Deontay Wilder says he will accept 40 per cent cut to Anthony Joshua’s 60 for heavyweight blockbuster

DEONTAY WILDER has said he will accept a 40 per cent split to fight Anthony Joshua.

The revelation could well see that unification blockbuster edge one step closer - provided AJ can see off Joseph Parker.

Those two will clash with the IBF, IBO, WBA and WBO heavyweight titles on the line - but the fight boxing fans really want to see is Wilder versus Joshua.

But in an interview with talkSPORT, Wilder also revealed that discussions for a fight against AJ have yet to even begin.

He said: "Nothing has been offered, nothing.

“Even when [Eddie] Hearn and his father [Barry] came to America last year, they weren’t talking about Joshua.

“Joshua wasn’t in their mind. They were saying ‘you guys and Dillian Whyte’. Like I said before, I would fight Dillian Whyte no problem. That’s easy.

“As long as you have Joshua on the end of that, we’re good. And they didn’t even want to make that happen.

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“That was the only thing that was going. There wasn’t anything about me and Joshua discussed. Nothing. Not one thing.

“They come back and said we didn’t make an offer, we didn’t reach an agreement.

"How can an offer be made when the main subject wasn’t even discussed – we’re talking about Wilder vs Joshua.”

Wilder has previously said that "kings don't chase peasants" - in reference to not seeing a point in fighting the likes of Whyte.

He added: "The people want to see the biggest and the baddest and the best fight. Most of these people are going to say this is the best of their era.