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Deontay Wilder eyes cruiserweight domination

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Deontay Wilder has set his sights on dominating at cruiserweight, but only once he has unified the heavyweight division.

The "Bronze Bomber" is widely expected to agree to a showdown with Anthony Joshua before the end of the year with all major heavyweight belts on the line.

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Wilder, the WBC champion, previously offered his British rival $50 million to face him, but a bout is still yet to be confirmed.

Joshua is not Wilder's only focus, though, after he posted on Instagram outlining his plans to drop down a division in the future.

"What's up boxing world?" he said in the video. "You know I've just been sitting in my car thinking. 

"I've been thinking about, once I unify the heavyweight division, moving down to cruiserweight and taking over that division. 

"There's never been a heavyweight ever go down in weight. I mean just for the fun of it, just take over the cruiserweight division while maintaining the heavyweight division. Yeah, what do you guys think?"

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