Joshua and Wilder Agree to March Fight, Pending December Victories

The former heavyweight champions will face Wallin and Parker respectively in December, with victories setting the stage for a March showdown in Riyadh.

Former heavyweight champions Anthony Joshua and Deontay Wilder have agreed to a fight on March 9 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, contingent on their respective victories in separate bouts on December 23.
Joshua will face Otto Wallin, while Wilder will fight against Joseph Parker in the December matches.
Joshua, ESPN's No. 4 heavyweight, is a -425 favorite against Wallin, while Wilder, ESPN's No. 3 heavyweight, is a -700 favorite against Parker.
Joshua's career-best win came in 2017, when he survived a knockdown to score an 11th-round TKO of Hall of Famer Wladimir Klitschko.
Wilder, known as one of the biggest punchers in heavyweight championship history, has fought only one round since a first-round KO of Robert Helenius in October 2022.