Deontay Wilder: record, next fight and profile →
Former WBC cruiserweight champion Tony Bellew (29-2-1, 19 KOs) believes that he could hang with the much bigger Deontay Wilder's (39-0, 38 KOs), who holds the WBC heavyweight world title. Bellew shocked the world in March, when he moved up to the heavyweight division and stopped former two division champion David Haye in eleven rounds at the O2 Arena in London.
WBC heavyweight world champion Deontay Wilder (39-0, 38 KOs) has a message for IBF, IBO, WBA champion Anthony Joshua (19-0, 19 KOs) -- LET'S DO THIS!!!! Wilder was ringside last Saturday night at Wembley in London, and watched Joshua's impressive stoppage win over Wladimir Klitschko before a record crowd of 90,000 fans. Wilder tells TMZ Sports the time is finally right for a USA vs. Great Britain showdown.
Promoter Lou DiBella, who works with WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder (39-0, 38 KOs), gives his boxer a strong chance of knocking off IBF, IBO, WBA champion Anthony Joshua (19-0, 19 KOs). Joshua made himself the man to beat this past Saturday night, when he stopped former division ruler Wladimir Klitschko in eleven rounds.
World heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua says he could take out his rivals in the top division "one by one" following his sensational victory over Wladimir Klitschko. Joshua, 27, stopped Klitschko in the 11th round of Saturday's Wembley super-fight to add the vacant WBA and IBO titles to his IBF crown.
Showtime Sports head Stephen Espinoza is expecting a future fight where Anthony Joshua (19-0, 19 KOs) will defend his IBF, IBO, WBA heavyweight titles in the United States. Joshua, who is under an exclusive television deal with Showtime, raised his profile to a new level this past Saturday night, when he got off the floor in the sixth round to stop former division ruler Wladimir Klitschko in the eleventh round before a crowd of 90,000 fans at Wembley Stadium in London.
Wladimir Klitschko has failed in his bid to become a three-time world heavyweight boxing champion as he was stopped in the 11th round by Britain's Anthony Joshua, before a crowd of 90,000 at Wembley. The 41-year-old Klitschko was on the canvas in round five before sending Joshua to the mat for the first time in his career in round six.
Deontay Wilder first noticed some slippage in Wladimir Klitschko two years ago. There wasn’t anything controversial about Klitschko’s unanimous-decision victory over Bryant Jennings in April 2015 at Madison Square Garden. There were signs that night, however, that Klitschko wasn’t the same dominant heavyweight champion he had been since stopping Chris Byrd to win the IBF championship nine years earlier.
Tony Bellew wasn’t about to let Deontay Wilder clown him Friday. When Wilder began yelling “Bomb Squad!” as he walked through a mostly empty Wembley Arena following the Anthony Joshua-Wladimir Klitschko weigh-in, Bellew halted his interview with iFL TV to tell Wilder, “I don’t need no damn squad!”
Former WBC cruiserweight champion Tony Bellew (29-2-1, 19 KOs) is hoping to land a world title shot in the heavyweight division. Bellew will get the opportunity to come face to face with WBC heavyweight king Deontay Wilder (38-0, 37 KOs), who will be ringside on Saturday night at Wembley in London.
By Keith Idec - Wladimir Klitschko talked again Thursday about being obsessed with winning back three of his heavyweight titles. The former champion claims losing the IBF, IBO, WBA and WBO championships to Tyson Fury 17 months ago has made him a different fighter. The complacency tha...