Eddie Hearn reveals the real reason Deontay Wilder won't attend Anthony Joshua fight

Photo/Bryn Lennon/Getty Images Eddie Hearn believes Deontay Wilder has no intention of fighting Anthony Joshua anytime soon, as the Bronze Bomber decided not to attend AJ’s upcoming clash with Andy Ruiz Jr. Joshua defends his WBA Super, IBF and WBO titles on his US debut against Andy Ruiz Junior at Madison Square Garden on Saturday. Wilder (41-0-1, 40 KOs) added yet another violent finish to his career highlight reel with a brutal one-punch knockout at 2:17 of Round 1 against Dominic Breazeale.  The WBC champion is rumoured to have already lined up fights against Luis Ortiz and Adam Kownacki. “I think because Deontay knows he’s not going to fight Joshua, or he doesn’t want to fight Joshua, there’s going to be a lot of pressure on him,” Hearn told iFL TV. “If he’s there, we’re going to put it on him, the media are going to put it on him and the fans are going to put it on him. And if he knows he’s fighting Ortiz, there probably isn’t a huge amount of point in him going to be honest. But I hope he goes.”  Probed on whether Wilder should be attending if he truly wants to unify the division, Hearn continued: “What can we do? We want the undisputed fight, we can’t make it any clearer. I don’t care about Deontay Wilder, we’ve got to care about Andy Ruiz. Next week, Britain takes over Madison Square Garden and America get to see Anthony Joshua live and up close. All I care about is Joshua-Ruiz. Once that’s dealt with, and touch wood AJ gets the win, we’ll move on and push as hard as we can for that fight [against Wilder].”

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