Deontay Wilder and Anthony Joshua may combat on identical card in Saudi Arabia on December 23 | Boxing Information

Deontay Wilder is holding talks for a combat in Saudi Arabia on December 23, with studies suggesting that Anthony Joshua may seem on the identical invoice forward of a possible combat in 2024.

Negotiations had been held earlier this 12 months for a long-awaited combat between the heavyweight rivals and Wilder this week reiterated his need to lastly share the ring with Joshua.

However Wilder is now set to return towards an unnamed opponent subsequent month, whereas Joshua can be anticipated to return to motion in a separate combat within the Center East on the identical present.

Wilder has been absent from the ring for over a 12 months since an explosive first-round knockout win over Robert Helenius final October.

Joshua additionally confronted Helenius in his final combat, and it led to a seventh-round knockout win this August.

In the event that they each emerge victorious, Wilder and Joshua may settle their long-running rivalry subsequent 12 months.

Joshua additionally hopes to safe a future combat with British rival Tyson Fury, who preserved his unbeaten document with a hard-fought break up resolution win over former UFC champion Francis Ngannou final month.

Requested by the BBC’s Louis Theroux how he’d really feel to combat and beat Fury, Joshua replied, “I might be over the moon,” earlier than including: “It is a problem, and one I might be up for.”

Fury is about for an undisputed combat towards Oleksandr Usyk subsequent, with High Rank president Todd DuBoef telling Sky Sports activities earlier this month the “heavy lifting” for the deal has been performed.

Watch Adam Azim problem Franck Petitjean for the European super-lightweight title and Tyler Denny tackle Matteo Signani for the European middleweight belt, dwell on Sky Sports activities Enviornment on Saturday November 18.