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Joshua vs Parker: Joseph Parker tells Deontay Wilder he will not get to fight Anthony Joshua in 2018

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Joseph Parker has laughed off the chance of Deontay Wilder fighting Anthony Joshua this year.

The WBO heavyweight world champion also hit back at TV star Graham Norton, as upped the ante ahead of his unification fight in Cardiff, on March 31, live on Sky Sports Box Office.

Joshua vs Parker on Box Office
Joshua vs Parker on Box Office

Sky Sports Box Office will show the heavyweight unification from Cardiff, on Saturday, March 31.

Wilder and promoter Eddie Hearn have both suggested the WBC champion will face Joshua 'next' with all four heavyweight titles on the line.

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Image: Joseph Parker says Deontay Wilder will not be facing AJ this year

But Parker has told them both, that he will be the only one facing 'AJ' in 2018.

"I think my plans for the year are I fight Joshua and I beat him and then a re-match so that's my plans for the year," he told The Rock radio station.

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Deontay Wilder stopped Luis Ortiz in spectacular fashion to retain his WBC heavyweight title.

Parker has also had another dig at Norton.

The TV talk-show host mocked the New Zealander's physique when Joshua appeared on his show in January, but deep into camp, the Kiwi is ready to prove him wrong.

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"Camp is going fantastic. I feel like I'm in great shape," he said.

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Eddie Hearn spoke about the possibility of Anthony Joshua and Deontay Wilder meeting in the ring in the future and says the American needs a new promoter.

"When he (Graham Norton) called me the 'King of Pies', I'm going to take my shirt off at the weigh-in and honestly, see if I've been eating pies or not!

"I feel like I'm punching sharp, I'm moving well, making a lot of angles, movements, fitness is good, so everything is on track."

Watch Anthony Joshua vs Joseph Parker at the Principality Stadium, Cardiff, March 31, live on Sky Sports Box Office.

Joshua, Wilder, Parker,, Price, Whyte and Ortiz all star in Sky Sports and Sky Sports Box Office's  March of the Heavyweights.
Image: The Heavyweight March on Sky Sports and Sky Sports Box Office continues

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