Deontay Wilder believes his”sixth sense” informs him that the”secret” reason Anthony Joshua dropped to Andy Ruiz Jr – and the rematch will proceed the identical way.
Shockwaves were shipped via the heavyweight division when Ruiz Jr beat Joshua however he could recover the WBA, IBF and WBO titles once they meet on December 7, live on Sky Sports Box Office.
“I really don’t believe he’s prepared for this. I am one of those people that he must prove wrong,” WBC winner Wilder exclusively told Sky Sports about Joshua.
“Many people have doubted me from the start and still do so. But I am one of the folks he must prove wrong.
“I understand body language, I am very smart when it comes to [these items ]. What his body said because ring showed all to me that I need to view. Only the fighter could know inside himself.
“The trick is to be told. Since you want to keep folks guessing, and that’s OK. Can it be this? Or was it that? That is why the second battle is larger. People don’t know what to think.
“People will finally find out what it really was.
“If he is not correct, and people are saying one thing but he does some other, then folks are going to have their own perception of what they consider him afterwards.
“People say’when he loses, it is over’.
“There is more stress on him. I feel emptied, While I discuss his situation.
“Trust meI have a sixth sense.”
If Joshua defeats Ruiz Jr, an undisputed heavyweight championship fight could be resurrected, also Wilder remains unbeaten at a rematch with Luis Ortiz on November 23.
Last year once they battled to a draw, Tyson and wilder Fury aim a second fight for 2020.
Joshua’s promoter Eddie Hearn told Sky Sports this week:”I really don’t see the February fight [Wilder vs Fury] can occur.
“The entire world is considering Joshua-Ruiz Jr, also I really don’t believe anything can happen until that fight takes place. Ruiz Jr is with the [promoters] PBC and Al Haymon, and so is Deontay Wilder.
“If Ruiz beats Joshua, they will be seeking to make an inexplicable battle [against Wilder], but clearly if Joshua wins, then that throws out everything. Who can rule out Joshua against Tyson Fury at Wembley next summer?”
Joshua, requested if fights with Wilder and Fury would ever happen, told Sky Sports last week:”Yes, 100 per cent. That’s like asking if a football team will play a different soccer team. Obviously.
“We’re in exactly the same branch, in precisely exactly the identical time period. We have to fight with each other.
“We’re all big draws in the heavyweight division therefore that it would be massive.
“I would love to battle Wilder, I would like to fight Fury.”
Deontay Wilder on Anthony Joshua: ‘What his body said in that ring showed me everything that I need to see’
