Deontay Wilder: record, next fight and profile →
Following Deontay Wilder's spectacular one round knockout of challenger Bermane Stiverne on Saturday night at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, World Boxing Council President Mauricio Sulaimain says there's no time to waste in establishing a fan favourite unification blockbuster with IBF, IBO, WBA champion Anthony Joshua (20-0, 20 KOs) of the UK.
More boxing fans were willing to watch Deontay Wilder fight Bermane Stiverne again than many might’ve expected. According to ratings released Tuesday by Nielsen Media Research, Wilder’s vicious, first-round knockout of Stiverne drew a peak audience of 887,000 viewers Saturday night from Brooklyn’s Barclays Center. An average of 824,000 viewers tuned in for their brief bout, in which Wilder knocked down Stiverne three times before it was stopped with one second left in the first round.
Last Saturday night at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, Deontay Wilder retained his WBC heavyweight title and unbeaten record after a vicious first-round knockout of Bermane Stiverne. Stiverne had been the only fighter to ever push Wilder (39-0) the distance, but he was unable to last three minutes at the Barclays Center.
Devastating knockouts light a special fire in fight fandom. It doesn’t really matter who they come against. Maybe the guy across the ring is a great opponent; maybe they showed up looking scared to death or disinterested. The memory remains. Decades later, the path of destruction Mike Tyson left behind him in the 1980s still fuels an almost fanatical devotion in some. They’d rather watch an hour of Tyson steamrolling the Donnie Long’s of the world than watch the craft of a Leonard-Benitez.
NEW YORK – Lou DiBella realizes it’s highly unlikely that Anthony Joshua and Deontay Willder will fight next. The man who promotes Wilder’s fights just can’t help but wonder why. “Why can’t it happen next?,” DiBella asked during a post-fight press conference early Sunday morning. “They literally fought one week apart. Neither one of them is hurt. They’re exactly on the same schedule.”
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Nobody was more impressed last Saturday night, than World Boxing Council President Mauricio Sulaiman. He was ringside at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, watching WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder (39-0, 38 KOs) make a statement with a first round destruction of Bermane Stiverne in their mandatory rematch.
This past Saturday night, Deontay Wilder raised his undefeated record to 39-0 with 38 knockouts by blowing out Bermane Stiverne in the first round to retain his WBC world heavyweight crown at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. It was the second time the two fighters have squared off. The first saw Wilder capture the WBC title from Stiverne with a 12-round unanimous decision at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.
According to Jay Jimenez, manager of heavyweight contender Luis Ortiz (27-0, 23 KOs), they are not going to forget about a potential fight with WBC world champion Deontay Wilder (39-0, 38 KOs). Ortiz was scheduled to face Wilder last Saturday night at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. He was pulled from the bout after failing a pre-fight drug test - which Ortiz and his camp have long claimed was due to the boxer's prescribed medication for high blood pressure.
Deontay Wilder: The difference between Wilder in his two fights against Bermane Stiverne was more the result of confidence than progress. In January 2015, the first (only?) big fight of Wilder’s career, he fought purposefully but cautiously to win a near-shutout decision and his heavyweight title. Six fights later, on Saturday in Brooklyn, New York, Wilder opened the floodgates at the opening bell and needed less than three minutes to drown Stiverne.