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Wilder predicts huge Joshua comeback

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Former WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder has backed Anthony Joshua to defeat Tyson Fury when they eventually meet, insisting the British-Nigerian only needs to improve his self-confidence to return to the top, PUNCH Sports Extra reports.

Despite Joshua’s recent knockout defeat to IBF champion Daniel Dubois, Wilder believes a clash between the British rivals would go the distance, with Joshua emerging victorious if he can overcome his mental barriers.

Tyson Fury loves the fight with Anthony Joshua - rejects the trilogy with Deontay Wilder - Telegraph - Telegraph

“I can see Joshua beating him (Fury). It’s crazy to say, some people are like how do you see that?” Wilder said.

“But I can really see Joshua winning that fight, to be honest. If he goes in and does what he has to do and does not think so much. I think Joshua thinks a lot. He doubts himself a lot as well. I don’t think he has a lot of self-motivation or self-confidence.

“I think if he changes a few things mentally, he can come back and redeem himself more so than ever.”

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Joseph Parker Has No Doubt On His Toughest Opponent And It’s Not Wilder, Zhang Or Joshua

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Parker first became WBO heavyweight champion back in 2016 with a victory over Andy Ruiz, and has remained near the top of the division for nearly a decade.

He lost his title to Anthony Joshua in 2018, but has had a career resurgence in the past 12 months, defeating Deontay Wilder and Zhilei Zhang to earn himself another crack at world honours.

Joseph Parker Fought Joshua, Wilder And Zhang And Didn't Hesitate To Name Who Hit The Hardest - Seconds Out

That comes in February, when he challenges Daniel Dubois for his IBF heavyweight title in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on the same card as Artur Beterbiev and Dmity Bivol‘s rematch for the undisputed light-heavyweight title.

While Parker may have shared the ring with Wilder, Zhang and Joshua, it’s another man that he deems to have been his toughest ever opponent, as he revealed to Carl Froch on his Froch On Fighting YouTube channel.

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‘Where’s he coming from?’ Parker hits back at Wilder’s excuses

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Joseph Parker is wondering where Deontay Wilder “is coming from” after the American made a series of excuses for his shock defeat in Saudi Arabia in December.

One of the three judges ruled that Wilder lost all 12 rounds in an unanimous decision loss to the underdog Kiwi heavyweight in Riyadh just before Christmas as Parker upset the odds with one of his best ever performances.

Wilder is no stranger to listing tenuous reasons for his losses – he blamed one of his defeats to Tyson Fury on wearing heavy elaborate headgear and armour on a ring walk – and the latest is almost as entertaining.

“It was a boring fight,” Wilder said in an interview.

“Nothing really happened. I went back to training the next day. He didn’t really do anything. They [the judges] just went off the little flurries or whatever.

Joseph Parker pulls off huge upset to earn convincing decision win over Deontay Wilder in Riyadh - Eurosport

“In the training for that I had to travel two times – 20 hours of travelling. And those guys were already in Europe. They were only two or three hours away. I’m not complaining, I’m just saying what I had to go through.”

The reality was the three judges gave the victory to Parker via an extremely wide decision because the normally destructive Wilder fought almost entirely on the back foot and was unwilling or unable to connect cleanly with his notorious right hand.

It was a curious departure from his mindset straight after the fight when he said: “My timing was off a little bit. Big love to Joseph, he did a great job avoiding a lot of my punches.

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