Deontay Wilder: record, next fight and profile →
By Keith Idec - Eddie Hearn couldn’t believe it when he learned Deontay Wilder won’t attend the Anthony Joshua-Joseph Parker fight Saturday night. A spokesman for Wilder confirmed to BoxingScene.com on Tuesday that Wilder won’t make the transatlantic trip to Cardiff, Wales. Wilder was supposed to serv...
New York, NY - WBC Heavyweight Champion of the World Deontay Wilder is lending his proud support to the "March For Our Lives" movement. Hundreds of thousands took to the streets in the United States this past Saturday to demand the end to the epidemic of mass shootings.
Deontay Wilder won’t set foot inside Principality Stadium on Saturday night, let alone the ring. Tim Smith, a spokesman for Premier Boxing Champions, confirmed to BoxingScene.com on Tuesday that Wilder won’t attend the Anthony Joshua-Joseph Parker heavyweight title unification fight in Cardiff, Wales. The unbeaten WBC heavyweight champion had planned to serve as a guest commentator for Sky Sports’ coverage of Joshua-Parker.
Anthony Joshua is refusing to look beyond his world heavyweight title unification fight with Joseph Parker on Saturday. The WBO, WBA, IBO and IBF titles are on the line at the Principality Stadium in Cardiff as both fighters protect an unbeaten record. There has been talk of a future fight with Deontay Wilder, but Joshua is only focused on business in Cardiff.
Promoter Lou DiBella, who works with WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder (40-0, 39 KOs), is very doubtful that a unification with IBF, IBO, WBA heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua will happen next. DiBella believes it's more realistic to see that fight happen in 2019.
Heavyweight contender Dillian Whyte (23-1, 17 KOs) has very little respect for the boxing ability of WBC world champion Deontay Wilder (40-0, 39 KOs). Whyte is sitting in the WBC's top spot in the rankings and aims to push for a mandatory shot at Wilder in the very near future.
Eddie Hearn, promoter for heavyweight contender Dillian Whyte (23-1, 17 KOs), is expecting that at some point in 2018 - the World Boxing Council will order a mandatory fight with WBC world champion Deontay Wilder (40-0, 39 KOs).
Dillian Whyte wasted no time in calling out Deontay Wilder on Saturday night. As soon as Whyte’s post-fight interview began at ringside with Sky Sports, a demonstrative Whyte yelled several times that the time has arrived for him to get a shot at the unbeaten WBC heavyweight champion. Whyte made the strongest case he could to challenge Wilder moments earlier, when he knocked Lucas Browne unconscious in the sixth round of their fight at O2 Arena in London.
As previously reported on BoxingScene.com, Joseph Parker's team says the WBO heavyweight champion is at ''maximum speed and power'' ahead of his unification fight against Anthony Joshua. Parker underwent elbow surgery in November in his native New Zealand to deal with ''pain and restriction'' in both arms.
By Keith Idec - We’re nine days away from a heavyweight title unification bout between two big, unbeaten champions. They’re reportedly guaranteed roughly $25 million combined for a high-profile fight that’ll draw nearly 80,000 fans to a jam-packed stadium in Cardiff, Wales. Together, they’re 44-0 and have kn...