“He Doesn’t Want It Anymore” Roy Jones Jr Has No Doubt Who Wins Anthony Joshua vs Deontay Wilder: “He Doesn’t Want It Anymore”

Anthony Joshua versus Deontay Wilder is a huge heavyweight contest that could be made with both men edging towards the end of their careers, and it’s one that Roy Jones Jr is keen to see.

These two stars of the banner division ruled as champions at the same time with separate organisations for many years. Despite that, they never managed to arrange to fight one another and eventually, both got dethroned.

It was Tyson Fury who beat Wilder in two epic fights as part of a three-fight trilogy, and since then Wilder has fought three more times.

He got an easy win over Robert Helenius but then lost on points to Joseph Parker without ever really throwing a shot in anger, and was dismantled and stopped inside five rounds by Zhilei Zhang last time out in June 2024.

Former two-time champion Joshua meanwhile lost back-to-back contests with Oleksandr Usyk, rebuilt with wins over the likes of Otto Wallin and Francis Ngannou, then lost again in September at the fists of IBF champion Daniel Dubois.

Who he fights next is up in the air after Fury retired, but Wilder remains one option.

Speaking to iFL TV, multi-weight great Jones was asked about the potential showdown and is backing AJ to get the win.

“I think Joshua has a better chance of winning that fight. I don’t think Joshua is as damaged as Wilder. Wilder showed with Parker he really didn’t want it any more. I don’t know, we’ll have to see what Wilder shows up.”