Anthony Joshua’s Management Is The Reason He Hasn’t Fought Me – Deontay Wilder

Popular American boxer, Deontay Wilder has come out to accuse Anthony Joshua of turning down a lucrative offer to fight him.

He recently had his say while speaking to the press, and fans have been reacting.

According to him, despite asking for $50million (£40m) to honor the fight and getting exactly that amount, Anthony Joshua still turned down the boxing match eventually.

Wilder added that the boxer’s management has clearly held AJ back from fighting him for years now.

“He asked for $50million (£40m) and we provided that for him and he did not take it.”

“And the only way you can disregard that is to make a mockery of it, try to make a joke of it, try to make it seem to the public that it’s not real.”

“It’s an ‘oh s*** moment’. They came up with $50m. That’s why they don’t have Joshua speaking a lot on his own behalf and if he does speak he always slips up and says things that are not appealing to his people. And they have to play clean up.”

“It’s his management that have held him back from fighting me because, you know, he’s a fighter. It’s been over six years (waiting for the fight to be made). But there comes a point in time we’re you’re like, ‘Forget it’.”

“Many times he wanted to fight, he wanted to accept it but his handlers didn’t want it because Joshua is the money-maker for the company. And if he goes down, so does the business.”