Anthony Joshua may fight Deontay Wilder next April

Rigning IBF, WBA and IBO World heavyweight title holder, Anthony Joshua, is ready to sign a contract to fight Deontay Wilder in April 2019, according to promoter Eddie Hearn.

Hearn is also confident that the American will “come to his senses” and follow suit after his tirade of abuse at his rival in June following an order from the WBA that Joshua should finalise a date for a mandatory title defence against Alexander Povetkin.

“I’m pretty confident. I think at the moment he [Wilder] is throwing his toys out of the pram and, eventually, we hope he’ll come to his senses,” Hearn told Sky Sports News.

“All the terms that were agreed by Deontay Wilder have now been put into the contract. They’ve had them now for over a month, and they haven’t done anything.

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“So, I think what we’re going to do, we’re going to sign the contract.

“Anthony Joshua says let’s sign the contract and put it in front of them, rather than them thinking that we’re bluffing for some bizarre reason, or we don’t want the fight.

“Anthony’s going to have a press conference for his next fight next week and he’ll be in America as well, and it will be good to go out there and say we’ve done all we can.

“You’ve agreed these terms, we’ve now even signed the contract, so fingers crossed, April 13 at Wembley will be Joshua against Wilder.

“I’m confident it will be, because when you look at the other fights for Deontay Wilder, I don’t know who he is going to fight next, let alone in April, if he doesn’t find Anthony Joshua.”

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