Wilder on Team Joshua: I'm Sorry Guys, They Played Us All!
WBC heavyweight world champion Deontay Wilder took to Twitter to tell the world his fight with WBA, IBO, IBF, WBO world champion Anthony Joshua isn't happening.
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Wilder Manager: Povetkin is Dangerous Fight For Joshua
Two years ago, WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder was scheduled to make a mandatory defense against Alexander Povetkin in Moscow, Russia. Before the fight could come off, Povetkin tested positive for a performance enhancing drug and the contest was canceled. Povetkin has found his way back, built himself up, and is now going to challenge WBA, IBO, WBO, IBF heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua in the fall.
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Joshua-Wilder: We'll Probably Get a Fight, Might Miss a Rivalry
By Cliff Rold - No one should be shocked. They shouldn’t even be all that surprised. After the requisite social media bantering, the trash talk, the competing ‘offers’ for a showdown, this fall the boxing world looks forward to… …not Anthony Joshua-Deontay Wilder. The fight the most fans seem to want, the clash w...
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Hearn: Joshua Wants Wilder; Don't Question Integrity, Desire!
Eddie Hearn has heard and read from plenty of people over the past two days that neither he nor Anthony Joshua wanted Joshua to fight Deontay Wilder next. Hearn contends that it’s Joshua, not him, that ultimately determines his opponents. Joshua’s promoter also assured skeptics during a wide-ranging interview with IFL TV that the unbeaten British superstar indeed wanted to fight Wilder before the WBA ordered Hearn on Tuesday to finalize a deal for Joshua’s mandatory heavyweight title defense against Alexander Povetkin within 24 hours.
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Tyson Fury: I'll Sign Contract to Fight Wilder Within 10 Seconds
Now that Anthony Joshua has decided to fight Alexander Povetkin, Tyson Fury has volunteered to give Deontay Wilder a chance to beat “the real world heavyweight champion” from England. The ever-confident Fury (26-0, 19 KOs) issued a challenge to Wilder (40-0, 39 KOs) in a video posted to Fury’s Instagram account Wednesday. The 6-feet-9, 275-pound Fury is tentatively scheduled to fight August 18 in Belfast, Northern Ireland, but the former IBF/IBO/WBA/WBO champion is more than willing to battle Wilder next.
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Joshua-Wilder Can Happen On April 13 At Wembley, Says Hearn
Eddie Hearn has confirmed that Anthony Joshua will fight Alexander Povetkin next. The Matchroom Boxing head honcho revealed the WBA Super world champion, who also holds the WBO, IBF and IBO titles, is set to come up against the 38-year-old Russian in his next fight.
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Wilder Manager: We Bent Over Backwards To Make Joshua Fight!
Jay Deas, co-manager and trainer of WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder, makes it clear that his side of the fence did everything possible to make a unification with IBF, IBO, WBA world champion Anthony Joshua. The two sides had been negotiating for several months, but their talks fell apart after the WBA gave Joshua only 24 hours to reach a deal with mandatory challenger Alexander Povetkin.
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Wilder Erupts on Joshua: I Smell P*ssy, You Coward Ass B*tch!
As BoxingScene.com reported earlier today, unified world champion Anthony Joshua has been told by the World Boxing Association (WBA) to agree terms for a mandatory title defence against Russia's Alexander Povetkin with "immediate effect" or risk losing his WBA title.
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Hearn: Wilder Talks Frustrating; Looks Like Joshua-Povetkin Next
Eddie Hearn can’t understand what’s taking Deontay Wilder’s handlers so long to respond in any way to the contract they were sent last week for a huge heavyweight showdown with Anthony Joshua.
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Arreola: Wilder Has That Killer Instinct, He Will Knock Joshua Out!
Back in July of 2016, Chris Arreola was stopped in eight rounds by WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder (40-0, 39 KOs). Now Wilder is gearing up for a potential showdown with IBF, IBO, WBA, WBO Anthony Joshua (21-0, 20 KOs). The two sides are still negotiating the terms and it's not exactly clear if the contest will take place in the fall of 2018 or the first quarter of 2019.
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