Deontay Wilder: record, next fight and profile →
Luis Ortiz Training Photos Gallery - Another blockbuster boxing event will come to Barclays Center, the home of BROOKLYN BOXING®, as unbeaten heavyweight world champion Deontay "The Bronze Bomber" Wilder defends his title against unbeaten contender Luis "The Real King Kong" Ortiz on Saturday, March 3 in an event presented by Premier Boxing Champions.
Jay Deas, head trainer and co-manager of World Boxing Council heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder (39-0, 38 KOs), is fully aware of the danger involved in their upcoming assignment. On Friday, it was officially announced that Wilder would defend his title against undefeated Cuban puncher Luis Ortiz (28-0, 24 KOs) at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.
World Boxing Council (WBC) President Mauricio Sulaiman has announced that his organization will fully support their heavyweight champion, Deontay Wilder, after the recent court ruling that the undefeated fighter received for possession of marijuana. Sulaiman makes it known that there won't be any kind of punishment for Wilder from the WBC.
Four time heavyweight champion Evander Holyfield appears to be leaning to IBF, IBO, WBA Anthony Joshua (20-0, 20 KOs) to overcome the challenge of WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder (39-0, 38 KOs). Joshua vs. Wilder is one of the biggest fights to be made in the sport of boxing.
Another blockbuster boxing event will come to Barclays Center, the home of BROOKLYN BOXING®, as unbeaten heavyweight world champion Deontay "The Bronze Bomber" Wilder defends his title against unbeaten contender Luis "The Real King Kong" Ortiz on Saturday, March 3 in an event presented by Premier Boxing Champions.
The world awaits for world champions Deontay Wilder (39-0, 38KOs) and Anthony Joshua (20-0, 20KOs) to eventually make plans for a mega heavyweight fight in the future. That showdown has become boxing’s “it” fight, much like Mayweather-Pacquiao and Canelo-GGG. Joshua and Wilder have common opponents on their unbeaten records, and of those opponents is heavyweight trial horse Jason Gavern.
A municipal court judge has sentenced WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder to 60 hours of community service for misdemeanor marijuana possession. Judge Ricky McKinney found Wilder, 32, guilty Thursday and ordered him to perform the community service at a local YMCA. Wilder received a 30-day suspended sentence and two years of probation.
Well known retired heavyweight Gerry Cooney believes Hall of Fame promoter Don King is directly to blame for the decline of the heavyweight division. The division was struggling for a long time, but now the division is red hot with several big players at the weight - like WBA, IBO, IBF champion Anthony Joshua, WBC champion Deontay Wilder, WBO champion Joseph Parker, dangerous Cuban Luis Ortiz, the returning Tyson Fury, Tony Bellew, David Haye and several other rising contenders.
WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder (39-0, 38 KOs) feels very good about his physical advantages in the upcoming world title defense against Cuban puncher Luis Ortiz (28-0-1, 24 KOs). Initially, they were were set to fight in November, but the contest was pushed back after Ortiz failed a pre-fight drug test. Now their fight is being lined up for March 3rd, at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.
WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder (39-0, 38 KOs) has no problem with traveling over to the UK for a unification with IBF, IBO, WBA champion Anthony Joshua (20-0, 20 KOs). But he wonders why Joshua has never traveled for any of his fights.