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Deontay Wilder fears a certain British heavyweight, and it's not Anthony Joshua says Malik Scott

Deontay Wilder fears a certain British heavyweight, and it's not Anthony Joshua says Malik ScottDAZN

Deontay Wilder returned to the ring in some style on Saturday night. 

A first-round knockout against Robert Helenius was exactly what the former world heavyweight champion needed to re-establish himself as one of the most dangerous names in the division. 

Wilder is already being linked with some of the biggest names at heavyweight division, including Anthony Joshua in what would be a fight for the ages. 

But it looks like Wilder could be set to face another former world champion in the form of Andy Ruiz Jr, with the WBC expecting to order the pair to face each other in a final elimantor for the WBC world heavyweight title which is currently held by Tyson Fury. 

However, a fight with Ruiz Jr is not something that excites Wilder according to his coach Malik Scott, instead a meeting with British heavyweight Joe Joyce is something that both interests and scares the 36-year-old knockout artist. 

"At the top level of the division there are not many fighters I'm interested in fighting. Joe Joyce is a much better fighter for us concerning entertaining fights than Andy Ruiz," Scott told Vegas Insider

"Ruiz would be more marketable because he's a former heavyweight champion but Joyce is a much tougher opponent than Andy Ruiz is. Joyce would beat Ruiz easily.

"When I think of Joe Joyce I think - how many could he take? And if he can take the hardest puncher in the history of this sport over and over again and not be dazed, which is almost humanly impossible - then obviously he'd be the toughest one."

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