Anthony Joshua opted to not supply his prediction for Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk’s eagerly-anticipated undisputed heavyweight title combat.
The British boxer has additionally revealed {that a} bout with Deontay Wilder will occur earlier than he retires.
Regardless of a date but being confirmed, Fury‘s co-promoter Frank Warren not too long ago informed talkSPORT that his combat with Usyk will ‘100 per cent’ be the final Saturday in April.
No heavyweight has ever held all 4 world titles on the time, and Joshua believes that the dust-up between the duo will happen sooner or later.
Chatting with iFL TV he stated: “Yeah, if that was me yeah. If you happen to’re asking me as if I’m that person who was in that particular person’s sneakers then yeah, it might occur.
“It’s an undisputed combat after all, it’s what the entire heavyweight division has been about for the final 5 years, 4 years, street to undisputed. I hope they’ll get it on.”
Nonetheless, he didn’t want to reveal who he thinks will win, as he remarked: “I don’t actually wish to discuss it.
“Are you aware what it’s? My title is spoken about so much, I don’t want to talk about anybody else. That’s not what a person does.”
He added: “Good luck to them both though. I just can’t be bothered to be talking about other people’s business and stuff like that, good luck to them both.
“I have my own opinion but I don’t really want to be discussing it on camera for everyone else to have an opinion on my opinion.”
Joshua recently appointed Derrick James as his new head trainer, with his comeback fight against Jermaine Franklin taking place on April 1.
Despite that being his next bout, the 33-year-old has revealed that he will eventually fight Wilder at some point in his career.
“I really feel prefer it’s one other dialog that we don’t need to have,” stated Joshua.
“It should occur and I believe it’s been lengthy overdue, it’s a dialog that has been occurring for a very long time.
“For me to sit down right here and say ‘it’s going to occur, it’s going to occur’, it is going to really feel like I’m simply waffling once more. When it does, it does, and it’ll. That’s simply me certifying it.
“I don’t want to sit down right here and discuss it, and go on and on and on as a result of I’ve been in that realm earlier than, the place we spoke about it and it didn’t materialise.
“When it materialises, it is going to occur, and I’m assured.”
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- Anthony Joshua fails to supply prediction for potential heavyweight conflict between Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk, however says his combat with Deontay Wilder will occur
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