DEONTAY WILDER is ready to sidestep Anthony Joshua and fight the two drug cheats who tried to rob him of his title while doping.
The Alabama basher won around £4million compensation when Russian Alexander Povetkin was caught cheating with meldonium in the build-up to their 2016 fight.
And Cuban giant Luis Ortiz was busted before his November 4 challenge for Wilder’s WBC belt, robbing him of another test against a big name in the heavyweight division.
But – with IBF and WBA king AJ playing hardball in the negotiations for their unification fight – the Bronze Bomber is willing to give the two dopers another chance.
Wilder told ESPN: “We have a lot of fighters. We have a lot of guys coming back. You got Luis Ortiz and Alexander Povetkin.
“I would love to get the opportunity back with some of them guys, the fights that people really want to see.
“And due to their lack of responsibility – as far as being wise for the drugs they choose to put in their bodies – the fights didn’t happen.
“Hey, they back now, why not? I would love to get back in the ring and mix it up with those guys. I can’t wait for 2018. The heavyweight division is too exciting.
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“The heavyweight division is a jungle and in the jungle we all know only the strong survive.
“If you are not strong, you better start to hide and you better find a great hiding spot because sometimes where you at, you get found and that’s it.
“We all want to go get in the ring and prove ourselves, as men, as warriors, as the best and I am one of the ones saying I am the best and I can’t wait to prove to the world I am who I say I am.”
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