Anthony Joshua vs Deontay Wilder: Brit makes 'much-improved' offer for heavyweight unification fight
Joshua, who holds the WBA, IBF, WBO and IBO crowns, stopped Alexander Povetkin at Wembley Stadium last month
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Your support makes all the difference.Anthony Joshua's representatives have made a "much-improved" offer for a world heavyweight title unification fight against WBC champion Deontay Wilder but so far the overtures have been rebuffed, promoter Eddie Hearn has said.
The 28-year-old Joshua, who holds the WBA, IBF, WBO and IBO crowns, stopped Russian Alexander Povetkin at Wembley Stadium last month and is locked in to stage his next bout at the same venue in April next year.
Wilder, who is scheduled to fight Tyson Fury in Los Angeles on December 1, labelled Joshua a "coward" at a news conference on Monday for failing to secure a bout between them.
"We keep requesting these meetings and they don't want them to take place, which is a bit strange when you're talking about the biggest fight in world boxing," Hearn told Sky Sports.
"We wrote to (Wilder's camp) after our fight with Povetkin and said we need to make our move soon because of mandatories in place for April 13, so could we have a meeting," Hearn added.
"They got back and said no, we're not interested in meeting you, make us an offer and we'll let you know.
"We went back and made a much-improved offer from the first one - this one with a percentage split - a very attractive offer and then requested a meeting, but they turned round and said 'no, we won't meet you.'"
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