ANTHONY Joshua has vowed to “f*** up” Deontay Wilder when the 2 heavyweight giants lastly conflict.
But British boy AJ insists the fight will happen in the UK, claiming he needs to keep away from the “tips” of American referees and judges.
Boxing followers are determined to see the 2 fighters lastly shake palms on a mega-cash deal to unify the heavyweight division.
Negotiations have turn out to be a drawn-out affair as proposals proceed to return and forth between the camps.
Wilder believes Joshua can earn extra money if he crosses the Atlantic for a battle in the States.
But AJ is adamant he will not go to America to “rain down hell” on Wilder.
And the mega-star has defined that he doesn’t need to danger arising towards some questionable refereeing selections or dodgy scorecards together with his belts on the road.
Talking at a dinner speak in Wolverhampton, Joshua stated: “This is the state of affairs I’m considering.
“So with this Las Vegas speak, I owe it to everybody in Nice Britain which were supporting me to do my greatest to get this fight in the UK, in my opinion, that’s primary.
“He [Wilder] has type of stated ‘alright, cool, come fight me in America’. However the factor is with that, I owe it to the followers and everybody supporting me to do it right here.
“And quantity two, if I’m going there, there’s a whole lot of tips that they play in phrases of referees and judges and that’s why I would like to be at residence the place I’m safe.
“Fortunately we’ve acquired sufficient time to make the fight occur and we’re engaged on it. We’ve simply despatched one other draft e mail over to them. It’s simply the technical jargon that we’re going by means of proper now.
“I ain’t received nothing to lose and I’m [going to] rain down hell on him – I’m going to f*** him up dangerous. You’ve seen it, I can go to hell and again. I take pleasure in it there as nicely, this time I’m going to personal it.
“We’re massive hitters, so for positive I’m going to be throwing plenty of mixture punches and it’ll be fascinating. I feel he’ll be making an attempt to decide punches. I’ll simply be coming ahead and swinging plenty of mixtures, simply making an attempt to catch him and harm him early on.”