DEONTAY WILDER’S trainer believes his man fighting Anthony Joshua is far more exciting than Tyson Fury against Oleksandr Usyk.
All four of the heavyweight division’s top talent have been linked with a tournament-style series of bouts in Saudi Arabia.
It would see Fury, 34, and Usyk, 36, unify all four belts following failed talks to do so in London in April.
And Joshua, 33, is lined up to finally face Wilder, 37, to end years of rivalling the American.
Fury and Usyk have the chance to merge the WBC, WBA, IBF and WBO titles for the first time in heavyweight history.
But despite the landmark occasion, Wilder’s coach Malik Scott argued their blockbuster with AJ is far more appealing.
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He told ESNews: “It’s not in comparison to Deontay fighting Anthony Joshua, that’s nowhere near as exciting a match-up.
“Usyk and Fury is, in my opinion, not an exciting match-up.
“Even if Fury went in to knock him out, it wouldn’t be as exciting as Deontay and AJ going at it.”
Fury is set to return in July at Wembley Stadium with Andy Ruiz Jr, 33, the frontrunner to challenge for his WBC title.
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It followed after talks with Usyk collapsed amid a row over the financials for a potential rematch.
The Ukrainian unified champ has now been ordered into a WBA mandatory title defence against Daniel Dubois, 25, with final details to be confirmed.
Joshua meanwhile returned with a victory in April against Jermaine Franklin, 29, off the back of consecutive losses to Usyk.
And he had been linked with a rematch against Dillian Whyte, 34, in the summer.
But after promoter Eddie Hearn jetted out to Riyadh for fight talks, his attention appears to be solely on Wilder.
In a video reposted to YouTube by iFL TV from Instagram, AJ was asked if he’s going to beat Wilder.
Joshua responded: “That’s what’s happening, you know what’s going on.”
Asked if the fight was going ahead in December, he replied: “It’s public news we’re getting it down, throwing it down in December.”
Source: Boxing - thesun.co.uk
