Deontay Wilder: record, next fight and profile →
WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury expected a much bigger challenge when he faced Deontay Wilder in a rematch this past February. They fought to a controversial twelve round split draw in December 2018 at Staples Center in Los Angeles. Fury went down twice in the contest.
SugarHill Steward, the trainer for WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury, already has a strategy in mind to topple IBF, IBO, WBA, WBO champion Anthony Joshua. Back in February, Fury stopped Deontay Wilder in seventh round of their rematch to capture the WBC title at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.
Due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, everything is getting delayed these days. The Tokyo Olympics have been postponed. Boxing events from March to June have been postponed. Countless sporting events and functions have been postponed. One thing that won't get postponed, is Dillian Whyte's shot at the WBC heavyweight title, according to promoter Eddie Hearn.
Eddie Hearn, promoter for IBF, WBA, WBO, IBO heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua, would still love to finalize a deal for a unification with WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury for the fall. Hearn had targeted that contest for the month of December, but that plan was seriously affected by the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
Heavyweight contender Jarrell Miller is claiming that his positive drug tests from 2019 were nothing more than a misunderstanding. Last year, Miller was scheduled to fight IBF, IBO, WBA, WBO heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua in June at Madison Square Garden in New York City. Before the fight took place, Miller tested positive for several banned performance enhancers and he was pulled from the fight.
Mike Tyson was honored in the ring as a heavyweight icon and then proceeded to sit ringside to watch the rematch between Tyson Fury and Deontay Wilder on Feb. 22 in Las Vegas. Tyson said the one-sided victory for the British boxer was a result of Wilder (42-1-1, 41 KOs) failing to show up to the grand occasion against the newly crowned WBC champion Fury (30-0-1, 21 KOs).
According to trainer Ben Davison, heavyweight Tyson Fury repeatedly told him that he would go for a knockout victory in the rematch with Deontay Wilder. In the first bout, in December 2018, Fury and Wilder fought to a controversial twelve round split draw.
Former world champion and Sky Sports pundit Carl Froch would still like to see a fight between Anthony Joshua and Deontay Wilder. Back in February, Wilder lost his WBC world title when he was stopped in seven rounds by Tyson Fury in their Las Vegas rematch. Joshua was stopped in seven rounds by Andy Ruiz in June 2019, but dominated the December rematch for a twelve round unanimous decision win.
Former two time heavyweight champion George Foreman revealed that he counseled Deontay Wilder in the aftermath of his technical knockout loss to Tyson Fury back in February at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. Wilder was dropped twice and stopped in the seventh round, after his corner threw in the towel.
WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury made it clear that he will never get tired of beating Deontay Wilder in anticipation of their trilogy fight once the coronavirus pandemic is over. Fury fought Wilder to a controversial twelve round split draw in December 2018, but got a measure of revenge when dropped and stopped Wilder last month to capture the WBC world title in the seventh round of a one-sided fight.