Wilder eyes Joshua showdown, predicts Ortiz KO

Undefeated heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder compares rival champion Anthony Joshua to a cow in calling out the unbeaten British heavyweight ahead of the American’s Saturday title defense against Luis Ortiz.

Wilder, 39-0 with 38 knockouts, defends his World Boxing Council crown against Cuban Ortiz, 28-0 with 24 knockouts, at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn. A Wilder-Joshua showdown figures to be the biggest bout the heavyweight division has seen in more than a decade —if it ever comes off.

Wilder claims promoter Eddie Hearn fears a Joshua loss to Wilder would end the stadium-filling slugger’s big money spectacles.“Most definitely, he (Eddie Hearn) is so terrified of me, he’s nervous,” Wilder told AFP. “He don’t want that fight to happen. He wants to milk the cow.“Joshua is Annabelle and he is pumping that milk out of there, as much as he can, trying to make that money from his man until the time comes.

He’s going to continue to do his tactics of getting lower opposition in there because if the British fans buy it, he’s making money.”