Deontay Wilder: record, next fight and profile →
Very shortly, a deal will probably get announced for a showdown between WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder (39-0, 38 KOs) and undefeated Cuban puncher Luis Ortiz (28-0, 24 KOs). The date of March 3rd at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York has been locked in for the contest.
Showtime Sports expert analyst Al Bernstein is really looking forward to the possibility of a 2018 showdown between undefeated heavyweight champions Anthony Joshua (20-0, 20 KOs) and Deontay Wilder (39-0, 38 KOs). The two boxers are being lined up to make voluntary title defenses in the first quarter of the new year.
WBA, IBO, IBF heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua (20-0, 20 KOs) believes he's got a very good read on the boxing style of WBC champion Deontay Wilder (39-0, 38 KOs). The two heavyweights are hoping to fight each other in 2018 - provided they are able to defeat their upcoming opponents.
Deontay Wilder is going to move forward with his career and fight the best opponents possible if Anthony Joshua decides to delay their fight for bit. WBA, IBO and IBF heavyweight champion Joshua is 20-0, all by knockout, following his win over Carlos Takam in Cardiff in October.
WBO heavyweight champion Joseph Parker (24-0, 18 KOs) has a three fight target list for 2018. The undefeated New Zealand star is currently in negotiations to fight one of those targets, WBA, IBF, IBO heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua (20-0, 20 KOs) for the early part of next year, likely on a date in March or April.
WBC, WBA welterweight champion Keith Thurman does not believe WBA, IBO, IBF heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua (20-0, 20 KOs) is ready for a unification with WBC champion Deontay Wilder (39-0, 38 KOs). Thurman has no problem with Joshua's team holding off on making the unification. Joshua is on a path to a potential unification with WBO champion Joseph Parker (24-0, 18 KOs) on a date in March or April.
WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder (39-0, 38 KOs) is hoping that he eventually gets the opportunity to set the record straight in 2018 - with respect to the ongoing debate over which boxer is the overall ruler of his division. Wilder is certainly in the mix for that discussion, along with IBF, IBO, WBA champion Anthony Joshua (20-0, 20 KOs).
Retired former five division world champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. believes WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder (39-0, 38 KOs) should respect the fact that IBF, IBO, WBA champion Anthony Joshua (20-0, 20 KOs) and go fight him in the UK. In recent interviews, Wilder has indicated that he believes a 50-50 split is the only way that a Joshua unification happens - and he feels Joshua should come down to the United States to make the fight.
WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder (39-0, 38 KOs) is not very happy with the way the media and expert analysts have been treating professional boxers in the United States. Wilder has traveled to many other countries, and he watches closely at how overseas fighters are embraced by the entire country. He says it's not the same when it comes to the United States. He believes homegrown boxers are largely ignored by the American press.
WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder (39-0, 38 KOs) is eager to get in the ring with his British rival - IBF, IBO, WBA champion Anthony Joshua (20-0, 20 KOs). Both champions may be in action during the month of March.