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Anthony Joshua's team are "begging" for a heavyweight unification fight, according to WBC world champion Deontay Wilder. Joshua holds the IBF, WBO, IBO and WBA titles while Wilder recently retained his WBC belt in a draw with Tyson Fury earlier this month that turned into one of the fights of the year.
Promoter Eddie Hearn, who guides the career of IBF, WBA, WBO, IBO heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua, is very confident that his boxer is capable of scoring a knockout over WBC champion Deontay Wilder. A fight between Joshua and Wilder has been widely discussed in the last two years, but the two sides have been unable to reach an agreement.
Frank Warren has slammed his promotional rival, Eddie Hearn of Matchroom. There is no love between the two UK promoters, and there is no shortage of words being exchange in recent years. Their respective companies will go head to head on December 22 - when Warren's company stages Carl Frampton vs. Josh Warrington on BT Sport Pay-Per-View and ESPN+, while Hearn stages the Dillian Whyte-Dereck Chisora rematch on Sky Sports Box Office and DAZN.
Promoter Eddie Hearn has slammed down the reported pay-per-view numbers for the recent heavyweight collision between WBC champion Deontay Wilder and challenger Tyson Fury. The contest, which took place on December 1 from the Staples Center in Los Angeles, ended in a controversial twelve round split draw.
NEW YORK – Deontay Wilder has made Barclays Center his home away from home during his heavyweight title reign. The Tuscaloosa, Alabama, native has headlined three Showtime cards at the Brooklyn venue since he beat Bermane Stiverne to win the WBC title in January 2015. His first fight against Tyson Fury probably would’ve taken place there if the venue hadn’t been booked the night their critically acclaimed clash occurred.
NEW YORK – Deontay Wilder would like to weigh 245 pounds for his inevitable rematch with Tyson Fury. The WBC heavyweight champion understands, of course, that adding 30-plus pounds between their title bouts probably isn’t realistic. Wilder still wants to be noticeably heavier than the 212½ pounds he weighed for his 12-round split draw with Fury on December 1 at Staples Center in Los Angeles.
Amir Khan was very impressed by the recent in-ring performance of Tyson Fury, who fought to a controversial twelve round draw with WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder at Staples Center in Los Angeles. Fury was a tremendous underdog in the bout - after dealing with mental health problems, alcohol and substance abuse issues. Fury had been out of the ring from November 2015 until June 2018.
By Tris Dixon - TYSON FURY’S trainer Ben Davison is still reeling from what happened last weekend. His heavyweight was denied the fairytale return to the sport he craved when his WBC title thriller with Deontay Wilder was controversially adjudged a draw in Los Angeles. But it has left the division, and for that matte...
Anthony Joshua will fight both Deontay Wilder and Tyson Fury at some stage, according to promoter Eddie Hearn. Wilder and Fury fought out a dramatic and contentious draw in their WBC heavyweight title bout at Staples Center in Los Angeles at the start of the month. Fury was down twice, but it was felt that he won the majority of the rounds - leading to scores of 115-111 for Wilder, 114-112 for Fury and 113-113 for the draw.
As previously reported by BoxingScene.com, the World Boxing Council has given its approval for a "direct rematch" between its heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder and challenger Tyson Fury, who fought to a draw in Los Angeles last weekend.