Deontay Wilder: record, next fight and profile →
Former unified heavyweight champion Tyson Fury (26-0, 19 KOs) is motivated on one thing - to face both of the current world champions, WBC king Deontay Wilder and IBF, WBO, IBO, WBA champion Anthony Joshua.
Promoter Eddie Hearn, who guides the career of IBF, WBO, WBA, IBO heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua (21-0, 20 KOs), believes WBC champion Deontay Wilder (40-0, 39 KOs) is looking to go in another direction. Fans are in suspense, as Hearn sent over a contract for the bout - after both parties finally agreed to stage the fight in the UK.
British heavyweight prospect Daniel Dubois (8-0, 8 KOs) is backing WBC heavyweight world champion Deontay Wilder to beat WBA, IBF, IBO and WBO champion Anthony Joshua - if the two unbeaten punchers link up in the coming months.
Kevin Barry is very familiar with Anthony Joshua. His fighter Joseph Parker is the only man to go the distance with Joshua. Parker lost a 12 round unanimous decision to Joshua in March but the New Zealand native wasn't ever seriously hurt in the fight.
The clock is still ticking to finalize a unification showdown between heavyweight champions Anthony Joshua and Deontay Wilder. Their contest was initially targeted for September 15 - but that date is apparently out the window as the negotiations have continued to drag out - and to make matters worse the Gennady Golovkin-Canelo Alvarez rematch was finalized for the same date on HBO Pay-Per-View.
Tom Loeffler, promoter for IBO, WBC, WBA middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin, feels very strongly that his fighter's upcoming rematch with Saul "Canelo" Alvarez is the biggest fight in the sport. Last week, the two sides finalized a deal to stage the rematch on September 15th at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.
Former heavyweight champion Chris Byrd is very impressed with the current heavyweight champions, WBC beltholder Deontay Wilder (40-0, 39 KOs) and IBF, IBO, WBA, WBO unified king Anthony Joshua (21-0, 20 KOs). The two large heavyweights are in position to fight each other in less than a year.
Eddie Hearn, promoter for IBF, IBO, WBA, WBO heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua (21-0, 20 KOs), explains that the unification with WBC champion Deontay Wilder (40-0, 39 KOs) is going to be pushed back - because of the recent agreement between middleweights Gennady Golovkin and Canelo Alvarez.
If promoter Eddie Hearn and Deontay Wilder’s team can close a deal for an Anthony Joshua-Wilder showdown, Hearn wants to bring their huge heavyweight title fight to London’s Wembley Stadium. According to Wilder’s co-manager, Shelly Finkel, the unbeaten WBC heavyweight champion has agreed to battle Joshua in the United Kingdom, where each of Joshua’s past three fights have drawn crowds of at least 78,000 to stadiums.
Promoter Eddie Hearn says unbeaten WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder will have a contract in front of him by the end of this week to sign to fight unbeaten unified champion Anthony Joshua in a super-fight later this year in the UK.