Deontay Wilder: record, next fight and profile →
Deontay Wilder underwent another arm surgery, this time to repair his left biceps, following his loss to Tyson Fury on February 22. Wilder revealed the procedure during the newest episode of “The PBC Podcast,” which debuted Wednesday on premierboxingchampions.com. The former WBC heavyweight champion didn’t specify when he had the surgery, but he noted he’ll be able to work out and spar by “the middle to end of May.”
Deontay Wilder immediately exercised his rematch clause to fight Tyson Fury nearly a week after losing his WBC heavyweight title in a one-sided drubbing to the hands of his archrival. The trilogy between Fury and Wilder was originally set to take place July 18, and now after the coronavirus pandemic, it is penciled for Oct. 3.
Former two division world champion David Haye does not view Deontay Wilder as the kind of fighter who would accept an enormous sum of money to step away from a trilogy fight with WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury.
The location for the Tyson Fury vs. Deontay Wilder trilogy fight could very well depend on which country, region or state recovers quicker from the coronavirus pandemic. Fury was scheduled to face Wilder for a third time on July 18th, but the fight has been pushed back to early October.
Heavyweight contender Jarrell 'Big Baby' Miller (23-0-1, 20 KOs) is eager to secure a world title shot in the near future. Miller has been out of the ring since November of 2018, when he knocked out Bogdan Dinu.
Frank Warren, the co-promoter for WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury, has trashed the glove-gate claims from the February rematch with Deontay Wilder. The contest, which took place at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, saw Fury drop Wilder twice and stop him in the seventh round.
Top Rank President Todd DuBoef, who co-promotes WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury, has not been given any indication that Deontay Wilder would be willing to take a step-aside deal to allow a full division unification between Fury and IBF, IBO, WBA, WBO champion Anthony Joshua.
Frank Warren, who along with Top Rank co-promotes Tyson Fury, admits there is a possibility of the Deontay Wilder trilogy fight being moved away from Las Vegas. Back in February, Fury stopped Wilder in seven rounds to capture the WBC heavyweight championship.
Last week, promoter Eddie Hearn discussed his desire to make a year-end full division unification between heavyweight champions Anthony Joshua and Tyson Fury. After Fury stopped Deontay Wilder to capture the WBC world title in February, there was a road being outlined to see Joshua face Fury by year's end.
WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury admits he was surprised when Deontay Wilder exercised his contractual right to an immediate rematch. Back in February, Fury dropped Wilder twice and stopped him the seventh round of their rematch to capture the WBC world title. In the first bout in December 2018, the contest ended in a controversial twelve round split draw.