WBC champion Deontay Wilder has fired up his verbal attack against Joseph Parker again, labeling the Kiwi fighter and WBO champion the "scaredest of them all" in the ongoing discussions to unify the heavyweight division.
Wilder, Parker and British boxer Anthony Joshua have circled each other this year with the talks of unifying their belts and the topic has flared up again with Joshua defending his WBA and IBF titles against Carlos Takam on Sunday.
David Higgins spoke about what’s in store for the new WBO champion, singling out USA’s Deontay Wilder.
The outspoken American believes that the mission is impossible though with Parker apparently too "scared" to face him.
"I think it'll be easier to get Joshua than Parker," Wilder told BoxingScene .
"Parker is the scaredest of them all. He don't want it.
Trash talk has been part of the spectacle of international boxing for decades.
"My thing is if you come in this thing talking about how you wanna fight the best, then please do fight the best. Y'all came to my city, talked to me for several days, talked to my people for several days, not only in person, but on the phone, for nothing. For nothing, when y'all know you didn't want me."
Parker was present at Wilder's last fight in February when he beat Gerald Washington to move to 38-0 - the Kiwi spoke at the time of his hopes of stepping in the ring against Wilder but the talks never came to fruition with the Kiwi stuck in a mandatory fight against Hughie Fury.
But Wilder believes his knockout of Washington is what caused the talks to stop.
"You thought you wanted me, but you came to the fight and you saw me knock this guy out like I did, and you don't want it no more.
"I'm gonna have to stop all these champions and these top contenders from coming to my fights because when they do, they see what they thought they want is not what they really want. Their eyes play tricks on them from afar, but when they come in person it's a whole, totally different story.
"But sooner or later, whether Joshua gets his belt and I fight Joshua, or I get his belt and fight Joshua, either way, Parker's gonna be gone soon."
Wilder defends his title against Bermane Stiverne in New York this weekend.
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