Deontay Wilder: record, next fight and profile →
Anthony Joshua has told Dillian Whyte he is prepared to make the next defence of his IBF, WBA, IBO and WBO heavyweight titles in a rematch against him – if Deontay Wilder cannot be tempted to abandon plans to again fight Tyson Fury.
2012 United States Olympian Dominic Breazeale (19-1, 17 KOs) is not very impressed with WBC champion Deontay Wilder (40-0-1, 39 KOs). Breazeale is the WBCs mandatory challenger to Wilder's world title. On Saturday night at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, Breazeale will face Puerto Rican Olympian Carlos Negron in a Fox Sports televised fight from Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.
Dillian Whyte is looking towards a rematch with Anthony Joshua - and he's predicted "there will be blood" when he meets fierce rival Dereck Chisora in a heavyweight rematch in London on Saturday. Chisora warned Whyte he will hunt down and "pound" his fellow Londoner at the O2 Arena this weekend.
New York - There’s nothing quite like a big fight atmosphere inside of the world’s most famous arena. Madison Square Garden has played host to many historical boxing fights in its existence. This past Saturday, the sport’s biggest star Canelo Alvarez (51-1-2, 35 KOs) destroyed Rocky Fielding (27-2, 15 KOs) in front of 20,112 fans in a sold out arena.
Heavyweight title challenger Dominic Breazeale is baffled by his fourth-ranked position behind Dillian Whyte, Tyson Fury and Cuban southpaw Luis Ortiz in the chase for Deontay Wilder’s WBC crown. So on Saturday, the man nicknamed “Trouble” (19-1, 17 KOs) plans to violently release his frustrations upon Carlos Negron (20-1, 16 KOs) of Puerto Rico at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York on FOX (8 p.m. ET/ 5 p.m. PT).
Matchroom Boxing’s Eddie Hearn, promoter of IBF, WBO, WBA, IBO heavyweight champion, remains optimistic that a unification matchup with Deontay Wilder will take place on April 13 at Wembley Stadium in London. One obstacle that can get in the way is if Wilder decided to make another voluntary defense of his WBC title and rematches Tyson Fury following their controversial draw two weeks ago.
Anthony Joshua was ringside on Saturday at New York’s Madison Square Garden as Canelo Alvarez’s four-knockdown, third-round KO dethroned his English countryman Rocky Fielding as WBA “regular” super middleweight champion, earning Alvarez’s third crown in as many divisions while retaining his pair of middleweight titles.
THE president of the WBC Mauricio Sulaiman said he will wait to see what happens in the heavyweight fights on December 22 before making a decision on challengers, mandatory statuses and unification contests. Next Saturday, Dominic Breazeale (WBC No. 1) meets Carlos Negron in Brooklyn while in London Dillian Whyte (WBC No. 2) collides with old foe Dereck Chisora.
WBO, IBF, IBO WBA heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua arrived in New York City this week to start planting the seeds of an American debut at some point in the future but it has to go according to way he drew it up in his mind.
Eddie Hearn, promoter for IBF, IBO, WBA, WBO heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua, says WBC champion Deontay Wilder is their only target for April 13 at Wembley in London. Earlier this month, Wilder fought to a controversial twelve round split draw with Tyson Fury at Staples Center in Los Angeles, California.