Anthony Joshua is ready to unify the heavyweight division but now faces his biggest challenge yet with his next opponent chillingly declaring he wants to kill someone in a boxing ring.

The British champion added the WBO belt to his IBF and WBA titles with a points victory over Joseph Parker in Wales on Saturday night and is now looking to lock horns with WBC holder Deontay Wilder.

But Wilder’s comments this week that his in-ring persona, the Bronze Bomber, wants ‘a body on my record’ have sparked outrage and concern ahead of a potential showdown with Joshua later this year.

“I want a body on my record. I want one. I really do,” Wilder said. “That’s the ‘Bronze Bomber’. He wants one. I always tell people that when I’m in the ring then I’m the ‘Bronze Bomber’ and with him, it’s so crazy, I don’t really care.

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“Everything about me changes. I don’t get nervous. I don’t get scared. I don’t get butterflies. I don’t have any feeling towards the other man in the fight.”

“The power that I have, it’s easy to be able to do. I thought I had one at one time with [Artur] Szpilka because he wasn’t breathing when he hit the canvas. Somebody is going to go.”

There is no love lost between the pair and Wilder declined an invitation to attend last night’s battle in Cardiff, however Joshua would not condemn the American for his controversial remarks.

“Each to their own,” Joshua said. “That’s what you’re going to get. That’s what he wants to do.

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“I wouldn’t want a body on my record. I always say my little prayer in the corner. I pray for success and I pray for his health and that he’ll be safe when he leaves the ring.

“I even made sure I spoke to Parker’s mum before she left and said ‘pat your son on the back, he’s done well and he’ll be back’.

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“Why would I want to kill her son in the ring? Each to their own.”

Fellow heavyweight fighter Tony Bellew described Wilder as a disgrace for his desire to kill someone, while The World Boxing Council has vowed to investigate the comments made by the WBC champion.