‘He’s done’: Eddie Hearn fires warning to Deontay Wilder over Tyson Fury vs Anthony Joshua

Eddie Hearn has sent a warning to Deontay Wilder that he's out of the league if he fails to beat Tyson Fury in their trilogy fight. He also added, that there is no chance that Wilder will take on the winner of Anthony Joshua and Fury. Wilder was reportedly considering stepping aside for Fury to fight AJ so long as he was heavily compensated. But Hearn rejected reports claiming Wilder was willing to move out of the way for the two Brits to fight. "I think Bob Arum said in an interview at the weekend where he said he doesn’t know where this number [$10million] has come from," Hearn told IFLTV. "He’s said in interviews he won’t step aside and with everything happening in terms of the uncertainty over the future of the world, let alone boxing, he’s not going to want to step aside. "We also don’t want to enter into a deal where we say, “Oh when we beat Tyson Fury, we have to face Deontay Wilder and he has to get 40%”. Deontay Wilder is out. He’s done. ‘He’s just a voluntary challenger. We want a clean slate when we enter into a deal. Whether it’s a one-fight deal with Tyson or a two-fight deal but when AJ beats Tyson Fury we don’t want an obligation to fight Deontay Wilder. What’s he got to do with it? "He’s done. He’s beaten. He’s just been knocked out. If he beats Tyson Fury then we want to fight Deontay Wilder but if he doesn’t, he’s just back into the rankings. He’s not coming into a fight with the undisputed champion. So in that respect it’s a lot easier for us just to have a clean slate and everybody is on the same page with that as well." Source: Metro

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