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Deontay Wilder calls out Anthony Joshua following Derek Chisora victory

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Published 3 months ago

Deontay Wilder called out Anthony Joshua for a long-awaited matchup ⁠between the former heavyweight champions, after Wilder edged Derek Chisora to clinch a split-decision ‌victory in London on Saturday.

[p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/wilder-deontay/rTtMi1OG/"]Wilder[/a] came face-to-face ‌with [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/joshua-anthony/WnlqLAvo/"]Joshua[/a] as he walked past the ‌Briton after the fight. The two fist-bumped, and ‌the American said, "Let's do it."[/p][p]"[b]It wasn't a few ‌words, I dapped it up with him and I said, now let's get it on[/b]," Wilder told ‌reporters when asked about the ⁠exchange.[/p][p]"I'm ready for ‌whoever, long as these guys are in the heavyweight ​division, I am here. You can call me Mr Clean, because I want to ​clean up the whole division. The division is nothing without Deontay Wilder."[/p][embed guid="df0a2940-cb6a-4a2e-a2ee-474644921d9b" url="https://x.com/DAZNBoxing/status/2040577731310817770" social-type="twitter" /][p]American Wilder was the ⁠WBC champion when ​Joshua held the WBA, IBF and WBO belts, but a unified heavyweight championship bout between them never materialised, as Wilder went on to ‌lose to [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/fury-tyson/MDZyQvA1/"]Tyson Fury[/a] and Joshua lost his belts to [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/usyk-olexandr/nqbF7L5K/"]Oleksandr Usyk[/a].[/p][p]Undefeated Usyk went on to become the unified champion when he beat Fury in May 2024.[/p][p]Joshua was last in action in December, when he knocked out [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/paul-jake/6XLCxtih/"]Jake Paul[/a].[/p][p]A few days later, he was hospitalised following a car accident in Nigeria that killed ‌two of his close friends.[/p][p]Joshua's promoter Eddie Hearn, ​who was with him during the exchange ‌with Wilder, said the fight would not be a problem for the Briton.[/p][p]"[b]He said, let's do it. AJ sort of stared at him ice cold, but he would ⁠fight him no ⁠problem[/b]," Hearn told Fight ‌Hub TV.[/p]

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