Eddie Hearn slams Deontay Wilder for snubbing Anthony Joshua

Photo/Bryn Lennon/Getty Images Deontay Wilder has been branded “embarrassing” by Anthony Joshua’s promoter Eddie Hearn. Wilder has revealed his next fight will be in September, and it’s not against Joshua or a rematch with Tyson Fury. Instead, Wilder will take on Luis ‘King Kong’ Ortiz for the second time after knocking the Cuban out in March 2018. Hearn hit out at the American and accused him deliberately sabotaging the fight. He told iFL TV : "Joshua goes on ESPN yesterday and says,'I'll sit down with you after my fight and we’ll do a deal.' And he goes, 'S***. How can we look okay out of this? Oh yeah, I've signed a deal to fight Ortiz, everybody.' What? That morning? It’s embarrassing, that’s what it is… Stop talking about Wilder, he’s a waste of time. They don’t want the fight, he’s been talked into doing something else. He’s not his own boss, he doesn’t make his own decisions, let him do what he’s been talked into. When he becomes available, after he’s fought Ortiz, after he’s fought [Adam] Kownacki, then I guess we’ll try again."

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