Deontay Wilder: record, next fight and profile →
By Keith Idec - Dominic Breazeale isn’t impressed with Deontay Wilder. The confident contender thinks so little of the hard-hitting WBC heavyweight champion that Breazeale believes beating Wilder would be easier than each of his last two victories. Breazeale beat Poland’s Izu Ugonoh and American veteran Eric Moli...
Deontay Wilder and his team had several problems with the most recent contract promoter Eddie Hearn sent them for a proposed heavyweight showdown with Anthony Joshua. Their primary problem was that there was only a rematch clause in the contract in the event Joshua lost. If Wilder would’ve won, he would’ve had to fight Joshua again in an immediate rematch. If Wilder would’ve lost, Joshua wouldn’t have been contractually obligated to a rematch with him.
If Anthony Joshua and Deontay Wilder win their upcoming fights, Wilder won’t accept a flat fee for facing Joshua next. Wilder revealed his new stance on negotiations for their heavyweight showdown during the latest installment of Showtime’s digital talk show, “Below The Belt.” In an interview with host Brendan Schaub taped Thursday in Los Angeles, Wilder contended it’ll now take a 50-50 split for him to accept a deal with Joshua.
According to Eddie Hearn, promoter Anthony Joshua, the highly anticipated heavyweight showdown with Deonay Wilder could take place at Wembley next April. WBC champion Wilder (40-0) dismissed hopes of the blockbuster bout being made after the WBA ordered Joshua, who also holds the IBF, IBO and WBO belts, to face Alexander Povetkin in a mandatory defense.
WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder (40-0, 39 KOs) has erupted on Eddie Hearn, who promotes IBF, IBO, WBA, WBO champion Anthony Joshua (21-0, 20 KOs). In the last few days, tensions have blown over - after the negotiations fell apart to finalize a unification between Wilder and Joshua.
Barry Hearn, the founder of Matchroom, says a contract is still on the table for WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder (40-0, 39 KOs) - should he want to face IBF, IBO, WBA, WBO Anthony Joshua (21-0, 20 KOs). The elder Hearn, who promotes Joshua, says all of the terms are on the table.
If Anthony Joshua and Deontay Wilder wanted to fight each other next, Lennox Lewis believes they should’ve done more than they did to make boxing’s biggest heavyweight fight happen. Lewis, who retired as WBC heavyweight champion 14 years ago, criticized Joshua and Wilder in a series of Tweets he sent out Thursday.
Eddie Hearn, promoter for IBF, IBO, WBA, WBO heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua, is not standing down while being verbally bashed by WBC champion Deontay Wilder. In the last few days, Wilder has been jumping to social media to drop verbal bombs on Hearn and Joshua.
The WBA would’ve granted Anthony Joshua an exemption to delay his mandatory heavyweight title defense against Alexander Povetkin. For that to have happened, however, Joshua and Deontay Wilder would’ve had to have signed contracts for their heavyweight title unification fight. According to Eddie Hearn, the WBA wouldn’t grant him another extension to try to finalize a deal for a Joshua-Wilder showdown earlier this week.
Eddie Hearn considers what he has offered Deontay Wilder an unbeatable package the WBC heavyweight champion shouldn’t turn down. Whether Wilder will accept it is another matter, but Hearn reminded Wilder that he’ll make less money for his next fight if he declines it. In addition to offering him a $15 million purse for facing Anthony Joshua on April 13 at Wembley Stadium in London, Hearn is willing to pay Wilder $5 million for his next fight.