 Deontay Wilder was 'satisfied' by Anthony Joshua's knockout victory over Robert Helenius, according to the American heavyweight's trainer Malik Scott. Joshua beat Robert Helenius with a brutal KO in the seventh round at the O2 Arena on Saturday evening, which sets up his proposed mega fight with Wilder in Saudi Arabia in January. Wilder demolished Helenius inside three minutes when they fought last October and his trainer believes the 37-year-old will make light work of Joshua when they meet in the wing. When asked if he had spoken to Wilder after Joshua's victory, Scott told YouTube channel October Red: 'He was like, 'yeah, we needed that'. 'We both said the same thing, because at first it looked like it was gonna go the distance, so when the knockout came, I called him on FaceTime. He was like, 'phew, I'm glad he got that, we needed it done just like that'. 'We were both satisfied. The fight is bigger than it was, because of the knockout. Shoutout to AJ for getting the job done.' Deontay Wilder's trainer was not impressed by Anthony Joshua's performance (Reuters) Scott also believes the damage Joshua took against Helenius proves the gulf in class with Wilder. 'The story is that AJ was being patient, he wasn't trying to go for the knockout. That's the sales pitch,' Scott said. 'But I really look at it like he wasn't taking chances early on, and that's like a good thing, especially when your next fight is possibly Deontay Wilder, who's the hardest puncher in the history of the sport. 'It's good for you to practise not just fighting off your front foot, it's good for you to say, 'I need to take my time'. 'It was cute, and then tragedy happened in the eighth round. Was I really impressed besides the knockout? No. Did it give me any type of feeling that we got some trouble coming in January? No. 'It actually made me more confident, and I know that he only has three or four roun){kind=link}
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Deontay Wilder was ‘satisfied’ by Anthony Joshua’s knockout victory over Robert Helenius, according to the American heavyweight’s trainer Malik Scott.
Joshua beat Robert Helenius with a brutal KO in the seventh round at the O2 Arena on Saturday evening, which sets up his proposed mega fight with Wilder in Saudi Arabia in January.
Wilder demolished Helenius inside three minutes when they fought last October and his trainer believes the 37-year-old will make light work of Joshua when they meet in the wing.
When asked if he had spoken to Wilder after Joshua’s victory, Scott told YouTube channel October Red: ‘He was like, ‘yeah, we needed that’.