Deontay Wilder: record, next fight and profile →
Veteran trainer Dave Coldwell believes IBF, IBO, WBA heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua (19-0, 19 KOs) should first unify with WBO champion Joseph Parker - and then face WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder (38-0, 37 KOs) for all the marbles. Joshua is back this Saturday night in Cardiff, when he defends his titles against late replacement Carlos Takam.
Promoter Eddie Hearn of Matchroom has responded to some of the recent statements that were made by WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder during his interview with BoxingScene.com. Hearn is trying very hard to get Wilder in the ring with Dillian Whyte for the date of February 3 in London. To date, Hearn has offered Wilder (38-0, 37 KOs) $3 million guaranteed, plus U.S. television revenue, to fight Whyte.
SHOWTIME Sports correspondent Brendan Schaub sits down with undefeated heavyweight world champion Deontay Wilder for an intimate conversation on the pressures of being a world champion in boxing’s highest profiled division. Wilder faces former heavyweight champion Bermane Stiverne on SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING® in a November 4 rematch that headlines a Premier Boxing Champions event LIVE on SHOWTIME (9 p.m. ET/6 p.m. PT) from Barclays Center, the home of BROOKLYN BOXING™.
The primary reason Bermane Stiverne was willing to step aside and allow the Deontay Wilder-Luis Ortiz fight to be made was because he was certain it wouldn’t happen. The former WBC heavyweight champion revealed during a conference call Tuesday that he felt all along as if he were preparing to fight Wilder again November 4 at Barclays Center in Brooklyln (Showtime). Stiverne signed a contract to battle 6-feet-7 Dominic Breazeale on the Wilder-Ortiz undercard for that very reason, as Wilder also stands 6-7.
Deontay Wilder raised the stakes Tuesday for his rematch against Bermane Stiverne. The unbeaten WBC heavyweight champion promised during a conference call that he’ll retire if he loses to the former champion in their second fight November 4 at Barclays Center in Brooklyn. Stiverne is the only opponent Wilder hasn’t knocked out during his nine-year pro career, but Wilder won his title by defeating Stiverne relatively easily in their 12-round fight in January 2015.
Deontay Wilder knows why fellow heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua and his promoter, Eddie Hearn, are putting off their showdown. According to Wilder, he can hear it in their voices when they discuss potentially fighting him sometime in 2018. “I’m a very dangerous fighter,” Wilder told BoxingScene.com. “And they know that if he comes at me, a very dangerous fighter, I can mess up their whole operation. I can bring it all to the ground and that’s why they’re stalling. That’s why they’re stalling with all this, ‘Fight Dillian Whyte’ and all that. That’s not gonna do nothing, because once we get in the ring, it’s over and they know it.”
Deontay Wilder understands why Eddie Hearn keeps insisting that Wilder fight Dillian Whyte. Wilder is convinced Hearn just wants to keep him away from fellow heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua. Hearn’s company promotes Joshua and Whyte, both of whom will fight Saturday night at Principality Stadium in Cardiff Wales.
Dillian Whyte says he’s going to make life hell for Robert Helenius when they clash for the WBC Silver Heavyweight title at Principality Stadium in Cardiff on Saturday night, live on Sky Sports Box Office. Whyte wants to secure a showdown with WBC king Deontay Wilder in 2018 and knows that an impressive win over Helenius will take him a giant step towards that goal.
When Bermane Stiverne (25-2-1 21 KOs) lost his title in January, 2015 to Deontay Wilder (39-0 38 KOs), it wasn't a very competitive fight. Wilder has followed up that performance up with 5 knockout victories while Stiverne has been very inactive, fighting only once in the past 24 months. Despite the inactivity, Stiverne was able to secure the WBC mandatory position which is the only reason he is able to get a shot at regaining his title on November 4th.
Robert Helenius says he’ll knockout Dillian Whyte and ruin his World title dreams when they clash for the WBC Silver Heavyweight title at Principality Stadium in Cardiff on Saturday October 28, live on Sky Sports Box Office.