Joshua however points out that even though bouts with those opponents never came to fruition, for his part he has previously agreed to fight both men.
Talks for a fight with Tyson Fury have stalled and collapsed in the past, while Joshua had inked a deal to fight Wilder this year, only for the American to suffer a surprise upset loss to Joseph Parker and nix the arrangement.
The Wilder cancellation, Joshua told Sky Sports News, was “annoying in a way because in fight week we met up, we spoke to lawyers, we signed contracts, all that good stuff”.
“It’s a fight that fans want to see,” he continued. “I’m not saying it’s completely written off.
“It’s a fight where everything was signed and sealed. It just needed both of us to deliver. And he didn’t meet his end of the bargain.”
His willingness to take on that level of opposition says something about Joshua as a fighter.
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