Tyson Fury vs Deontay Wilder: Anthony Joshua will not be attending fight night in Los Angeles
Joshua had been expected to attend the event in order to stoke the fires of a potential Wembley bout
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Your support makes all the difference.Anthony Joshua will not be ringside for Tyson Fury’s heavyweight world title fight against Deontay Wilder.
Fury faces the American WBC champion at the Staples Centre in Los Angeles next Saturday in a much anticipated showdown, with the winner expected to face Anthony Joshua in what would be a history-making, career-defining unification fight.
Joshua had been expected to attend the event in order to stoke the fires of a potential Wembley bout, and tweeted on Wednesday: “Unified the heavyweight division twice in 22 fights. Watch me become undisputed heavyweight champion in 2019.”
However, he has decided instead to honour a prearranged day working for a sponsor.
Joshua has a date booked at Wembley for 13 April, although the possibility of facing the winner of Fury vs Wilder is clouded by a rematch clause in their fight contract. Another possible opponent is the Briton Dillian Whyte, who Joshua beat in January 2016.
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