Deontay Wilder: record, next fight and profile →
Former cruiserweight champion Tony Bellew is not convinced that Anthony Joshua is ready for the danger involved in a showdown with Deontay Wilder. Joshua has been in action twice in 2023. He returned to the ring in April and picked up a twelve round unanimous decision over Jermaine Franklin. Joshua was back again July, when he secured a dramatic knockout of veteran Robert Helenius.
Eddie Hearn, promoter for two-time heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua, says the British star is likely to fight again in the month of December - if a deal is not finalized for a mega-bout with Deontay Wilder in January.
Andy Ruiz feels it is only right for him to earn more money as he makes his way up the boxing food chain. In that sense, the former heavyweight titlist from Imperial, Calif., thinks it is only logical that a potential fight with Deontay Wilder should net him a larger purse than his previous fight.
Deontay Wilder says he likely won’t tune into the upcoming heavyweight spectacle between Tyson Fury and Francis Ngannou. Fury, the WBC heavyweight titlist from Manchester, England, will be taking on Ngannou, the former UFC champion from
An intriguing heavyweight bout could possibly have an encore. For most of the past year former heavyweight titlists Deontay Wilder and Anthony Joshua have been rumored to be finalizing plans to meet in the ring for a high-profile fight in Saudi Arabia.
Former two-time heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua has a very good feeling about the ongoing negotiations with former WBC champion Deontay Wilder for a showdown in early 2024. The fight is being targeted for a date in January in Saudi Arabia.
Promoter Frank Warren does not believe the proposed fight between Anthony Joshua and Deontay Wilder will come off as planned. There are ongoing discussions to finalize Joshua vs. Wilder - with dates being targeted for the month of January in Saudi Arabia.
Eddie Hearn, promoter for former two-time heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua, is expecting a deal to get done for a showdown with Deontay Wilder, who previously held the WBC world title.
The fighters want it, as do their promoters, managers, and legion of middlemen and go-betweens. Now all that is left, apparently, is for the entity that is in charge of cutting the checks to make it all happen. According to promoter Eddie Hearn, the much-discussed and tantalizing heavyweight bout between his charge, London’s Anthony Joshua, and Tuscaloosa, Alabama’s Deontay Wilder, can only fail to happen at this point if the host,
The WBC has abandoned its prior attempt to determine a mandatory challenger for the heavyweight title. A previously ordered Deontay Wilder-Andy Ruiz title eliminator is no longer required, the sanctioning body ruled Friday. The fight never had a chance to take place given recent events, including ongoing efforts for Wilder to next face fellow former heavyweight titlist Anthony Joshua likely early next year in the Middle East.