Deontay Wilder: record, next fight and profile →
NEW YORK – Deontay Wilder can already hear the criticism he anticipates taking after March 3. Luis Ortiz was too old. The Cuban southpaw hasn’t looked as dangerous in recent years as he once appeared and hasn’t been nearly active enough. Who knows what the 38-year-old Ortiz has used or hasn’t used to enhance his stature before fighting Wilder?
The head of the World Boxing Council (WBC), Mauricio Sulaman, would love to see WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder (39-0, 38 KOs) collide with Olympic gold medal winner Alexander Povetkin (33-1, 23 KOs).
Last week, WBC world heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder (39-0, 38KOs) said during a press conference “Me vs Tyson in 86, I’d kick the hell outta that guy”. Many took to social media and article comment boxes with plenty of detraction for the Bronze Bomber, one being former undisputed heavyweight champion Lennox Lewis.
Undefeated WBC World Heavyweight Champion Deontay Wilder is convinced that Anthony Joshua is "terrified" of fighting him. Wilder faces dangerous Cuban Luis Ortiz in March, but he's already looking ahead to a potential unification with Joshua, who meets Joseph Parker a few weeks later.
Former WBC cruiserweight champion Tony Bellew (29-2-1, 19 KOs) is no longer interested in chasing after the heavyweight title - and has now changed direction by targeting the winner of the World Boxing Super Series cruiserweight tournament. Last week, Oleksandr Usyk eliminated Mairis Briedis from the tournament to unify the WBC, WBO world titles.
Heavyweight newcomer Joe Joyce (1-0) will be an interested observant of the March 3rd showdown between WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder and his unbeaten challenger Luis "King Kong" Ortiz. The fight takes place at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York and will be televised in the United States by Showtime.
Former world champion and Sky Sports expert analyst Johnny Nelson is crossing his fingers that everything comes together for a fall unification between WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder (39-0, 38 KOs) and WBA, IBF, IBO champion Anthony Joshua (20-0, 20 KOs).
WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder (39-0, 38 KOs) will be ringside to watch Anthony Joshua and Joseph Parker collide in a high stakes unification on March 31 at Principality in Cardiff, Wales. Joshua (20-0, 20 KOs) and Parker (24-0, 18 KOs) will stake their undefeated records and the WBO, WBA, IBF, IBO world titles when they step in the ring against each other.
Former undisputed heavyweight champion Lennox Lewis was shaking his head after watching an interview where WBC champion Deontay Wilder (39-0, 38 KOs) stated that he would destroy a prime, 1986 version of Mike Tyson, who at the time seemed unbeatable and capture his first heavyweight title (also WBC) and eventually unified the entire division.
WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder (39-0, 38 KOs) admits that he will never view his upcoming opponent, Cuba's Luis Ortiz (28-0, 24 KOs), as a clean fighter. Last year, Ortiz failed a pre-fight drug test. The undefeated boxer tested positive for a banned substance for the second time in his career.