Wilder is still confident he'll get in the ring against Joshua

Former heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder still believes that a fight against Anthony Joshua will happen, despite his loss to Joseph Parker.

"People are always going to want to see that fight no matter what. I put it in the high 90s [percentage chance of happening]. I always said it before, it'll be a shame if we never fought.It only takes that one fight, that one night. June 1st is going to be that night, that one fight.

Deontay Wilder knocks [Zhang's] head off and the world goes crazy. And there we go again, Wilder versus Joshua. They want it [again]." Wilder told BBC Sport.

The Wilder vs. Zhang Zhilei bout will take place on the undercard of the undisputed light heavyweight fight between Dmitry Bivol and Artur Beterbiev as part of the Matchroom - Queensbury 5 on 5 tournament, scheduled for June 1 in Saudi Arabia.

Deontay suffered a crushing defeat to Joseph Parker late last year, casting doubt on the possibility of his fight against Joshua.