Former WBC heavyweight champion, Deontay Wilder has come out to say that Anthony Joshua avoided fighting him years ago when he tried to make a unification bout happen.

He recently had his say while speaking to the press, and fans have been reacting.

According to him, he really wanted to fight Anthony Joshua when he was still at the peak of his powers, but he and his team did everything to avoid him.

Wilder added that he hates talking about boxing promotion managers because they leave a bitter taste in his mouth.

His words, “That’s why they didn’t make the fight before.”

“I mean that is the reason they took me on a six-month rollercoaster because they did everything to avoid the fight. They did not want to fight me and these are the results and the reason, we are seeing it fast forward years later. I hate talking about those guys. These promoters, managers, they put a bad taste in my mouth every time because they get in the way of big fights from happening.”

WOW.