Deontay Wilder has taken a swipe at heavyweight rival Anthony Joshua as he steps up preparations for his rematch with Tyson Fury.
A fight with Joshua could be on the cards if terms can be agreed and the Bronze Bomber sees off Fury in Las Vegas next weekend.
But Wilder, after labelling Joshua a ‘coward’, has now slammed his rival’s boxing style that brought him revenge in a rematch against Andy Ruiz Jr in December, where he took back the WBA (super), IBF, WBO and IBO belts.
‘He didn’t fight off. Nobody wants to see you come back and gain a title pitty pat, stealing someone else’s technique and style of punch, grab, hold’, he told CNN Sport.
‘We want to see you all on your shield. This man knocked you down four times and knocked you out. Knocked you out!
‘So you don’t come back and pitty pat pitty pat and just win a round off a guy that’s overweight and didn’t train for the fight at all.’
And he had stern words for Joshua’s team, including promoter Eddie Hearn, for their approach to setting up big fights that focuses too much on business.
