Deontay Wilder is looking to put himself back into the top of the heavyweight scene.
The hard-hitting American suffered a shock defeat to Joseph Parker in December in a lacklustre performance that derailed a huge showdown with Anthony Joshua.
But it’s been announced he will face another of the division’s biggest punchers on June 1st in Zhilei Zhang and he believes a win in style could put him in line to take on Anthony Joshua in the future.
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Speaking to BBC sport he said: “People are always going to want to see that fight no matter what. I put it in the high 90s [percentage chance of the fight happening].
“I always said it before, it’ll be a shame if we never fought. It only takes that one fight, that one night. June 1st is going to be that night, that one fight.
“Deontay Wilder knocks [Zhilei Zhang’s] head off and the world goes crazy. And there we go again, Wilder versus Joshua. They want it [again].”
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