Malik Scott, head trainer for heavyweight Deontay Wilder, would love to see his man collide with fellow former world champion Anthony Joshua.
Joshua returned to the ring earlier this month, when he picked up a twelve round unanimous decision over Jermaine Franklin.
Wilder has been out of the ring since last October, when he knocked out Robert Helenius in the first round at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.
Wilder is mulling his options at the moment, but Scott views Joshua as the fight to make right now.
“I’m very, very big on Deontay fighting Anthony Joshua. I believe that it’s good not just for boxing. It’s good for so many reasons. It’s a treat to society. I believe that Deontay fighting Anthony Joshua is that type of fight that motivates not just the little kid in the inner city that’s trying to make it to the top to provide for their family, but also the businessman,” Scott told IFL TV.
“It’s good for mankind. It would be a real tragedy if this fight doesn’t happen. That’s the fight I’m polling for every time someone asks me what’s next for Deontay. We’ll see. Deontay wants to fight. I want to fight. This whole side here wants to fight. We want to see what AJ does now. The ball is kind of in his court. We are ready.”
There is no indication on when Joshua will fight again. He was due to return in the summer months. That scenario seems to be off, as Joshua recently took to social media to reveal that his next fight will not happen until the month of December.
‘My next fight is scheduled for December. Not ideal but everything is part of a bigger picture,’ Joshua wrote on Instagram.