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Heavyweight contenders Robert 'the Nordic Nightmare' Helenius (22-0) of Finland and Frenchman Johann 'Reptile' Duhaupas (33-3) will collide for the vacant WBC Silver championship on April 2 at the Hartwall Arena in Helsinki, Finland.
French heavyweight Johann Duhaupas (33-3) returned to ring with a dominating ten round unanimous decision over Brazilian contender Marcelo Luiz Nascimento (18-12) at the Gymnase du Lycee Technique de Monaco in Monte Carlo, Monaco. All three judges saw it 100-90.
French heavyweight Johann Duhaupas (32-3) takes on Brazilian contender Marcelo Luiz Nascimento (18-11) on February 5 in Monaco.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - Deontay Wilder used a flurry of head shots to finally subdue Johann Duhaupas, stopping him 55 seconds into the 11th round to successfully defend his WBC heavyweight title Saturday night. Duhaupas suffered a cut on the bridge of his nose in the first round, and after that Wilder (35-0) worked almost exclusively on the Frenchman’s face and head.
BIRMINGHAM, AL - Heavyweight world champion Deontay "The Bronze Bomber" Wilder (35-0, 34 KOs) scored another impressive victory ofhis exciting and undefeated career tonight with a hard-fought 11th round TKO over Johann "Reptile" Duhaupas (32-3, 20 KOs) in primetime on Premier Boxing Champions (PBC) on NBC. Wilder's win, which came at 55 seconds in the round, was registered in front of 8,471 raucous Alabama fans at Legacy Arena in Birmingham, Alabama.
The final hour of Saturday’s “Premier Boxing Champions” broadcast — which featured nearly all of Deontay Wilder’s entertaining title defense against Johann Duhaupas — averaged a preliminary rating of 2.365 million viewers in what was the first major heavyweight broadcast on NBC since the 1985 fight between Larry Holmes and Carl “The Truth” Williams.
by David P. Greisman - One man’s face began to bleed in the first round. The other man’s left eye started to swell up by the end of the second. And that was just the beginning. By the end, Deontay Wilder had fought through a brave effort from Johann Duhaupas, unleashing hard shots and taking a few in return en route to an 11th-round technical knockout victory, the second successful defense of his World Boxing Council heavyweight title. Duhaupas was willing to absorb heavy punishment as he tried to land his own punches on Wilder. It’s a good thing that Duhaupas was able to absorb it, as Wilder was quite willing to oblige. Duhaupas came forward from the outset, trying to make Wilder uncomfortable and seeking to keep the power-puncher from being able to plant his feet as often. Duhaupas approached from behind a peek-a-boo defense, though, rather than closing the distance with punches, and that allowed Wilder to throw jabs, looping right hand leads, and one-two combinations before moving once again. Before the halfway point of the first round, a cut had opened up on the bridge of Duhaupas' nose. Wilder was doing decently defensively as well, dodging much of what Duhaupas delivered.
Kenneth McNeil (9-1, 6KOs) picked up his 6th straight win with a 3rd round knockout of Taronze Washington. The local middleweight floored Washington with a left uppercut, forcing an eight count. Washington stopped back down to a knee, complaining he was hit behind the head. The referee wasn't buying it, calling a halt to the contest at 1:00 of round three.
Eric Molina wobbled Deontay Wilder with a left hook in the third round of their WBC heavyweight title fight June 13. Wilder recovered and dropped Molina (23-3, 17 KOs) four times on his way to a ninth-round knockout, but Molina’s moment of success isn’t lost on Johann Duhaupas (32-2, 20 KOs), who’ll challenge Wilder (34-0, 33 KOs) on Saturday night in at Legacy Arena in Birmingham, Ala. (NBC; 8:30 p.m. ET/5:30 p.m. PT).
All systems are go for the first heavyweight title fight on primetime network television in 30 years. Deontay Wilder brings home his title for the second straight time, as he takes on France's Johann Duhaupas this Saturday evening at Legacy Arena in Birmingham, Alabama. Wilder (34-0, 33KOs) weighed 228.6 lbs.—though the weight also including his jeans and belt—while Duhaupas tipped the scales at a lean and healthy 236 lbs. The bout will air live on NBC, headlining the fourth primetime edition of Premier Boxing Champions' "PBC on NBC."