Deontay Wilder: record, next fight and profile →
WBO heavyweight champion Joseph Parker (24-0, 18 KOs) is smiling at the high volume of articles which discuss a potential year-end showdown between WBC champion Deontay Wilder and IBF, IBO, WBA champion Anthony Joshua. Joshua's promoter, Eddie Hearn, is looking to make that fight before the year is out - if both sides can reach a deal on the money.
Cuban heavyweight puncher Luis Ortiz (28-1, 24 KOs) is not happy with the way last Saturday's fight played out with WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder (40-0, 39 KOs). Ortiz believed the fight was in his hands after badly hurting Wilder in the seventh round and coming within a few seconds of stopping him before the bell rang.
NEW YORK – Deontay Wilder’s manager claims his highly anticipated heavyweight title fight against Anthony Joshua won’t be as complicated to make as those that follow boxing have been led to believe. Shelly Finkel, who has worked with Wilder throughout his career, told Yahoo! Sports’ Chris Mannix during a podcast made available Monday that Wilder won’t demand a 50-50 purse split to get a much-discussed shot at Joshua. Eddie Hearn, Joshua’s promoter, has repeatedly stated that Joshua (20-0, 20 KOs), a superstar that fills soccer stadiums in the United Kingdom, deserves more money for their heavyweight title unification fight than Wilder (40-0, 39 KOs), the WBC champion from Tuscaloosa, Alabama.
by Cliff Rold - Some longtime boxing fans and followers are good at lying to themselves. They’ll discuss the finer points of the game and grow to admire the most sophisticated of slick boxers. It might even come to a point where they say they prefer to see a fine technical match over a brawl...
Anthony Joshua respects Deontay Wilder’s power. As a fighter who has knocked out each of his 20 professional opponents, the unbeaten IBF/IBO/WBA heavyweight champion understands that producing 39 knockouts in 40 fights means your power is legitimate, even if you haven’t fought an especially high level of opposition.
Jay Deas, the trainer and co-manager of WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder (40-0, 39 KOs), rejects the claims from critics who believe his boxer received additional time to recover from a harsh assault at the hands of Luis Ortiz in the seventh round.
Former heavyweight champion Tyson Fury (25-0, 18 KOs) feels very confident in his ability to defeat current WBC heavyweight king, Deontay Wilder. Fury watched with a lot of interest this past weekend, as Wilder was in serious trouble during the seventh round of his seventh title defense, but managed to stay on his feet and eventually recovered to win.
Hughie Fury is ready to punch his way back into world heavyweight title contention once he’s claimed the British Heavyweight crown. Fury makes his long awaited return to the ring on Saturday 12th May at Bolton’s Macron Stadium, Premier Suite, when he challenges the reigning British Champion Sam Sexton for his title.
Not since Deontay Wilder won the WBC heavyweight title from Bermane Stiverne have as many viewers watched a boxing match on Showtime as they did Saturday night. According to ratings released Tuesday by Nielsen Media Research, Wilder’s compelling comeback victory over Luis Ortiz drew a peak audience of 1.2 million viewers and averaged 1.1 viewers. That was Showtime’s largest viewership since Wilder’s unanimous-decision defeat of Stiverne attracted a peak audience of 1.34 million viewers and an average viewership of 1.24 million in January 2015.
Jay Deas, the trainer and co-manager of WBC heavyweight world champion Deontay Wilder (40-0, 39 KOs), admits he was worried last Saturday night at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. During the seventh round of his seventh world title defense, Wilder was in the fight of his life when Cuban challenger Luis Ortiz had him in serious trouble in the final minute of the fight.