Deontay Wilder sends RUTHLESS warning to Anthony Joshua – video

As Joshua prepares to take on WBO title holder Joseph Parker, rumours continue to circle over whether the Brit could face Wilder in a unification fight before the end of the year.

The unification blockbuster would move one step closer providing Joshua finds a way past Parker on March 31 in Cardiff.

And while a stunning bout against Joshua has not yet been agreed, Wilder continues to goad the Brit on social media.

The Alabama boxer has been filmed punching a pinata with a picture of Joshua’s face stuck to it.

“I knocked his head off,” Wilder said with glee as those present gasped in shock.

While talk of a mega-bout continues to circulate, Wilder previously told talkSPORT discussions with Joshua’s camp have yet to begin.

“Nothing has been offered, nothing,” he said.

“Even when [Eddie] Hearn and his father [Barry] came to America last year, they weren’t talking about Joshua.

“Joshua wasn’t in their mind. They were saying ‘you guys and Dillian Whyte’. Like I said before, I would fight Dillian Whyte no problem. That’s easy.

“As long as you have Joshua on the end of that, we’re good. And they didn’t even want to make that happen.

“That was the only thing that was going. There wasn’t anything about me and Joshua discussed. Nothing. Not one thing.

“They come back and said we didn’t make an offer, we didn’t reach an agreement.

“How can an offer be made when the main subject wasn’t even discussed – we’re talking about Wilder vs Joshua.”