By Tim Royner: WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder has given up all hope of landing a unification fight against three-belt unified champion Anthony Joshua in 2019. Wilder says he’s already been told that there’s no chance of getting a fight Joshua this year, and that the match won’t take place, if alt all until 2020. “That’s going straight down the middle,” Wilder said about wanting a 50-50 purse split now for the Joshua fight. “If I wasn’t so dangerous, this fight would have happened, Wilder said about a fight against Joshua. Wilder made it clear in the media that he wouldn’t fight Joshua unless he was given a 50-50 deal.

Source: News 24 February 19, 2019 04:07 UTC