Deontay Wilder: record, next fight and profile →
Promoter Lou DiBella has confirmed to BoxingScene.com that WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder (40-0, 39 KOs) has thrown down an offer of $50 million to Anthony Joshua (21-0, 20 KOs). Wilder and his team, have sent an offer to Eddie Hearn, promoter of Joshua, with a guarantee of $50 million.
TALLADEGA, Ala. — Let‘s Get Ready to RACE! World Boxing Council‘s (WBC) current World Heavyweight Champion and Tuscaloosa, Ala., native Deontay Wilder, will serve as the Honorary Pace Car Driver for this Sunday‘s GEICO 500 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race at Talladega Superspeedway (April 29).
Amir Khan believes Tyson Fury (25-0, 18 KOs) is the best heavyweight in the division - better than WBO, IBO, IBF, WBA champion Anthony Joshua (21-0, 20 KOs) and WBC champion Deontay Wilder (40-0, 39 KOs).
Promoter Eddie Hearn of Matchroom has continued his war of words with Lou DiBella. The two promoters have traded wards of several months - with respect to a potential heavyweight unification between IBF, IBO, WBA, WBO champion Anthony Joshua (21-0, 20 KOs) and WBC champion Deontay Wilder (40-0, 39 KOs).
According to the team behind Russian heavyweight Alexander Povetkin, they have claimed a $4.3 million court victory over WBC champion Deontay Wilder over a cancelled fight back in 2016. According to representatives from Forward Legal, working for Povetkin and his promoter company, Mir Boksa (World of Boxing), a New York court has awarded the Russian boxer’s team $4.3 million, which was frozen in an escrow account after the canceled bout in May 2016, R-Sport reports on Friday. Escrow accounts involve third parties handling funds during the process of a transaction between two parties.
Eddie Hearn, who promotes IBF, IBO, WBA, WBO heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua (21-0, 20 KOs), has no intention of paying more than $12.5 million to WBC champion Deontay Wilder (40-0, 39 KOs). Hearn recently sent what he feels is a very fair offer to Wilder - to stage a high stakes unification in the second half of the year.
For several months, Tyson Fury and WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder have been dropping verbal bombs on IBF, IBO, WBA, WBO heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua. Joshua has rarely fired back any statements in return. According to the British superstar, he would rather do the trash talking in a face to face manner with both boxers.
World Boxing Council President Mauricio Sulaiman is crossing his fingers that a deal will be reached for a unification between WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder (40-0, 39 KOs) and WBA, WBO, IBO, IBF champion Anthony Joshua (21-0, 20 KOs). The two sides are currently in talks and haggling over everything from money to the location of the contest.
The former ruler of the heavyweight division, Wladimir Klitschko, may not be that impressed with Tyson Fury, but he's very impressed with WBC world champion Deontay Wilder (40-0, 39 KOs). There are ongoing talks for Wilder to collide with IBF, IBO, WBA, WBO champion Anthony Joshua (21-0, 20 KOs).
Former world champion and Sky Sports pundit Johnny Nelson believes WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder (40-0, 39 KOs) should accept an offer of $12.5 million to fight IBF, IBO, WBA, WBO champion Anthony Joshua (21-0, 20 KOs) in one of the most anticipated fights in the sport. Wilder and his handlers are not very happy with the offer - despite it being far more than Wilder's biggest payday to date of around $2.5 million.