Deontay Wilder: record, next fight and profile →
According to undefeated heavyweight contender Junior Fa, there was an injury suffered by Deontay Wilder as he prepared for his February rematch with Tyson Fury. Fury dropped Wilder twice and stopped him in the seventh round to capture the WBC heavyweight title at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.
Eddie Hearn, promoter for IBF, IBO, WBA, WBO heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua, has heard the recent challenge that came from WBC champion Tyson Fury. Fury is scheduled to face Deontay Wilder in a trilogy fight on a tentative date of December 19.
IBF, IBO, WBA, WBO heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua is not overlooking his upcoming mandatory defense against Kubrat Pulev, and he believes WBC champion Tyson Fury is full focused on a planned trilogy fight with Deontay Wilder.
John Fury, father of WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury, admits that he tried to persuade his son to step away from the first showdown with Deontay Wilder. In December 2018, Fury was a massive underdog when he stepped in the ring with Wilder, who was the undefeated power punching WBC champ.
Tyson Fury says he wants to fight Anthony Joshua in December if his fight with Deontay Wilder does not go ahead. Fury and Frank Warren, his promoter, confirmed that December 19 is still the planned date for third fight with Wilder, with Warren saying talks had taken place with some locations about a large site fee in case it cannot be held in front of a large crowd in the United States.
World Boxing Council President Mauricio Sulaiman has embraced the scenario of having Anthony Joshua fight for the WBC heavyweight title. The current WBC champion, Tyson Fury, will first have to face Deontay Wilder in a trilogy fight, on the tentative date of December 19.
Promoter Eddie Hearn has questioned whether WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury will still have the same hunger to succeed against Deontay Wilder, but has told William Hill that he is backing the Gypsy King to come out on top when the duo meet in their trilogy fight later this year.
IBF, IBO, WBA, WBO heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua believes that he's capable of stopping WBC champion Tyson Fury in the first six rounds. Joshua and Fury are almost in line to fight each other in 2021. The two champions have already agreed on a 50-50 deal when it comes to the financial terms.
WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury is not going to overlook his upcoming opponent, Deontay Wilder, when they collided for a third time on a tentative date of December 19. Wilder and Fury fought to a controversial twelve round split draw in December 2018.
As previously reported on BoxingScene.com, Dillian Whyte says he plans to get back in training in two weeks’ time and hopes to have a rematch against Alexander Povetkin before the end of the year. Speaking to Sky Sports News the morning after the Russian flattened him in the fifth round to end his immediate world-title ambitions, said he made a “silly mistake” and says he believes “one million percent” that he will win a rematch.