Deontay Wilder: record, next fight and profile →
WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury is baiting Deontay Wilder to come out in public. For the most part, very little has been heard from Wilder since suffering his first career defeat back in February, when Fury stopped him in seven rounds to capture the WBC world title at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.
Heavyweight contender Dillian Whyte could see himself being automatically elevated to the status of full champion. Whyte is going to face former WBA champion Alexander Povetkin on Saturday night at Matchroom's Fight Camp in Brentwood.
Eddie Hearn, promoter for Dillian Whyte, believes his boxer's upcoming clash with Alexander Povetkin is the most important heavyweight contest of 2020. Whyte will stake his WBC mandatory status against Povetkin on Saturday night at Matchroom's Fight Camp in Brentwood.
By Thomas Hauser - On December 1, 2018, Deontay Wilder and Tyson Fury fought to a twelve-round draw in Los Angeles. The fight generated a modest live gate of $3,515,122 with an estimated 315,000 buys on Showtime Pay-Per-View in the United States and 420,000 more with BT Sport in the United Kingdom. But their anticipated rematch was expected to put up...
The stakes have been raised for Dillian Whyte’s next fight along with the reassurance at a long-desired title shot should he emerge victorious. Unfortunately, it will also result in yet another delay in an already lengthy wait for his first shot at the heavyweight crown. A ruling was made during the 58th annual World Boxing Council (WBC) Convention which ensures Whyte’s place in line as the mandatory challenger to the title. However, the promise made at the convention one year ago is no longer in place. Instead, he will have to wait for the fight to be ordered shortly after the third clash between WBC and lineal heavyweight champion Tyson Fury and former titlist Deontay Wilder.
In the last few days, Tyson Fury's co-promoters, Top Rank's Bob Arum and Queensberry's Frank Warren, have explained that there is very little interest in having their fighter make a mandatory defense of his WBC heavyweight title against Dillian Whyte.
Tyson Fury could fight behind-closed-doors this year if his third fight with Deontay Wilder is pushed back. Fury had been expected defend his WBC heavyweight title against Wilder on December 19 at the new Las Vegas Raiders stadium. But Bob Arum, Fury’s US promoter, has recently talked up the possibility of the fight moving back if no crowd is allowed.
Even though a mega-fight between heavyweight champions Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua has already been agreed upon, it’s on the backburner for now because of the global pandemic caused by coronavirus, and due to the fact that each fighter still has unfinished business with other opponents.
Top Rank's CEO Bob Arum, who co-promotes WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury, is confident that nothing will derail the trilogy fight with Deontay Wilder. Fury, with or without the world title, is contractually bound to fight Wilder next. In February, he stopped Wilder in seven rounds to capture the WBC title. Wilder would then exercise his contractual option to an immediate rematch.
Eddie Hearn, promoter for heavyweight contender Dillian Whyte, is planning to apply a lot of pressure to ensure his boxer receives a mandatory crack at the WBC world title. Pursuant to a WBC order from last year, Whyte is due a mandatory shot by February 2021.