Deontay Wilder says Anthony Joshua fight in London \u201cturns me on\u201d Associated PressDeontay Wilder has said that the thought of fighting Anthony Joshua in London \u201cturns me on\u201d, ahead of his upcoming bout with Zhilei Zhang on June 1. Wilder and Zhang go head-to-head as part of Frank Warren and Eddie Hearn\u2019s \u20185 vs 5\u2019 that sees five of Matchroom Boxing\u2019s best fighters go up against five from Queensberry Promotions in what is set to be a sensational night of action in Saudi Arabia. The tournament, announced by Turki Alalshikh, could hand Wilder a second chance over a fight with Joshua, a door that many thought had been closed to him in December last year. AJ got the best of Otto Wallin in Saudi, yet Wilder, on the same card, was stunned by Joseph Parker, a result that halted any idea of a possible contest between the pair. Yet the American \u2013 who is also keen for a fourth Tyson Fury fight \u2013 has not ruled out the possibility of a UK showdown with Joshua should he get the job done against Zhang on Saturday. \u201cF*** yeah, it turns me on,\u201d he told Sportsbook Review regarding a London clash with AJ. \u201cI\u2019ve been in situations like that when I fought the gold medalist in Moscow. We were right there in the lion\u2019s den. \u201cYou come out into an arena with nothing but Russians and you can feel the breath coming off their mouths \u2018Russia, Russia, Russia\u2019 and you can feel the wind off their breath reaching the spikes of your neck hair as you walk in knowing you have got nobody there to represent you. \u201cYou are behind enemy lines and you get a great adrenaline rush. That\u2019s an amazing feeling, so I have no problem coming to London. \u201cIt would be amazing for me, but the only thing that would be different in coming to Russia than the UK is I actually have major fans in the UK, and I think they\u2019re going to show up and represent me, even though I\u2019m fighting their countryman.\u201d \u201cAll these fights are beautiful to talk about, but I\u2019ve got to handle business come June 1,\u201d he continued. \u201cBut it has been a long time coming for that fight with AJ. It\u2019s easy for them to talk about it right now because I already have a task I need to accomplish, but we\u2019ll see what type of talk they have when I accomplish my task, then there will be no more hiding, no will be able to hide, no one will be able to be outspoken without any weight behind it. \u201cWhen I do what I\u2019ve got to do, then you\u2019ve got to be a man of your word and do what you said you\u2019re going to do.\u201d Will Deontay Wilder retire? Wilder has said that he is \u201chighly considering\u201d retiring depending on the outcome of his fight with Zhang. Speaking to DAZN, the Bronze Bomber said: \u201cIt\u2019s going to be a different fight this time around, and if it\u2019s not a different fight, retirement is highly considered.\u201d When asked if the fight is a \u201cmust-win\u201d, the American responded: \u201cYeah, I think so, and I like that pressure because when you\u2019re under pressure, it brings the best out of you. If you really want it.\u201d Topic starts at 08:44 For all the biggest results and upcoming fights this year, check out Dexerto\u2019s 2024 boxing schedule.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Deontay Wilder says Anthony Joshua fight in London \u201cturns me on\u201d Associated PressDeontay Wilder has said that the thought of fighting Anthony Joshua in London \u201cturns me on\u201d, ahead of his upcoming bout with Zhilei Zhang on June 1. Wilder and Zhang go head-to-head as part of Frank Warren and Eddie Hearn\u2019s \u20185 vs 5\u2019 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21479","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21479","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21479"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21479\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21479"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21479"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21479"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}