Britain’s Anthony Joshua is a “cash cow” being ‘milked’ by his promoter Eddie Hearn, says fellow world heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder.
WBC champion Wilder, 32, thinks Joshua – who has the IBF and WBA belts – does not have the “confidence” to fight him.
The American, who fights Luis Ortiz on Saturday, told the BBC, “I don’t believe Hearn wants this fight at all.”
Hearn said, “It’s the biggest fight in world boxing… and I always make the biggest fights possible.”
Wilder will put his WBC belt on the line against Ortiz in New York, before Joshua meets WBO champion Joseph Parker in a unification bout on March 31.
“We’re ready on this side of the pond,” said Wilder.
“Joshua is like a cow, Eddie Hearn is milking him for every dollar. There have been no negotiations at all, no deal has been offered. But the world wants to see me and…
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