WBO heavyweight champion Joseph Parker tells talkSPORT deal to fight Anthony Joshua ‘very close’

WBO heavyweight champion Joseph Parker tells talkSPORT deal to fight Anthony Joshua ‘very close’

Listen to Joseph Parker on talkSPORT above! Wednesday, November 8, 2017 Joseph Parker has told tal..

Listen to Joseph Parker on talkSPORT above!

Wednesday, November 8, 2017

Joseph Parker has told talkSPORT a deal to fight Anthony Joshua is ‘very close’.

The WBO champion believes he is the best heavyweight in the world and is ready to come to Britain in 2018 to prove it by knocking out Joshua, the IBF and WBA belt holder.

“I’ve wanted to fight him for a long time now and to find out who the best in the world is, we should fight each to unify the belts,” the New Zealander said, speaking on the Alan Brazil Sports Breakfast.

“We are very close [to agreeing the fight]. From their side, they are very interested. From our side, we are in it 100 per cent.

“It is about making the deal now so everyone is happy. He is a great fighter, I believe am a great fighter, so let’s get it on and see who the best is.

“At the moment the UK is booming with the heavyweights so it will be good to go there. I loved the experience of fighting there before [against Hughie Fury].”

Parker has won all 24 of his fights as a professional and has yet to be knocked down in his career.

He also has his sights on Deontay Wilder, the WBC champion, and insists it will be the same outcome whoever he faces in the ring next.

“If the Joshua deal doesn’t work out and Wilder throws in a good deal, we would love to be there and fight in America,” he said.

“Joshua and Wilder are great champions, I respect them as fighters and what they have done in the sport and the power they present, but I back myself.

"I believe if I go to America or to Britain I will beat them both and knock them out.”

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