Joshua: I am 95% sure that the fight with Wilder will take place this year

Anthony Joshua said that the fight against Deontay Wilder "95%" would take place this year. Earlier, the promoter of the British Eddie Hearn also voiced a positive outlook in the negotiations with the American side.

"This fight should happen, and I'm 95% sure that it will be this year," Joshua said. "I'm very, very interested in this meeting. Discussing the financial side in these negotiations is not necessary, because I'm well aware of how much you can make on this. So for now let's leave it, and we will pay attention to the details. I'm against agreeing to a fixed fee, as they suggested. I'm not going to sell my belts, and give control over what's going on. I did not come here for this. The main thing is to use the real potential of this meeting. They want the fight to be in America, and I want it in the UK. But we still have a lot of time to negotiate, because this fight will take place not earlier than at the end of this year. And we work hard on this."