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Here is Wilders last fight, Wilder is expected to fight again Feb. 19 at Shelton State Community College
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Sheehan is an old light heavyweight who had lost 15 of his past 16 fights.
That fight was a disgrace to boxing.
If Wilder isn't able to fight stronger opposition than Sheehan by now, he should retire from boxing. -
Wow, his opponent was a major league "bum." I think that guy was even below the type of fighter Shannon Briggs would fight. What's Deontay doing wasting his time with guys like this?....Comment
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Not true.
Sheehan was scheduled several weeks before the fight, we were talking about it in the BoxRec "current scene" forum.
http://boxrec.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=130176Last edited by The Hammer; 12-11-2010, 12:55 PM.Comment
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Has anyone seen the Harold Sconiers fight? Wilder suffered his first pro knockdown in that one...Comment
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It wasnt recorded as far as i know.
Deontay Wilder can’t wait to get into the ring tonight.
His last time out, the Tuscaloosa heavyweight was floored for the first time in his career in a second-round knockdown at the hands of Harold Sconiers.
Wilder went on to win the fight by knockout two rounds later, but it was the first adversity of his professional career.
So please excuse him if he’s overanxious to climb back into ring.
“I’m ready. I feel great,” Wilder said. “We’ve been traveling all over for sparring. This is some of the best sparring I’ve had. I’m ready to put on a Deontay Wilder show.”
Team Wilder traveled to Birmingham and Mobile to get quality sparring sessions. In his last bout, Wilder wasn’t able to spar due to logistical issues.
“The one thing was we never got to spar before the last fight because we had no time to travel anywhere,” Wilder co-trainer Jay Deas said. “We had no sparring at all.
“Now we’ve gotten back to going wherever we have to go to get sparring. Those things helped him. Deontay does better when he has adequate sparring.”
Deas said he was pleased with the way Wilder responded after his knockdown.
“It was near the end of the round and when he came back to the corner I couldn’t tell exactly where he got hit, whether it was in the back of the head or it was a clean shot,” Deas said. “He was there. He was fine. He was clear. I told him the next round was the most important of his life. We knew the guy had one shot and he would go for it.
“Deontay listened and kept his elbows tight and did everything we asked him to do. He moved his head and got back to his jab. He had one of the best rounds he’s had as a pro. Two rounds later, he knocked
him out.”
Wilder is scheduled to fight Josh Gutcher, a 6-foot-3, 240-pound fighter from Albia, Iowa.
After a long wait, Wilder could fight his first professional bout in Alabama in February, 2011.
“Our goal is Feb. 19 at Shelton State,” Deas said. “We’ve met with them and talked with them. We’re close to clearing it. We’re optimistic that date works with them. The Alabama basketball team is not playing. We’re just waiting on the final word from Shelton.”
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The rest of the "Class of 2008" (participants in the 2008 Olympics) are doing much better:
Robert Helenius: defeated Lamon Brewster, Attila Levin, Gbenga Oloukun, Taras *****ko, Scott Gammer
Kubrat Pulev: defeated Matt Skelton, Dominick Guinn, Gbenga Oloukun, scheduled to fight Paola VidozComment
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