Hearn To Wilder: Take Control of Your Own Career and fight Joshua

Eddie Hearn, promoter for IBF, IBO, WBA, WBO heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua, has called on WBC champion Deontay Wilder to apply pressure on his own team to make a unification happen in 2019.

Hearn has been steaming since Wilder’s co- manager, Shelly Finkel, stated in an interview that Wilder was booked up for 2019 – and a unification with Joshua would likely not happen until 2020 at the earliest.

Wilder is back on May 18th, when he faces Dominic Breazeale at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.

Joshua is back on June 1 at Madison Square Garden in New York City, and faces late replacement Andy Ruiz – who like Wilder is part of the Premier Boxing Champions banner.

According to Hearn, if Wilder decides to face Joshua he would would be capable of making at least double or even triple the rate of deciding to go against any other opponent.

Hearn believes that Wilder will next take a rematch with Luis Ortiz and then face Adam Kownacki.

“I can’t understand – if you’re Deontay Wilder, why would you not fight Anthony Joshua for double – triple the money you’re making anywhere else. It’s there for him. I know that [Luis] Ortiz has already been promised the Wilder fight, I know that [Adam] Kownacki has already been promised the Wilder fight,” Hearn told IFL TV.

“So we’re not just talking about 2020, we might be talking about 2021 when Wilder’s available. It’s bulls*** for the sport of boxing it really is and it’s annoying because certain people without the brain capacity presume that Joshua doesn’t want to fight Wilder – you couldn’t be more wrong.

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“Take control of your own career. He always says in interviews, ‘these promoters don’t let you do this and you’ve got to be in control of your own career. If you want the fight, take control of your own career.”