Anthony Joshua and Deontay Wilder’s December opponents revealed

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Following the breakdown of their initial plan to contest this December, Anthony Joshua and Deontay Wilder found other opponents and are finalising their separate agreements.

According to journalist Dan Rafael, their opponents have been named as efforts continue to put signatures to paper.

Dan Rafael wrote, ‘Should the deals in the works that would see heavyweight stars Anthony Joshua and Deontay Wilder fight in separate bouts on a mostly-heavyweight extravaganza being planned for Dec. 23 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, be finalized, their opponents have been agreed to.

‘Former two-time unified titleholder Joshua would fight Otto Wallin in the main event of the pay-per-view and former WBC titleholder Wilder would square off with former WBO titleholder Joseph Parker in the co-feature, sources with knowledge of the deals told Fight Freaks Unite…Organizers, including Queensberry Promotions’ Frank Warren, who has forged a relationship with the Saudis in doing their deals for lineal/WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury’s recent bout against former UFC heavyweight champion Francis Ngannou and the deal for Fury’s forthcoming undisputed championship fight against three-belt titlist Oleksandr Usyk, are aiming to put on a news conference on Wednesday in London, although there remains much work to be done on various contracts, sources said.’

According to the past records of Joshua and Wilder’s opponents, Joshua got the toughest partner. If the efforts to get the fight done ends up fruitful, Joshua’s victory will prove a solid point, while his loss will be detrimental to his rating in a big way.