Longtime boxing promoter Bob Arum thinks Anthony Joshua and Deontay Wilder have seen their best days inside the ring.
Joshua recently suffered a brutal fifth-round knockout loss to Daniel Dubois. “AJ” was challenging for Dubois’ IBF heavyweight title. The event brought in nearly 100,000 fans at Wembley Stadium.
As for Wilder, he also suffered a devastating loss in his last outing. Zhilei Zhang scored a fifth-round TKO finish over “The Bronze Bomber” back in June.
Bob Arum Calls For Anthony Joshua vs. Deontay Wilder, Thinks It’s ‘Over’ for Them
During an interview with Fight Hub TV, Bob Arum wasn’t shy in expressing his opinion of Anthony Joshua and Deontay Wilder (via BoxingScene.com).
“No, you don’t have an off night getting out of you that way,” said Arum. “I just think AJ has been through a lot of wars. I think it’s over for him as well as over for [Deontay] Wilder.”
“Maybe they can fight each other,” Arum said, “that’d be good.”
Matchroom Boxing’s Eddie Hearn is a longtime promoter and friend of Joshua. He’s shared his belief that “AJ” should wait to see the outcome of Oleksandr Usyk vs. Tyson Fury 2.
Should Fury suffer another loss to Usyk, it could open the door for a long-anticipated showdown. Despite the loss to Dubois, there will still be an appetite for Joshua vs. Fury.
Hearn has also said Joshua wants a rematch with Dubois. Initially, Hearn said there was a rematch clause in place. The Matchroom boss later walked back that claim. With that said, both Joshua and Dubois camps have expressed mutual interest.
Joshua recently released a video on social media. In the clip, the former world champion said he will continue his boxing career. He shared his belief that he can still reach the mountain top again.
Should have a loser leaves town fight
Kind of no shit statement. Respectfully 
Don’t respect Arum, he’s a scumbag.
I was respecting OP🙏
Very fair indeed sir.
I have NO Dog in the fight. I post news and hope you comment. Sometimes ill throw in a bone.
Yeah no shit…
AJ/Wilder peaked as a potential fight in like 2018. Even if we get it now it wont feel the same.
How the hell are Arum and King still alive?
They were old men 40 years ago.
Anthony Joshua managed to avoid the 2 biggest fights of his career.
lol
Arum’s got to b approaching a 700 years of age now surely?
They were probably the two biggest fights in all combat sports post-Floyd/Pac too, and definitely would have been the biggest HW fights since Lennox/Tyson.
Such a waste.
Joshua is massively overhyped but at least he has some decent wins on his resume. Wilder doesn’t have a single decent win on his does he? An ageing Ortiz was probably his biggest win
Having said that, I’ve always thought Wilder would KO Joshua early if they fought. AJs chin and defence are not good, Wilder would only have to clip him and it’d be over.
I said when Joshua, Wilder & Parker were coming through that Parker was the best of them. I feel I’m gonna be proven right still, it was a real shame the moment proved too much for Parker when he fought Joshua first time out. I hope he gets his shot against Usyk as that’d be a hell of a fight now I think
I think the Ortiz wins were good, even considering Ortizs age. I think that 2018 version of Ortiz would have been trouble for anybody Joshua beat and Joshua himself. But overall yeah his resume is very thin for a guy whos had nearly 50 fights.
Parker is in a good position right now. Very battle tested and experienced but still pretty young.