Deontay Wilder said it was only a matter of time before he faces Anthony Joshua as he believed a heavyweight showdown with AJ would be the ‘biggest fight in the world’.
The Bronze Bomber will return to the ring for the first time this weekend after suffering a trilogy defeat to WBC champion Tyson Fury.
Wilder will be hoping to claim his 42nd KO against Helenius on October 15 and claims he could face Joshua soon after.
Speaking to Kate Abdo on The Good Fight, Wilder said: ‘I’m still in the business, Anthony Joshua’s still in the business.
“People always tell me, ‘When you gonna fight Joshua?’ That’s the biggest fight in the world between us, still. So it ain’t ‘if’, it’s just ‘when’.”
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The American boxer said he needed some time away from the ring to process the back-to-back defeats in 2020 and 2021 as they were the only losses of his professional career.
He was expected to walk away from boxing for good but decided to return to the ring to face Helenius on October 15.
A victory over Helenius would propel him closer to the heavyweight summit once more and tee up potential showdowns with the likes of Anthony Joshua, Andy Ruiz Jr and Dillian Whyte.
However, when asked who he would like to fight if he was given the choice, Wilder said Oleksandr Usyk.
The American heavyweight said: “Of course, if I get to choose I will fight Usyk. Or Andy Ruiz because they are both a title shot. Who wouldn’t.