WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder (40-0, 39 KOs) does not believe WBA, IBF, IBO, WBO champion Anthony Joshua (21-0, 20 KOs) is looking to face him in a unification in the near future.
Wilder truly believes that Joshua, and promoter Eddie Hearn, are scared of doing the fight.
The two sides are in talks at the moment - with Wilder's team claiming that Hearn sent them a $12.5 million flat fee offer - which Wilder co-manager Shelly Finkel says was a "take it or leave it" offer.
Wilder, who last month retained his title with a knockout victory over unbeaten Cuban Luis Ortiz, is pushing hard to get Joshua in the ring.
Joshua has several options on the table.
The WBA recently ordered him to make a mandatory defense against Alexander Povetkin, who is also the WBO's top contender. There is also the idea of fighting in the United States against Jarrell Miller - if he wins his upcoming return later this month.
“They are scared of me. He needs to take that ‘F*** Fear’ patch off his trunks because that doesn’t apply to him,” Wilder told Viceland’s Desus and Mero.
“It’s been almost two years now [Joshua has been ducking]. There are a lot of things in my career, in terms of calling the best out, I’ve been doing that from the beginning. I’ve always got the short end of the stick because when they look at me they recognise a real person, a real fighter.
“I’m a real hitter, they recognise that. With that being said, in boxing nowadays, nobody wants to lose their ‘0’ because now it has transformed into this business type of thing. The more you stay undefeated, the more you look good and people want to do things with you.
“When you have a loss, in the mindset now, people don’t think there is a way of coming back but if you look back in past days of fights, you’ve seen some of the best have fought. Ali, one of the greatest, he lost. It’s all about falling and getting back up. A lot of these guys, man, they are just jokes. Anthony Joshua is one of those guys. Hear it from my mouth, he is a joke.”