Deontay Wilder: record, next fight and profile →
Deontay Wilder weighed in at just 212½ pounds for his first fight against Tyson Fury. That was the lowest Wilder weighed since he came in at 207¼ pounds for his professional debut in November 2008. By the time the unbeaten WBC heavyweight champion entered the ring to face Fury 14 months ago, the 6-feet-7 Wilder was only approximately 209 pounds, according to Wilder and Jay Deas, his co-trainer and co-manager.
Tyson Fury believes that he physically hurt WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder several times in their first meeting back in December of 2018 at Staples Center in Los Angeles, California. Fury will challenge Wilder for a second time on February 22nd at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.
WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder has fired back at some of the recent statements being made by mandatory challenger Dillian Whyte. Wilder is deep in training for his upcoming rematch with Tyson Fury, which takes place on February 22 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.
Heavyweight contender Tyson Fury admits that he potentially made a big mistake in dropping head trainer Ben Davison. Last month, Fury shocked many experts when he made a decision to replace Davison - especially since Fury was only a few weeks away from his rematch with WBC world champion Deontay Wilder.
WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder is shaking his head when discussing Andy Ruiz's one-sided decision loss to Anthony Joshua from back in December in Saudi Arabia. Ruiz shocked the entire sport when he dropped Joshua four times before the contest was stopped in the seventh round. Ruiz, who took the fight on late notice and was widely viewed as a massive underdog, captured the IBF, WBA, IBO, WBO world titles with the win.
Ben Davison, the former head trainer of Tyson Fury, explained that his ex-student had a habit that WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder exploited in the first contest. Fury went down in the ninth and twelfth round. The contest, which took place in December 2018, ended in a controversial twelve round split draw at Staples Center in Los Angeles.
Former two division world champion David Haye has given high praise to his former sparring partner, Deontay Wilder. Wilder, who holds the WBC heavyweight title, will defend his belt in a rematch with Tyson Fury on February 22 at MGM Grand in Las Vegas. They fought to a controversial twelve round split draw in December 2018.
Like most of the boxing world, Joseph Parker is very interested in the February 22nd Deontay Wilder-Tyson Fury pay-per-view showdown. The fight takes place at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas and is a rematch of their December, 2018 fight that ended in a split draw.
Eddie Hearn, promoter for IBF, WBA, WBO, IBO heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua, expects a massive demand to see his boxer face the winner of the upcoming rematch between WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder and challenger Tyson Fury. Wilder will face Fury for a second time n February 22 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.
By Mitch Abramson - Teddy Atlas calls Deontay Wilder the hardest puncher in heavyweight history. It doesn’t matter that Atlas once trained Mike Tyson or shared a ring with George Foreman when his fighter, Michael Moorer was knocked out by Foreman in 1994. If the famed trainer could pick one fighter to inflict the most damage with a single...