Wilder vs. Joshua Could Happen This Year, Says Showtime Honcho
Wilder vs. Joshua Could Happen In '18 ... Says Showtime Honcho
The heavyweight fight everyone wants to see -- Deontay Wilder vs. Anthony Joshua -- could happen in the next 6 months ... says the man in charge of broadcasting the event.
TMZ Sports spoke to Stephen Espinoza -- Showtime's president of sports and event programming -- who tell us the "ball is rolling" on making the fight happen in 2018.
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"Things are moving. Discussions are happening," Espinoza tells us.
Wilder and Joshua have been calling each other out publicly for the last year -- with Wilder recently saying he'd even fly to England to fight Joshua on his home turf.
Both guys seem down to fight -- it's just a matter of locking up a deal.
Espinoza tell us the fight would be massive -- bigger than Canelo Alvarez vs. GGG -- and only rivaled by Mike Tyson vs. Lennox Lewis in 2002 and the superfights of the 1980s.
Fingers crossed he's right!