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Tyson Fury’s Trainer Rules Out Possibility Of Joshua-Wilder Fight In April

Tyson Fury’s Trainer Rules Out Possibility Of Joshua-Wilder Fight In April

Anthony Joshua’s showdown with Deontay Wilder in April 2019 might not happen as some people are expecting it to.

Adnan Riaz

Adnan Riaz

Anthony Joshua outboxed Alexander Povetkin on Saturday night at Wembley Stadium to pick up his 22 professional win and make it 21 KOs to date. But what's next for the 28-year-old Brit? Dillian Whyte? Deontay Wilder?

Well, if we're talking about Wilder, then that fight seems highly unlikely by the sound of things.

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Journalist Tom Kershaw has tweeted that a Joshua-Wilder showdown probably won't happen in April, considering that Tyson Fury's trainer, Ben Davison, has said that there is a rematch clause inserted into the Gypsy King's upcoming fight with the WBC champion.



AJ defeated the 39-year-old Povetkin and successfully retained his IBF, WBA (Super) and WBO titles.

Let's not forget about Fury, though. The boxer was pretty annoyed that promoter Eddie Hearn completely disregarded him as AJ's next opponent.

"Think it's now safe to say AJ and his team are a pack of s***houses and will rob the British boxing fans of Britain's biggest fight," Fury wrote on Instagram. "They will never fight me ever! Way too slow and ponderous.

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"Can't box eggs! Contact me when you grow a pair. I'm 27/0/19 KO and the lineal heavyweight champion of the world! Can't say I blame team Joshua."

Hearn came out to say that AJ's next opponent would be either Wilder or Whyte.

"They [Deontay Wilder's camp] agreed the deal: we signed a contract, they didn't," he said (via BBC Sport).

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"If they [Wilder] don't want to fight, they don't want to fight. Anthony Joshua is not an Instagram world champion: he is a world champion.

"Tonight was about making the first step out of the way. If it is not Deontay, Dillian Whyte will be next. Our sole focus is on AJ being the undisputed heavyweight champion of the world."

Fury will take on Wilder for the WBC title on December 1.





Who do you think AJ's next opponent should be?

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Topics: Boxing News, Anthony Joshua, Boxing, Deontay Wilder

Adnan Riaz is a journalist for SPORTbible. He studied for a B.A. in History at the University of York and followed it up with an M.A. in Multimedia Journalism at MMU. Before he started writing about sports, he spent over four years in the gaming press. He has worked for several publications, including Hardcore Gamer, LADbible and the Manchester Evening News. Follow him on Twitter to find out what he is working on next. Got a story tip for Adnan? Email him: [email protected]

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