ‘this isn’t about putting on a good show for the promoter, this is about your career — your health and the decisions you make will pave your way in the sport of boxing so you have to be smart about each decision you make."
Joshua was also asked if David Haye was able to get past Tony Bellew, would he be in the mix as a possible opponent.
He answered: “Yeah, that’s what I’m saying, there’s so many fights out there, yeah, they're all in the mix for sure, so that’s what I mean there’s options, it’s not like I’m stuck with one fight or one option."
Looks like AJ taking isn't the most keen to fight Wilder on 2018! What a p*ssy. You have Wilder who has only ever fought bums then AJ who is the best heavyweight right now but he's swerving Wilder!
AJ better not start fighting bums like Wilder does.. But sounds like he wants to duck tough fights until he's more experienced. What a bunch of p*ssys in the heavyweight division.
Showtime have started to promote and build up Joshua vs Wilder.
Started boxing in 2010 then 2 years later won Gold Medal in 2012 Olympics? WOW!
he didn't really win gold though, he got 2 dubious decisions in the tournament (one being in the final too)
I am a fan but he benefited by it being in London
The mask hasn’t just slipped...it’s fell clean off.
It’s blatantly obvious that that team simply doesn’t want the fight.
Anyone from a clear and level headed standpoint should be able to see this now. I think possibly even a certain amount of casuals may see it too. Team Joshua and their plans to stall, paired with a couple of performances that are sub-par to casuals expectations, have really hurt AJ in the last year or so in my opinion.
Plus Fury walking back into the scene and going straight at Wilder also places a huge magnifying glass on Hearn and Joshua’s clear desire to delay things.
Even the type of fans that only show up to drink, shout “just punch him” and sing Sweet Caroline between rounds must be able to see that.
With these bad faith negotiations over the summer and AJ recently on record saying that Wilder only has another 2-3 years left of being prime
I think it’s safe to say that this was always the plan. AJ has always wanted to fight Wilder when he was on the downslope of his career
You need to start supporting a REAL HEAVYWEIGHT like TRIPLE DDD and change your Avi.
Even at 19 years old with only 2 fights, he said he would happily fight AJ...thats a REAL HEAVYWEIGHT right there, not P U S S Y JOSHUA
I've told everyone that Anthony Joshua is coward. What is he afraid of; Deontay's dangerous punching power or being popped by the WBC/VADA clean boxing program for PED use?
Potentially fighting Wilder in 2019 or 2020 is absolutely absurd. It's one of the damnedest things that I have ever heard coming out of the mouth of a professional heavyweight boxing champion.
What is there left for Wilder to do? Nobody wants to fight this guy either cleanly or fair and square.
So basically he's following the UK blueprint with:
1. Waiting until the real competition gets old or washed up as he fights bum after bum in his home country
2. waits for someone to beat all of the competition as he's spent his whole career playing it safe
3. both 1 and 2
This.
UK boxing is sh.it
AJ doesn't want to get Baptized.
The fight can go either way IMo
AJ is more fundamentally skilled and has good power
But Wilder is more athletic and carries nuclear power and AJ has shown that he doesn't have the toughest chin so if lands one of those A-bombs it's probably over
:pat:
Somebody should teach you how to watch a fight.
Evidently you don't know what a straight punch is.
Deontay Wilder has limited ability at throwing straight punches! I am sure most boxing fans will agree with me on this! (This is simple technical change, that could make him a measurably more dangerous fighter! His straight punching ability is not even on elite level)...
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