Deontay Wilder: record, next fight and profile →
WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder wants to silence the critics on Saturday night, when he faces Luis Ortiz in a rematch. Wilder and Ortiz will headline a Fox Sports Pay-Per-View card at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. They first clashed in March of 2018, with Wilder stopping the Cuban boxer in the tenth round of the bout.
By Keith Idec - LAS VEGAS – Lennox Lewis lived 18 years ago in the position Luis Ortiz occupies this week in “The Fight Capital of the World.” A rejuvenated Lewis was preparing in November 2001 to avenge his knockout loss to Hasim Rahman, who ruined Lewis’ second WBC heavyweight championship reign the previous April in South Africa. The...
Leonard Ellerbe Video Interview - Boxing's longest reigning heavyweight champion, WBC titlist Deontay "The Bronze Bomber" Wilder,and hard-hitting Cuban slugger Luis "King Kong" Ortiz went face to face at the final press conference Thursday before they rematch in the FOX Sports PBC Pay-Per-View main event this Saturday, November 23 from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. (photos by Stephanie Trapp, Ryan Hafey)
Malik Scott Video Interview - Boxing's longest reigning heavyweight champion, WBC titlist Deontay "The Bronze Bomber" Wilder,and hard-hitting Cuban slugger Luis "King Kong" Ortiz went face to face at the final press conference Thursday before they rematch in the FOX Sports PBC Pay-Per-View main event this Saturday, November 23 from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. (photos by Stephanie Trapp, Ryan Hafey)
Deontay Wilder made the executive decision to rematch Luis Ortiz in order to remain any lingering doubt from their first fight 22 months ago. The insistence on the part of the unbeaten heavyweight titlist is that he will make things easier on himself this time around.
IN A HUGE END TO THE YEAR for Heavyweight boxing, the most exciting prospect in the sport Daniel Dubois has had his say on who will reign supreme once the New Year rolls around. In an explosive interview ‘Dynamite’ also declared he’d be hunting down big name rivals throughout 2020, targeting fighters such as Joseph Parker and Alexander Povetkin.
Deontay Wilder’s career kicked into second gear just as Floyd Mayweather’s was winding down. Although the never-beaten duo of Wilder and Mayweather share the same manager in Al Haymon, the WBC heavyweight champion feels that he hasn’t gotten the backing and endorsement from Mayweather as boxing’s next African-American lead man.
WBC heavyweight world champion Deontay Wilder is warning all viewers to avoid the possibility of walking away from their screen - when he faces Luis Ortiz in a rematch on Saturday night at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.
Mauricio Sulaiman Video Interview - Boxing's longest reigning heavyweight champion, WBC titlist Deontay "The Bronze Bomber" Wilder,and hard-hitting Cuban slugger Luis "King Kong" Ortiz went face to face at the final press conference Thursday before they rematch in the FOX Sports PBC Pay-Per-View main event this Saturday, November 23 from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. (photos by Stephanie Trapp, Ryan Hafey)
Jay Deas Video Interview - Boxing's longest reigning heavyweight champion, WBC titlist Deontay "The Bronze Bomber" Wilder,and hard-hitting Cuban slugger Luis "King Kong" Ortiz went face to face at the final press conference Thursday before they rematch in the FOX Sports PBC Pay-Per-View main event this Saturday, November 23 from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. (photos by Stephanie Trapp, Ryan Hafey)