Deontay Wilder: record, next fight and profile →
Heavyweight contender Dillian Whyte is not giving Deontay Wilder any chance to upset Tyson Fury in their upcoming trilogy fight - which is being targeted for the fall. Fury and Wilder fought to a controversial twelve round split draw in December of 2018 at Staples Center in Los Angeles.
By Keith Idec - Joe Goossen has a question for those convinced Deontay Wilder can’t make the strategic and technical adjustments necessary to give himself a better chance to beat Tyson Fury in their third fight. The way Goossen sees it, if Fury learned new, outcome-altering techniques in just one training camp, why can’t Wilder? The veteran trainer and FOX Sports...
Deontay Wilder will need to revamp his gameplan if he wants to seek revenge and recapture the WBC heavyweight crown he dropped to Tyson Fury in February. Wilder (42-1-1, 41 KOs) is currently recovering from a biceps injury sustained in the loss that later required surgery, and he’s admitted to keeping his core team intact with trainers Jay Deas and Mark Breland. Yet, he’s seeking outside counsel from the likes of George Foreman so that he can beat Fury (30-0-1, 21 KOs).
Ben Davison, the former trainer for WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury, is very confident his former pupil will defeat Deontay Wilder in their trilogy fight. After more than two years of inactivity, Fury resumed his career in 2018 with Davison as head trainer in the corner.
Deontay Wilder hasn’t expressed any interest in accepting what would have to be an eight-figure fee for stepping aside to allow an Anthony Joshua-Tyson Fury fight to happen next. Even if Wilder were open to letting Fury out of his contractual obligation to an immediate third fight, Fury’s preference is to fight the former WBC heavyweight champion next.
WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury believes his upcoming opponent, Deontay Wilder, is more dangerous than ever. Fury suffered two knockdowns when he fought Wilder to a controversial twelve round split draw in December 2018 at Staples Center in Los Angeles.
Heading into his rematch with Deontay Wilder in February, Tyson Fury told anyone who would listen that he’d swerve away from his slick style of outboxing opponents and bring the action to Wilder in an all-out affair. He even predicted he would knock out Wilder by the second round.
Frank Warren, promoter for WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury, has serious doubts that Eddie Hearn will actually follow through with finalizing a unification deal for WBO, WBA, IBF, IBO champion Anthony Joshua.
WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury is taking things one fight at a time. Fury is refusing to overlook his upcoming opponent, once-beaten Deontay Wilder. Their trilogy fight is scheduled to take place before the end of the year.
Evander Holyfield felt the changing of the guard in the heavyweight division multiple times, losing his title to Riddick Bowe, Michael Moorer, Lennox Lewis and John Ruiz. By the time his Hall of Fame career came to an end, he would be boxing’s only four-time heavyweight champion of the world.