BROOKLYN - A dramatic fight week concludes tonight as WBC Heavyweight World Champion Deontay Wilder and bruising Polish contender Artur Szpilka collide live on SHOWTIME from Barclays Center.
Boxing fans have become accustomed to watching Wladimir Klitschko in a world tile bout over the last decade or so. Not that it was a bad thing. Not only did Klitschko show dominance in the division during this time, but he can be appreciated for the title unifications and the subsequent defenses over top-level competition.
If life mimics art, Artur Szpilka's world heavyweight title shot this Saturday sure bears some uncanny parallels to the 1977 academy award winning flick Rocky. And since Sylvester Stallone penned the screenplay loosely based on former fringe contender Chuck Wepner's failed attempt at wresting the heavyweight championship from Mohammad Ali in 1975, this is actually a case of life imitating art imitating life.
Polish heavyweight contender Artur Spzilka (20-1, 15KOs) says that he trained for the fight of his life. Later tonight, Szpilka will challenge heavy favorite Deontay Wilder (35-0, 34Kos) for the WBC heavyweight title at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.
by Cliff Rold - Some have called it the first major card of the year in the US. Just because Saturday’s show is on premium cable (Showtime, 10 PM EST/7 PM PST), and features two different heavyweight belts on the line, doesn’t make it major. If an upset occurs in the main event, it would have reverberations. 2008 US Olympic..
Fedor Lapin, the former coach of Arthur Szpilka (20-1, 15 KOs), says WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder (35-0, 34 KOs) could experience some issues tomorrow night at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.
The pre-fight tension continues to exist between Deontay Wilder and Artur Szpilka, though calmer heads helped prevent additional outbursts during Friday's weigh-in ceremony at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York, which also hosts Saturday's live Showtime-televised action.
BROOKLYN - A dramatic fight week continued Thursday as WBC Heavyweight World Champion Deontay Wilder and bruising Polish contender Artur Szpilka participated inthe final press conference before they enter the ring this Saturday, January 16 live on SHOWTIME from Barclays Center.
NEW YORK - Undefeated American Deontay Wilder defends his share of the world heavyweight boxing throne Saturday while two more unbeatens seek another crown and rival champion Tyson Fury watches at ringside.
By Thomas Gerbasi - Talking to a heavyweight title challenger nine days before the biggest fight of his life, you can usually start to notice the nerves creeping in. To put a career’s worth of work into one night can rattle anyone, and as the days tick away to fight night, that pressure can be overwhelming. Not to Artur Szpilka, who left this interview