{"id":294868,"date":"2018-12-13T12:46:54","date_gmt":"2018-12-13T20:46:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=294868"},"modified":"2018-12-13T12:50:33","modified_gmt":"2018-12-13T20:50:33","slug":"anthony-joshua-challenges-deontay-wilder-to-april-showdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/boxing-news\/anthony-joshua\/anthony-joshua-challenges-deontay-wilder-to-april-showdown\/","title":{"rendered":"Anthony Joshua challenges Deontay Wilder to April showdown"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\">Speaking on ESPN\u2019s First Take this week, unified heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua attempted to make things very clear: He is ready and willing to fight WBC champ Deontay Wilder.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The British champion opened the door to a fight with Wilder, asking only that it occur on April 13 at Wembley Stadium in London, England, and confirming the venue is already booked.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/FirstTake\/status\/1073292078694707200<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cAs I said, I\u2019m willing to fight Deontay Wilder, April 13 in London,\u201d Anthony Joshua said plainly. \u201cI don\u2019t know what else I have to do to get that message across. He\u2019s more interested in fighting Tyson Fury [again]. Tyson Fury holds no world titles.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cI can\u2019t control what Deontay Wilder does,\u201d he continued. \u201cI can\u2019t control what Tyson Fury does, or even as far as what they say. What I can control is what I say and what I\u2019m doing. I made sure with the negotiations, I booked the date in advance, set the venue in advance. And I\u2019m making my point clear in front of everyone. I\u2019m willing to fight any one of these guys, especially the champion Deontay Wilder, April 13 at Wembley. What more can I say?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_293542\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-293542\" style=\"width: 696px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-293542\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/Tyson-Fury-Deontay-Wilder.png\" alt=\"Tyson Fury, Deontay Wilder\" width=\"696\" height=\"399\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/Tyson-Fury-Deontay-Wilder.png 696w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/Tyson-Fury-Deontay-Wilder-300x172.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-293542\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image: Showtime boxing on Instagram<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"p1\">While Anthony Joshua is more than willing to meet Deontay Wilder in the ring this April, he\u2019s not quite as keen on a fight with Tyson Fury.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cI\u2019m not interested in Tyson Fury, he\u2019s not the champion,\u201d Joshua said, adding that Fury\u2019s status as the lineal heavyweight champion doesn\u2019t mean much to him. \u201cThat lineal status\u2026 when I was joining the heavyweight ranks nobody told me about lineal champions. I knew about WBC, IBO, IBF, WBA, and WBO, and I\u2019ve got my hands on four of [those titles]. So I don\u2019t know where this lineal [championship] just popped out of the woodwork from.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cBut if I\u2019ve got to get my hands on that too, and that\u2019s a bout that the world is interested in, Fury can step in if he\u2019s serious. That\u2019s where I\u2019m coming from. I want to fight the champions. I\u2019m the one leading the pack. I\u2019ve been doing that since I made my debut.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Who do you want to see Anthony Joshua fight next?<\/p>\n<p><i>This article first appeared on\u00a0<\/i><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/\"><span class=\"s1\"><i>BJPENN.COM<\/i><\/span><\/a><i>\u00a0on 12\/13\/2018. <\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Speaking on ESPN\u2019s First Take this week, unified heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua attempted to make things very clear: He is ready and willing to fight WBC champ Deontay Wilder. 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