Deontay Wilder: record, next fight and profile →
Barry Hearn, the founder of Matchroom and father of promoter Eddie Hearn, is not impressed with the abilities of WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder. Barry's company promotes Wilder's main division rival - IBF, IBO, WBA, WBO heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua.
By Tris Dixon - AS each day passes it seems as if a formal announcement for a June clash between Anthony Joshua versus Jarrell Miller in the USA moves closer. There had been high hopes, all be it with low expectations, for Joshua to unify against WBC champion Deontay Wilder, or go onto an all-British clash with Tyson Fury, given Team AJ had Wembley Stadium reserved for April 13. Then as Wi...
Eddie Hearn, promoter for IBF, IBO, WBA, WBO heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua, has erupted on Shelly Finkel - the co-manager of WBC world champion Deontay Wilder. Joshua is inching closer to a world title defense against Jarrell Miller, which is slated to take place on a date in June at Madison Square Garden in New York City.
WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder has advised top contender Dillian Whyte to walk away from his promoter of the last few years, Eddie Hearn, in favor of a promotional pact with powerful advise Al Haymon and the Premier Boxing Champions banner.
WBC world heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder is very confident that a rematch with Tyson Fury will get finalized. Back in December, they fought to a controversial twelve round split draw at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California. The scores were 115-111 for Wilder, 114-112 for Fury and 113-113. Wilder scoring a dramatic knockdown of Fury in the twelfth and final round played a major role in the final scorecards.
Heavyweight contender Jarrell Miller believes that he's the perfect opponent for the American debut of IBF, IBO, WBA, WBO world champion Anthony Joshua. Joshua is mulling his next move, which is going to land on April 13 at Wembley Stadium in London or a date in June at Madison Square Garden in New York City.
Promoter Frank Warren, who handles heavyweight contender Tyson Fury, is still working out the details for a planned rematch with WBC world champion Deontay Wilder. Last month, the two massive heavyweights fought to a controversial twelve round split draw at Staples Center in Carson, California.
Frank Warren, promoter for heavyweight contender, has thrown water at a recent offer presented by promotional rival Eddie Hearn. Hearn recently revealed that he made an offer to Fury, for a potential fight with IBF, IBO, WBA, WBO heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua. That fight would take place at April 13th at Wembley Stadium in London. But Fury has other plans, as he intends to go forward with a planned rematch with WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder.
Barclays Center lost out on the first Deontay Wilder-Tyson Fury fight. It won’t happen again. Multiple sources have informed BoxingScene.com that a deal to bring the immediate heavyweight championship rematch between Wilder and Fury to the Brooklyn venue is nearing completion. MGM Grand Garden Arena is the other site under consideration among organizers of that Showtime Pay-Per-View event, but a deal to announce Barclays Center as the venue for Wilder-Fury II is expected within the next couple weeks.
NEW YORK – Adam Kownacki’s manager was so impressed by how his boxer blew out Gerald Washington, Keith Connolly is convinced Kownacki can beat the first fighter that stopped Washington. If all goes according to the plan designed by Connolly and Kownacki, the popular Polish heavyweight contender will get his chance to prove he can knock out Deontay Wilder by the end of this year. Kownacki, 29, figures to fight again during the summer, which would place him and Wilder on a comparable schedule.